What your gift can do

Your Contribution Your Sacrifice Their Benefit
$.70 per day = $3.50 per week x 52 weeks = $182 per year A bottle of name- brand water per day A year of therapeutic exercise for a person with severe arthritis.
$1.12 per day = $5.60 per week x 52 weeks = $291.20 per year A dozen donuts a week Provides food for 378 people for a year.
$4.04 per day = $20.20 per week x 52 weeks = $1,050.40 per year A little over a pack of cigarettes per day More than a year of safe, temporary housing for an abused woman and her family.
$1.10 per day = $5.50 per week x 52 weeks = $286 per year A year’s worth of acrylic nail refills Ten days of respite care for an Ascension parish family with a mentally handicapped child.
$.05 per day = $ .25 per week x 52 weeks = $13.00 per year A pair of cheap sunglasses Hearing screening services for 15 low-income elderly folks.
$.64 per day = $3.20 per week x 52 weeks = $166.40 per year One latte a week for a year A child in West Feliciana parish participates in 35 weeks of tutoring with proven results of better grades and higher test scores.



Research based on 2007 statistics provided by Capital Area United Way Member Agencies.