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 -- generosity that now exceeds $5.6 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 entirely of volunteers who buy, wrap and deliver holiday gifts to needy children and their families.

New Futures: Within low-income apartment complexes in South King County, New Futures partners with over 500 families a year to create communities where children thrive through programs that build skills, foster connectedness and promote strengths.

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

Renton Area Youth and Family Services: Offers counseling and life skills training for at risk middle and high school aged youth in South King County to help them make good choices, avoid anti-social behavior, and avoid contact with the Juvenile Justice System. Since 1970, the organization has worked with youth, their families, schools, and other community based programs to impact substance abuse and other youth-related community problems.

Rise n' Shine: For 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.

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

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

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)