Giving Certificates make Great Gifts! You get the tax deduction. The person you give them to chooses a charity to receive the donation. The charity deposits the certificate and receives 100% of its face value. Charity Checks' "giving certificates" allow consumers to shop from home, save on taxes and give a present that’s redeemable as a donation to any of 800,000 IRS-qualified charities across the country. Here’s how it works: Say you decide to order CHARITY CHECKS for ten friends, and you want to give each one a $50 "giving certificate." You get a $500 tax deduction and each of your friends receives $50 to give to his or her favorite cause. In the pilot program, Scott Cook, co-Founder of Intuit (the makers of Quicken software), purchased Charity Checks for his 42 Vice-Presidents. He chose the amount of the donation, but his employees were free to select the cause or charity that benefited from his tax-deductible gift. A valuable new tool for personal or business philanthropy, CHARITY CHECKS are the brainchild of the husband-and-wife team Victor Dorff, a journalist and educator, and Lisa Sonne, a documentary film producer and magazine writer. "You give them to the people you care about," says Dorff, "and the recipients give them to the causes they want to help — relief funds, soup kitchens, local symphonies, national literacy programs, hospitals and public television, just to name a few. The giver of a Charity Check receives the tax-deduction, but the receivers enjoy the opportunity to make a contribution of their own choosing." "Gift certificates can buy goods. Giving Certificates can do good," said Sonne. "Whether a company is sponsoring a classroom of kids or using Charity Checks as employee benefits, and whether an individual is giving them as gifts or using them as part of a personal philanthropy program, people are determining what they care about... and making a difference."
Click HERE to connect to the Charity Checks web site.

   William Matthews and Donna Parsons adopted 2 CARE kitties over 3 years ago, and they say that the boys enrich their lives every day and are a part of their every day activity. William and Donna operate Maiden Studio, a mosaic art studio located in Maidens in Goochland County. Donna is a nationally recognized mosaic artist and one of her creations is “Gato’s Mirror.” This design has been incorporated into a high quality tote bag that is certain to appeal to all cat lovers. Maiden Studio is graciously donating to CARE for every bag that sells, whether wholesale or retail. Please visit www.maidenstudio.com for more details and to purchase this beautiful item. We should also mention that Gato is one of the cats adopted from CARE.

UNITED WAY
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You'll find over 100 realistic original watercolors and affordable fine art, museum-quality Limited Edition and Open Edition Prints.  Tabbies, Torties, Siamese, Himalayans, Persians, Maine Coons, Abyssinians, Scottish Shorthairs, Calicos, White Cats, Black Cats, every kind of pet cat -- you'll find them at catmandrew.
15% of any sale at the catmandrew's website will be donated to CARE if you specify to do so in the message field when placing your order on the site or by clicking on this link catmandrew to get the online form to fill out. All you need to do is type in a note mentioning CARE in the "message" field when placing your order on the web site. Leave CARE's address - Cat Adoption & Rescue Efforts, Inc. P. O. Box 2934 Richmond, Va.  23228 or 3613 Seminary Avenue, Richmond, Va. 23227. If you order by phone, please mention that you would  like 15% of the purchase price to be donated to CARE.

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Please visit the wonderful creative animal site of the Browns, both artists who enjoy painting portraits of pets. The Browns have been a supporter of their local humane society AND CARE even though they live out of Virginia. They are frequent contributors to CARE through their art work and monetary donations.