Your CFC... A campaign of choice.

The pages in the PDF version of the 2008 Charity Guide duplicate the printed Charity List that is available to every federal employee. Prospective donors may also wish to request a hard copy of the PDF document by emailing aundra.berry@uwsem.org. 

Each national and international charity is screened by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on a random basis. Each local charity is screened by representatives of the Local Federal Coordinating Committee here in Southeast Michigan. All charities must meet a set of criteria that is established by OPM. The criteria include a detailed review of their financial programs and governance practices. Bottom line – charities are in the Charity List because they satisfied federal workers just like you that they met the criteria established by OPM.

Here are just a few examples of the significant results your contribution makes possible:

A GIFT OF $234.00  
[$9.00 FOR 26 PAYS OR $19.50 FOR 12 PAYS]:

• Covers the cost of a chest X-ray for a child suffering from pediatric cancer.
• Improve Medicare coverage for 30 low-income elderly people.
• Pay four month’s salary for an adult literacy teacher in South Africa.
• Sponsors a child in a developing country for  six months.
• Educates caregivers about HIV and AIDS.
• Provides 150 blood sugar tests for individuals with diabetes.
• Provides clothing for 12 children in need.

A GIFT OF $390.00
[$15.00 FOR 26 PAYS OR $32.50 FOR 12 PAYS]

• Save the life of an abused child.
• Provide a homebound AIDS patient with groceries for a full year.
• Purchase a two-week stay at camp for a child with disabilities.
• Pay for the travel expenses for one disabled person going to pick up their new assistant dog partner.
• Buy enough essential medicines to treat the common ailments of 1,000 men, women and children for five months.
• Provide a solar energy system for an entire village.
• Provide one hot food carrier to keep meals being delivered to homebound elderly warm and appetizing.

A GIFT OF $702.00
[$27.00 FOR 26 Pays OR $58.50 FOR 12 PAYS]:

• Makes it possible for more than 150 youths to participate in a program that teaches skills needed to deal with negative peer pressure.
• Purchases wheelchair ramp materials for a person with a disability.
• Pays for production of more than 1,000 educational brochures on landscaping for wildlife.
• Provides one year of outdoor services (lawn cutting and snow removal) for an independent senior, allowing them to remain in their home.
  
• Provides five therapy sessions for a senior with a disability.
  
• Empowers solutions to global environmental problems.
  
• Purchases four computers with adaptive equipment for blind students.
  
• Purchases livestock to help a family in Africa become self-sufficient.
  
• Provides an unemployed person with career counseling, skills assessment, resume preparation instruction, job search strategies and placement.