Oak Park Area
Lesbian & Gay Association

947 Garfield, Oak Park, IL 60304, U.S.A.

Info-line & Messages: (708) 848-0273
FAX: (708) 848-7544
E-mail: info@opalga.org



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DONOR Info

Supporting OPALGA is tremendously important today.
Just think what it could mean if your gift could grow and build ... to help us tomorrow and beyond. It's entirely possible, and there are dozens of ways to make it happen.


Donate at JustGive.org

We have joined in with JustGive.org, a nonprofit service whose mission is to connect people with the charities and causes donors care about and to increase overall giving.

Click on the button above to be taken directly to OPALGA's donor webpage. 100% of the donation will come to OPALGA. JustGive.org is funded by sponsors in order to give non-profits all the donations.

* Neither donors nor nonprofits pay any fees for JustGive.org services.
* All donations made through JustGive.org (and to JustGive.org) are tax-deductible.
* They never sell, share, or disclose any donor information.
* Donors have the option of making anonymous donations to OPALGA, so your names are never passed on without your permission.
* Donors can keep track of donations made through JustGive.org with a customizable Giving History.
* Donors receive a year-end summary of donations made through JustGive.org.
* Gift donations can be made in the name of someone else, and a customizable e-Card automatically notifies the gift recipient.
* Couples can register at JustGive.org for their wedding and have charity gift donations made in their name to organizations they choose.


LEAVE A LEGACY

LEAVE A LEGACY® is the public awareness campaign of the National Committee on Planned Giving. LEAVE A LEGACY programs across the country are educating the public about the benefits of leaving bequests to charity in wills and estate plans. OPALGA is a proud community partner of the LEAVE A LEGACY mission and its local organizer, the Oak Park and River Forest LEAVE A LEGACY program. To create a legacy gift, contact your professional financial advisor or visit the LEAVE A LEGACY website for more information.

1.  Prepare a will! With a will, you control the assets you worked a lifetime to acquire!

2.  Leave a gift in your will to a charitable organization like OPALGA that has made a difference in your life or in the life of someone you love. Imagine the positive impact on our community if everyone remembered to make at least one charitable gift!

3.  Donate a specific dollar amount or a percentage of your assets, which can include stocks, bonds, certificates of deposit, real estate, vehicles, art, jewelry and other personal property.

4.  Name OPALGA as the beneficiary of your IRA or pension plan.

5.  Name OPALGA as the beneficiary of an existing life insurance policy or purchase a new policy and name us as the beneficiary.

6.  Remember deceased loved ones with a memorial gift to OPALGA.

7.  Encourage family and friends to leave gifts to charities in their wills.

There may be tax advantages to your planned gift giving. Your professional financial advisor can examine the possibilities with you.


Help OPALGA by Shopping OnLine

Buy something for yourself. Better yet, buy a lot of something’s for yourself! But first join www.iGive.com. Because whenever you purchase everyday items at the Mall at iGive, up to 25% of every purchase is donated to OPALGA, at no cost to you!

Wait, there’s more.

At iGive.com you get free membership … access to the over 240 brand-name merchants like Barnes and Noble, CDNow, Lands’ End and PETsMART… super savings and deals every day … and of course, free donations to OPALGA! Join www.iGive.com/joinLink, and then shop till you drop. We’ll appreciate it!

Click here (www.iGive.com) and change online shopping for good.

Just click on the links, the graphic above or the various banner ads throughout our site. To join as a member in the shopping mall, $10 will automatically be given to OPALGA. The first purchase must be made within 45 days.

Just follow the link above.




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