HOW TO SUPPORT PARALYZED VETS
Donate TIME
Keystone PVA can benefit from your time, whether it's to work on assembling the Easter Bags for Hospitalized Vets, or to volunteer time at one of the veterans' hospitals in Altoona, Butler, Erie, Lebanon, or Pittsburgh (and we're looking for folks in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area). Want to know more? Contact Volunteer Coordinator Agnes Strang, 724-745-1861.
Want to volunteer to help with the 31st annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games, coming to Pittsburgh in August 2011? It's not too early to get involved! Contact Volunteer Coordinator Karen Cinnamon, 412-822-3096.
Donate MONEY
We can make your donation of money go a long way, especially if you donate directly by check made out to "Keystone Paralyzed Veterans of America" or "Keystone PVA," and mailed to Keystone PVA, 1113 Main Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15215-2407.
You can make a donation by credit card by going to GreatNonprofits.org. Click here to go to the Keystone PVA page.
We will be pleased to apply any amount you may wish to contribute to the programs of the Keystone Paralyzed Veterans of America. And we will be most grateful for your support.
We have three targeted needs right now: 1) Support for the attendance of our wheelchair athletes at the 30th annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games in Denver in July 2010 (cost per athlete: $2,500); 2) Support for the operation of the NVWG in Pittsburgh in August 2011 (Local share: $300,000); 3) Construction of a message sign on Washington Boulevard in Pittsburgh near the veterans' home and veterans' hospital (total cost: $25,000+). Anything helps!
Donate SERVICES
From time to time Keystone PVA needs professional services--legal, financial, or minor maintenance, to name a few. Right now, we need to upgrade our electrical service in our copy room and our kitchenette. It's not a big job, but it would make it easier to do the work of the chapter.
Donate GOODS
The very best way you can donate goods is through our partner, American Thrift Center, based in West Mifflin, Pa., and serving the Pittsburgh region. Click here to find out what goods American Thrift Center can accept and where drop boxes are located in the Pittsburgh region.
If you have adaptive or assistive equipment, such as wheelchairs, we cannot usually accept these items due to lack of space and other considerations. But we can list them in our bi-monthly newsletter. If you are donating them, we can list your donated items at no charge. If you wish to charge for the item(s), our ad rates are quite reasonable. Click here to find recent copies of our newsletter, The Parascope, with the ad rates listed within.
From time to time we need furniture, recent-model office equipment (including computers) and software. We'd be happy to consider offers.
Some additional information
Keystone PVA is a non-profit charitable organization as defined by U. S. IRS Code Section 501(C)(3). Keystone PVA files a Form 990 annually with the IRS. Keystone PVA is also registered with the Bureau of Charitable Organizations in the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and reports annually to that agency.
It is our policy to follow up any donation with a written acknowledgement for your tax records. Your donation is tax-deductible for federal tax purposes if you itemize your donations. Depending on the state in which you file your state income tax and the method by which you file, your donation may be tax-deductible for state tax purposes.
