Seattle Post-Intelligencer Readers Care Fund

Since 1978 readers have given generously to our community through the READERS CARE FUND

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ABOUT READERS CARE

Since 1978, P-I readers have opened their hearts and their wallets to help selected agencies provide for individuals and families in need. More than two dozen deserving charities in our community have benefitted from that generosity, which now totals nearly $5.9 million. Contributions are tax-deductible, and because the P-I covers nearly all administrative costs, virtually everything donated by readers goes directly to targeted agencies.

The P-I will publish the names of contributors on this Web site throughout the fund drive. The complete list will be published in the P-I after the campaign. You may opt not to have your name or the amount of your donation included on the list; just let us know.

Your donation will go to:

Forgotten Children's Fund: An organization made up of mostly volunteers who raise money to buy, wrap and deliver holiday gifts to needy children and their families. Each child receives a new winter coat, a bicycle (if desired), a safety helmet and at least three toys. "Santa" himself delivers the gifts.

Northwest's Child: Serving the special care needs of school-aged children, youth and young adults with severe disabilities.

Rise n' Shine: For more than 20 years, has served Puget Sound area children and teens affected by HIV/AIDS. Faced with the challenges of AIDS, families embrace the additional support offered through the mentor program, summer camp, peer support groups, a teen program, life-enrichment activities, and holiday gifts.

Seattle Education Access: Provides scholarships and free academic advising, career counseling, mentoring and tutoring to marginalized and impoverished youth, so they can succeed in college and move on to meaningful careers at a living wage. SEA's outreach is focused on young adults who have experienced homelessness; we specialize in helping homeless youth make strong transitions to local community colleges.

Southwest Youth & Family Services: Has been providing, since 1979, high-quality, strengths-based counseling, education and family support services to their services and families in southwest Seattle, White Center and South Park.

Contributors: List of last year's Readers Care Fund donations

2008 Readers Care Fund stories
- Readers Care: Success bounded by expectation (1/14/2009)
- Organization helps youth gain access to college (1/9/2009)
- Persistent personal attention transforms at-risk kids' lives (1/5/2009)
- Readers Care: Student has highs and lows, but never just coasts through life (1/3/2009)
- Readers Care: Rise n' Shine helps family focus on the future (1/2/2009)
- Readers Care: Nonprofit helps disadvantaged students after high school (1/1/2009)
- Santa was a little late this year (12/28/2008)
- Readers Care: When all a child wants is normal, Rise n' Shine delivers (12/26/2008)
- Readers Care: Santa's sleigh may be late for some because of snow (12/25/2008)
- Teen maps path to success (12/22/2008)
- Readers Care: Education helps refugee create a future (12/19/2008)
- Readers Care: Real-world experiences allow Heidi to see the possibilities (12/17/2008)
- Teams of Santa Clauses and elves gear up for Christmas (12/16/2008)
- Survivor of HIV a hero to her children, a victim to none (12/15/2008)
- Readers Care: He's 'angry kid' no more (12/11/2008)
- Readers Care: Seattle Education Access is there for the student (12/9/2008)
- Readers Care: Help for special children (12/5/2008)
- The Forgotten Children's Fund remembers (12/3/2008)
- Rise n' Shine offers support to kids (12/1/2008)
- Help came when teen mom reached her breaking point (11/28/2008)
- Needs are more critical than ever (11/27/2008)

2007 Readers Care Fund stories
- Passion to help turns work into dream job (1/19/2008)
- With help, immigrant gets an education (1/4/2008)
- New Futures helps immigrants lower language barriers (1/2/2008)
- Educational help for disadvantaged (12/29/2007)
- Charitable agency makes a difference (12/22/2007)
- Charity keeps Santa's sleigh full of toys (12/19/2007)
- Northwest's Child helps disabled young adult expand his future (12/15/2007)
- Rise n' Shine lifts the hearts of children burdened by AIDS (12/14/2007)
- One family tradition is in the bag (12/8/2007)
- A New Future tempts teens with the badge (12/5/2007)
- Group helps beat barriers to getting a degree (11/26/2007)
- Forgotten Children's Fund lends St. Nick a hand (11/24/2007)
- New Futures knocks down language barriers (11/22/2007)
- P-I adds two charities to its annual fund drive (11/19/2007)

2006 Readers Care Fund stories
- Powerful Voices helps at-risk girls meet life on their terms (1/22/2007)
- It's all about what they can do (1/19/2007)
- New job lets consultant help homeless (1/15/2007)
- New Futures meets needs in Burien (1/8/2007)
- Powerful Voices speaks the truth (1/5/2007)
- Powerful Voices teaches girls how to be heard (1/1/2007)
- Northwest's Child makes a way for mom to cope (12/29/2006)
- With help, couple on right path (12/26/2006)
- It takes only one person to make a difference (12/23/2006)
- Teen volunteers tutor kids in after-school program (12/22/2006)
- Little Bit puts her back in the saddle again (12/21/2006)
- Client becomes a volunteer (12/20/2006)
- Northwest's Child doesn't just serve children (12/4/2006)
- Rise n' Shine offers hand to young (11/30/2006)
- New Futures puts families on track (11/27/2006)
- Shelter marking 40 years of service (11/23/2006)
- The Forgotten Children's Fund continues a long tradition of giving (11/20/2006)
- Helping special children, bit by little bit (11/17/2006)

2005 Readers Care Fund stories
- Rise n' Shine on lookout for mentors (1/27/2006)
- Students critique teachers (1/24/2006)
- Living diary gives girls a powerful voice (1/19/2006)
- FareStart takes them off the streets, and into the kitchen (1/2/2006)
- FareStart aims to 'transform the lives of homeless' (12/30/2005)
- Girls work together to change the world (12/26/2005)
- Toys, food and a smile -- the gifts are ready to roll (12/24/2005)
- New Futures strengthens community ties (12/21/2005)
- Mentor program enables children to rise and shine (12/19/2005)
- Agency helps girls find their voices (12/14/2005)
- FareStart helps homeless cook up a new life in 16 weeks (12/12/2005)
- Rise n' Shine helps HIV families (12/7/2005)
- Forgotten Children's Fund makes sure Santa is there (12/5/2005)
- At FareStart, cooking up an education (12/1/2005)
- Program brings music into lives of children (11/28/2005)
- Giving: FareStart (11/25/2005)
- Forgotten Children's Fund remembers in its 30th year (11/23/2005)
- Powerful Voices becomes powerful ally for teenage girls (11/21/2005)
- Teen program is a big boost to all ages (11/19/2005)
- Rise n' Shine gives kids a shoulder to lean on (11/12/2005)
- Charity campaign newcomer FareStart cooks up good works (11/4/2005)

2001 Readers Care Fund stories
- This year's fund drive kicks off at an especially critical time (Nov. 2, 2001)
- Gustavo Amaya owes a lot to Rise n' Shine (Nov. 5, 2001)
- Agency helps teens cope (Nov. 7, 2001)
- Turning at-risk girls into leaders (Nov. 9, 2001)
- Kendra Seymour praises Rise n' Shine (Nov. 12, 2001)
- Kick-starting dreams -- and careers (Nov. 14, 2001)
- Southwest Youth and Family Services helps a single mom (Nov. 16, 2001)
- Teen finds voice through agency (Nov. 19, 2001)
- Forgotten Children's Fund plays Santa (Nov. 23, 2001)
- A mentor helps smooth life's path for Tommy (Nov. 26, 2001)
- Agency helps lost teen find adulthood (Nov. 28, 2001)
- Agency helped foster child find her way (Nov. 30, 2001)
- Counselors stand by teen when needed the most (Dec. 3, 2001)
- 'Anonymous elf' helps those who need a Christmas (Dec. 5, 2001)
- Agency helps teen face reality of his mother's AIDS (Dec. 7, 2001)
- Elderly poor get heart-warming holiday boost from agency (Dec. 10, 2001)
- CYFS lends a helping hand to girls at risk (Dec. 12, 2001)
- Group ensures no children are forgotten (Dec. 14, 2001)
- Lending a helping hand to a boy with cancer (Dec. 19, 2001)
- CYFS offers alternatives for this teen (Dec. 21, 2001)
- Each year, this couple digs deep to help (Dec. 24, 2001)
- Forgotten Children's Fund brings Santa home (Dec. 24, 2001)
- Santa remembers the forgotten children (Dec. 25, 2001)
- Girl whose mother has AIDS finds support at Rise n' Shine (Dec. 26, 2001)
- Teen discovers self through poetry (Dec. 28, 2001)
- Teen's sense of self bolstered by agency (Dec. 31, 2001)
- Cousins on track for college, thanks to service agency (Jan. 2, 2002)
- Rise n' Shine brightens kids' lives (Jan. 4, 2002)