Home Fund contributors make a difference in others’ lives

The Peninsula Home Fund is seeking contributions for its 31st annual holiday fundraising campaign through New Year’s Eve.

A little can mean a lot. The average amount given per person this year has been $143.

The annual cap for an individual is $350.

The Home Fund offers an essential bridge when things just don’t match up to allow your neighbors on the North Olympic Peninsula to remain, or become, productive members of society. It creates a safety net for Peninsula residents when there is nowhere else to turn.

The goal is “a hand up, not a handout.”

How to apply

To apply for a Peninsula Home Fund grant, contact one of the three Olympic Community Action Programs (OlyCAP) offices:

• OlyCAP’s Port Angeles office is at 228 W. First St., Suite J (Armory Square Mall); 360-452-4726. For Port Angeles- and Sequim-area residents.

• Its Port Townsend office is at 823 Commerce Loop; 360-385-2571. For Jefferson County residents.

• The Forks office is at 421 Fifth Ave.; 360-374-6193. For West End ­residents.

Leave a message in the voicemail box at any of the three numbers, and a Home Fund caseworker will phone you back.

OlyCAP’s website: www.olycap.org; email: action@olycap.org.

Contributions so far

A number of generous individuals and organizations have been donating money to the Peninsula Home Fund since the first of the year.

While most of the money is raised between Thanksgiving and Dec. 31, the fund itself never closes.

Donations of any amount are always welcome. Every gift makes a difference, regardless of size.

To donate, write a check to “Peninsula Home Fund” and attach it to the coupon that appears in today’s Peninsula Daily News.

Mail both items to Peninsula Home Fund, Peninsula Daily News, P.O. Box 1330, Port Angeles, WA 98362.

You can also contribute online using a credit card. Just go to www.olycap.org/peninsula-home-fund.

All contributions are IRS tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law for the year in which the check is written.

Your personal information is kept confidential. PDN does not rent, sell, give or otherwise share your address or other information with anyone or make any other use of it.

No money is deducted by the Peninsula Daily News for administration fees or any other overhead. Every penny goes to OlyCAP, which uses it to help the most vulnerable members of our community, from infants to families to seniors, taking up to 10 percent to help pay for the vital programs and services for Home Fund clients.

If you have any questions about the fund, call Publisher Terry R. Ward at 360-417-3500.

Here is a list of the most recent donors whose Home Fund contributions were processed over the spring and summer months of this year.

Name only

Center for Spiritual Living Port Angeles, Port Angeles.

Joan and Felix Arena, Sequim.

Tom Coville, Port Angeles. In memory of Karen Rockwell.

Laura Lawrence, Lincoln, Neb. In memory of my aunt, Fran Wollen.

Susan Blenk, Sequim. In memory of Stephen Blenk.

Sandy Ruddell, Sequim. In memory of Mac Ruddell.

John S. Brooks, Sequim.

Olympic Springs Inc., Carlsborg.

Marie Cauvel, Port Angeles.

Charlene A. Danforth, Port Angeles. In memory of Keith Danforth, who never forgot the importance of loving and giving to those in need, his family and friends at Christmastime and always. Love Mom, Duane and Steph.

Randall S. Johnson, Port Angeles. In honor of G.W. (Pat) and Lorraine Johnson.

Susan C. Waldroup, Port Angeles.

Carol Young and Glenn Browning Fund, Sequim.

Michaelle Barnard, Port Angeles.

Queen of Angels Parish, Port Angeles.

Olympic Springs Inc., Carlsborg.

Jim’s Pharmacy Charity of the Month-Shop Locally with Loyalty Program, Port Angeles.

Michaelle Barnard, Port Angeles.

Toni D. Randall and Lee Miller, Port Angeles.

Donald Naddy Fund-Clallam County of the South Dakota Community Foundation, Port Angeles. In memory of Don, Helen and Eleanor.

A. Laverne Dixon, Port Angeles.

Jean Epps, Sequim.

Olympic Springs Inc., Carlsborg.

Robert A. Kuhn, Port Angeles.

Eleanor Watson-Gove, Port Townsend.

Michaelle Barnard, Port Angeles.

Marilyn Bruning, Sequim.

Judy Matlock Liles, Sequim. In honor of Sydna Jones Baker’s 75th birthday.

Olympic Springs Inc., Carlsborg.

Michaelle Barnard, Port Angeles.

Stephen and Maria Ackerman, Sequim. In honor of Sydna Baker’s birthday.

McLoughlin and Christine Spagle, Port Ludlow.

A. Laverne Dixon, Port Angeles.

Olympic Springs Inc., Carlsborg.

Michaelle Barnard, Port Angeles.

Erica C. Schreiber, Carlsborg.

Joann Sahs-Cavin, Sequim. On behalf of Sydna Jones Baker.

Cat Xander, Sequim. In honor of Sydna Baker’s birthday.

Robert and Janice McCurley, Sequim. On behalf of Sydna Jones Baker.

Sheryl D. Hales, Sequim. On behalf of Sydna Jones Baker.

A. Laverne Dixon, Port Angeles.

Olympic Springs Inc., Carlsborg.

Michaelle Barnard, Port Angeles.

Joseph Cammack, Port Angeles.

Rosemary Thompson, Port Angeles.

Disaster Relief-Forks Clothing Bank, Forks.

Peter F. and Lana L. Bahnsen, Sequim.

Michaelle Barnard, Port Angeles.

Olympic Springs, Carlsborg.

A. Laverne Dixon, Port Angeles.

Michaelle Barnard, Port Angeles.

Olympic Springs Inc., Carlsborg.

A. Laverne Dixon, Port Angeles.

Olympic Springs Inc., Carlsborg.

Michaelle Barnard, Port Angeles.

Disaster Relief-Forks Clothing Bank, Forks.

Olympic Springs Inc., Carlsborg.

A. Laverne Dixon, Port Angeles.

Michaelle Barnard, Port Angeles.

Katherine and Mike Smiley, Port Ludlow.

St. Anne Catholic Church, Forks.

St. Anne Catholic Church, Forks.

Verna J. Edwards, Port Angeles. In memory of Bob Edwards.

John and Kandi Lohneis, Beaver. In memory of our parents.

Paul D. Lotzgesell, Sequim.

Olympic Springs Inc., Carlsborg.

Name and amount

ExxonMobil Foundation, Princeton, N.J., $500. Matching donation for Stanley Johann.

Port Angeles Senior Center, Port Angeles, $1,400.

Anonymous

Sequim, $150.

Sequim, $250.

Port Angeles, $10.

Carlsborg, $250.

Port Angeles, $100.

Port Townsend, $50.

Neah Bay, $20.

Port Townsend, $100.

Port Angeles, $100. In memory of Rex Wilson.

Sequim, $300.

Sequim, $50.

Sequim, $50.

Port Angeles, $25.

Port Angeles, $25.

Port Angeles, $20.

Port Angeles, $25.

Port Angeles, $25.

Port Townsend, $200.

Port Angeles, $100. In honor of Olympic Peninsula Pranic Healing Group.

Port Angeles, $1,000.