Penn's Way 2004 Raffle Prizes: Week Four

Dare to Care

What Your Gift Can Provide:

$4 buys a one-day canoe field trip for a school child.

$10 would retrieve 20 tires from a roadside dump.

$15 buys a compact fluorescent light bulb for a low-income family.

$50 buys a programmable thermostat for a low-income family.

$50 would plant 50 4' seedlings on public land.

$50 provides set of literacy brochures to help 50 people learn how to read.

$100 provides six hours of home health aide services to an HIV/AIDS infected person.

$100 provides a week's supply of lifesaving medication to a person infected with HIV/AIDS.

$100 provides art supplies for two seniors for one year.

$150 provides a day of activities for 15 seniors.

$200 would give an inner city youth or an individual with a physical disability a weeklong wilderness experience.

$500 would organize a volunteer cleanup that removes 10 tons of trash.

$500 provides 35 hours of individual  prevention case management for high-risk youth.

$500 provides a six-week bereavement support group for 6-8 partners, parents, or friends surviving the loss of a loved one from AIDS.

  Almanac, Vol. 50, No. 10, October 28, 2003