Feed five people with a $50 donation!
Click here
to make a secure donation.
Help
raise money for WCC at www.goodsearch.com
and designate Waikiki
Community Center
as your charity of choice. Each time you search, a penny is
donated to WCC! An easy and effortless way to raise money for
WCC programs. Mahalo!
WAYS TO HELP WCC
Thank you for supporting the
Waikiki Community Center and the important work we do for young
children, senior adults and families who live, visit and work in
Waikiki.
Yes! I/We want to
help the families, seniors and children at WCC!
This is what your dollars
at work will accomplish! With your help, we can!
- Your gift of $25 will help WCC
provide 5 families with emergency food.
- Your gift of $50 will help subsidize
activities for seniors on a limited or fixed income.
- Your gift of $100 will help WCC
purchase new tables and chairs for our members.
- Your gift of $250 will help provide
educational materials and supplies for WCC's preschoolers to
prepare them for school success; printing expense for the monthly
member newsletter.
- Your gift of $500 will provide new
playground equipment for WCC's preschool students.
- Your gift of $1000 will help make
building improvements for the people who use our facilities.
(Wheelchair ramps, better lighting, library shelves,
etc.)
JustGive.org JustGive is a
501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to connect
people with the charities and causes they care about and to increase
overall giving.
WCC WISH LIST - click here
for a complete list of WCC needs and wishes.
MAKANA
FUND ~ WCC’s
MONTHLY GIVING PROGRAM
You can help WCC make a difference every day of
the year by becoming a founding member of our Makana Fund. Help is needed to sustain
our year-round programs and enable WCC to better plan activities in
advance. It’s simple to
join. Simply
pre-authorize a monthly deduction from your credit card (or debit
card) with a minimum investment of $10. As a monthly supporter, your
contribution to WCC is automatic, you can change or cancel at any
time with a quick phone call to (808) 923-1802 .
Consider the impact your gift will make on the lives of those
living right here in Waikiki. As a Founding
Member you will receive a (free) WCC lanyard
for your membership card & listed on our Makana Donor Honor
Roll.
Be an angel and help all year round. To join simply
call Denice at (808) 923 1802,it takes a few minutes to do something good all year!
You'll feel better by doing this good
deed!
GIVING STOCK CAN
IMPROVE YOUR TAX OUTLOOK
As you begin reviewing your end of year tax strategies we
hope you will remember Waikiki Community Center in your giving
plans. One especially
advantageous way of giving combines greater tax savings for you
while providing additional funds for Waikiki Community Center. Here’s an example of how
this can work.
The Gift.
Mr. Brown purchased publicly traded securities (stocks)
10 years ago at a cost of $5,000. They are currently valued at
$17,000. Because he has
owned the securities more than 1 year and they have increased in
value, Mr. Brown can use them to make his year-end gift at a lower
out-of-pocket cost.
Increase the savings. Mr. Brown is entitled to a tax deduction for the full
current value of the donated securities, not the lesser amount he
paid for it. In
addition, he is not subject to the capital gains tax which would be
due on the increase in value of the securities if had sold
them.
How the gift is made. Since Mr. Brown does not hold the stock certificates he
wishes to give, he simply contacts his investment broker to handle
the transfer to Waikiki Community Center. For tax purposes, this gift
is considered complete at the time of the actual transfer. To be sure your gift will
qualify for a tax deduction, allow enough time for the transfer to
be made this year end.
An alternate giving method. If you do hold the stock certificate, you can simply mail
it to WCC, a signed stock power is also needed. Contact Denice at 923-1802
for more details.
Gifts of personal property. Items such as antiques, jewelry, coin collections,
automobiles and other such assets offer significant tax advantages
when given to a non profit like WCC. We turn this into working cash
to provide enhanced services for our members—senior adults, families
and children.
Let us know if you have any questions.
Mahalo!
WCC INVITES YOU TO JOIN “CHALLENGE
31”
The Waikiki Community
Center has thrived since 1978 with no federal or government funding
thanks primarily to the generous philanthropy of our members,
community and business partners. Campaigns such as this help
us with general operating and administrative expenses without having
to raise our membership or class
fees.
We invite you to join
the CHALLENGE 31 CAMPAIGN to help Waikiki Community Center celebrate
31 years of dedicated service to the community. We’ll be focusing on ‘31’
reasons to give and show you more than ‘31’ ways to support our
on-going programs. This
is truly a challenging
time for us – your help is needed more than ever. Our goal is to raise
$131,000 by October 31st to meet our annual budget and
keep WCC open.
Here are ways you can help and raise the thermometer to reach
our goal.
Inviting 31 donors
to donate
$ 3,100
and we’ll raise $
96,100!
(wow!)
Inviting 310 donors
to donate
$
310.00 and we’ll raise $ 96,100!
Inviting 310 donors
to donate
$
131.00 and we’ll raise $ 40,610!
Inviting 3100 donors
to donate $
31.00 and we’ll raise $ 96,100!
Inviting 1,310
donors to donate $ 13.10 and
we’ll raise
$ 17,161!
Inviting 3100 donors
to donate
$
3.10 and we’ll raise $
9,610!
Our Early Education
Center parents and students are also participating and will be
counting the coins to learn what 3100 pennies look like (and solving
math problems). Every
little bit counts!
During your sales transactions, our staff will be asking you
if you’d like to contribute a little extra to
help.
Bring in your loose change and pennies too! Bring
your “loose” change (Pennies from Heaven) to fill our canisters at
the Thrift Store or Main Office.
Lastly, mark your
calendars and join us for a Celebration Party on Friday, October 30
starting at 3:10 p.m as we tally the final counts! Give what you can, every bit
will help WCC continue with programs for our
community!
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