As fall is upon us so, too, are the workplace fund drives. Hepatitis C is proud to participate in employee giving programs that allow donations through payroll deduction or as one-time gifts and gifts with matching employer donations.  This strategy has been used acxross the country and in major corporations who also match emploee gifts. From Microsoft to NIKE, to United Way, please take a look at your company’s policies and make hepatitis C , liver cancer and liver transplant your priority this year.

Contributions received will assist the Hepatitis C Outreach Project to continue and to expand our mission to improve the awareness of hepatitis C and the quality of information available to patients and healthcare providers.In addition, it will help us inspire researchers to include hepatitis C in their research proposals to increase the knowledge base of this disease, from women’s health, to neurological manifestations of hepatitis C, to co-infection, to risk factor identification and minority infection awareness, infection control in the tattoo and spa industry, and many other “off the radar” issues we face.

Many state governments have charitable fund drives for their employees. Each state has its own eligibility criteria. If you wish to designate the Hepatitis C Outreach Project for your contributions and your state requires information or documentation, please contact us and let us know what we need to do to qualify for your fund drive
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Some United Way campaigns allow unlisted charities to receive your contribution. If Hepatitis C Outreach Project is not listed in your United Way brochure, you may still be able to contribute through the “Donor Option” feature that many local United Ways now offer. If your local UW has the donor option, write the Hepatitis C Outreach name and address in the space provided on your United Way pledge card:

Hepatitis C Outreach Project
7316 N. Mobile Avenue
Portland, OR 97217

Finally, many corporate giving campaigns allow a donor to write in a charity of choice. Lists are often provided of eligibleorganizations, but the list is not limited. You can add Hepatitis C Outreach even if it is not specifically listed.

You can still designate the Hepatitis C Outreach Project as your choice this year simply by writing the above information into the space provided.

The Hepatitis C Outreach Project is very grateful for our past contributors and we hope that you will continue to support our mission in the fall 2006 pledge drive in your community.

We are a 501(c)3 charitable organization under the Internal Revenue Service Tax Code.We are listed with Guidestar.org[size]

We can’t do very much without your help and support. Thank you from all of us and all of those who have benefitted from your generous donations.