Workplace Giving

Workplace Giving campaigns provide employees and managers an opportunity to work together in a major charitable campaign. The campaigns are fun and spirited, with employees from many levels of the company forming a committee and working toward a common goal. The nonprofit organizations you help support can speak to your employees about their programs and the critical role employee donations have to people in their community. Federations like Montana Shares can provide a lot of help in running a campaign.

Studies show that giving through Payroll Deduction is three times more effective than simply writing a check. Why?

First, spreading out your donation over the course of a year allows smaller, more manageable amounts to be taken out of your paycheck; that allows people to give more overall. Second, the money is deducted automatically without the employee ever touching it, so the decision to pledge only needs to be made once a year. Third, it gives employees a stake in their community.

Payroll deduction lets every employee be a Workplace Philanthropist!

 

2011/2012 Charitable Giving Campaign Underway!

The 2011/2012 charitable giving campaign is now underway for Montana Shares. You can contribute through the charitable giving campaign at your workplace and take advantage of the convenient payroll contribution program offered. If you already give, consider increasing your donation and adding new groups.  If you are retired, self-employed or workers who don't have the payroll contribution option you can still support Shares' members by making a donation online. Just click the Give Now tab and you can give a one-time gift or you can set up recurring payments. You may also print and mail in our pledge form along with your check.  If your workplace doesn't yet offer Montana Shares as a charitable giving option give us a call at (406) 442-2218.  

 

                              2011/2012 What a pledge can buy

 
The following are suggestions of how your donation might be used by Shares members.      
    
$1.00 per pay period: ($24 - $26)
• Buys yarn for the Knitting For Peace group to make community need projects. (Jeannette Rankin Peace Resource Center)
• Provides 8 meals for hungry Montanans each pay period. (MT Food Bank Network)
• Will provide one of 500 youth delegates to Montana 4-H Congress with meals for two-days at this three-day event. Participants compete in events such as livestock judging, fashion-review and public speaking. (MT 4-H Foundation)
• Would buy one 50-pound bag of premium dog or puppy food, a 25-pound bag of premium cat or kitten food, or a two-month supply of cat litter for the Geriatric Cat Adoption Room at Heart of the Valley. (Heart of the Valley)
$2.00 per pay period: ($48 - $52)
• Pays for one cat spay operation. (L&C Humane Society)
• Sponsors one child in a group home to the summer camp of their choice. (A.W.A.R.E.)
• Will pay for a half day of operation for our innovative glass pulverizer system. (Headwaters Cooperative Recycling)
• Pays for one postcard mailing about public hearings on wildlife management and public recreation planning. (MT Wildlife Federation)
$2.50 per pay period: ($60 - $65)
• Provides printing & postage for the annual Child Care Profile Report sent to legislators & stakeholders who make decisions on childcare issues & agencies to strengthen leadership for MCCRRN services & build a high quality MT childcare system. (MT Child Care Resource & Referral Network)
• Provides Media Literacy training to 25 teachers in the district so they can utilize this tool to help students think critically about the media messages they receive. (Youth Connections Coalition)
$3.50 per pay period: ($84 - $91)
• Provides a scholarship to pay the performance fee for a student to participate in a production. (Queen City Ballet Company)
$4.00 per pay period: ($96 - $104)
• Pays for a repeating internet ad to help reach Montana youth with drug use prevention. (MT Meth Project)
• Will pay for a child to attend a weekend asthma program. (American Lung Association of the Northern Rockies)
• Will purchase approximately 1,000 pounds of food for hungry Montanans. (Great Falls Community Food Bank)
• Provides a scholarship for a consumer of mental health services to attend our annual conference to share information on improving mental health in Montana. (Mental Health America of MT)
$5.00 per pay period: ($120 - $130)
• Will buy eyeglasses for a rural child and improve his chances of succeeding in school. (Rural Employment Opportunities)
• Supports a volunteer/senior match for three months for companionship for the elderly (Befrienders)
• Will provide a scholarship for two weeks of summer camp programming at a science museum. (ExplorationWorks)
• Pays for the advertisement costs of hosting 10 wilderness educational programs throughout the state. (MT Wilderness Association)
• Buys a mammogram for one medically underserved or underinsured Montana woman. (Komen MT)
• Buys a scholarship for a child to attend a week-long training class at a museum. (Holter Museum of Art)
• Provides the printing and postage for directories of sustainably produced agriculture products and retail outlets for locally grown food in Montana. (AERO)
$7.00 per pay period: ($168 - $182)
• Provides art supplies for one month of classes to 50 youth. (Zootown Arts Community Center)
• Pays for a 50-year-old woman to have a breast, pap and pelvic exam. (bridgercare formerly Bridger Clinic)
$9.00 per pay period: ($216 - $234)
• Brings an original Montana theatre group to a small town. (Vigilante Theatre Company)
$10.00 per pay period: ($240 - $260)
• Pays for an annual celebration that strives to build self esteem among Native youth and pride in their traditional ways. (Last Chance Community Pow Wow)
• Covers the cost for training 10 college students to organize others regarding reproductive health and rights. (NARAL Pro-choice Montana Foundation)
• Supports efforts to restore habitat along streams and rivers by planting two dozen native shrubs and trees. (MT Audubon)
• Provides materials and supplies for one foster youth to attend computer camp. (Student Assistance Foundation)
$11.00 per pay period: ($264 - $286)
• Will feed a dog/cat for a year. (AniMeals)
$15.00 per pay period: ($360 - $390)
• Helps provide food and shelter for 50 disaster victims for one day. (American Red Cross of MT)
• Pays the honorarium for one vet to perform 25-50 spay/neuter surgeries in one day. (MT Spay/Neuter Task Force)
$20.00 per pay period: ($480 - $520)
• 10 hours of advocacy to assure that a child with a disability receives the appropriate school services needed to stay in school. (Disability Rights MT)
• Will purchase a refrigerator for a low income family home that is being built. (Helena Area Habitat for Humanity)
• Covers part of the costs for one student at Summer Orientation Program for a newly blind person. (MT Association for the Blind)
• Provides lodging, meals, and transportation for one staff member who volunteers their experience and time to work at a leadership training for high school students with disabilities. (MT Youth Leadership Forum)
• Buys 204 snowberry bushes to plant on restored lands after road removal. (Wildlands CPR)
$30.00 per pay period: ($720 - $780)
• Assists the Mai Wah Museum with repair and display of artifacts returning to us from Nevada City/Virginia City. (Mai Wah)
• Pays for an entire year of primary health care for one low-income Montana family. (Cooperative Health Center)
• Sponsors 5 participants at a Family Retreat for those who have recently lost a parent to cancer. (Cancer Family Network of MT)
$38.00 per pay period: ($912 - $988)
• Will match a mentor with a child for one year. (Big Brothers Big sisters of MT)
$40.00 per pay period: ($960 - $1040)
• Provides closing costs to help a family purchase a home. (NeighborWorks MT)