Joel's Place: Live and Unplugged: Pick. Click. Give.

Friday, January 16, 2015

Pick. Click. Give.

     If you live and work in the non-profit sector, as I do, you have been living with the realities and the details of Pick.Click.Give...or LovAlaska...for several months now. I had a Board Meeting yesterday and realized that some of the important details of this amazing program have not been communicated clearly. Or, more likely, they were overwhelmed and buried in the annual chaos that is the holiday/end of year season. So...allow me to explain. No. That would take to long. Allow me to sum up:

The Permanent Fund Dividend Registration is open.
   If you are an Alaskan Resident you can apply for the PFD at this link   The application opened January 1st and there have already been over 143,000 applications submitted.

The Pick.Click.Give Option
   When you are completing your application, there is an option to participate in Pick.Click.Give. This program allows you to donate part of your PFD to any Alaskan non-profit that you select. You can find Joel's Place on the list under the "J" section. You can give any amount you desire and edit it any time in the next 6 months.

Wait. I can edit my selection?
   Yes. You can log back in to your application and change the amount you are donating or who you are giving it to up until the end of summer. You don't have to make major giving decisions before your computer screen times out.

Why not just wait until I get my PFD and then write you a check?
   That is a legitimate option...I will never say no to it. However, everyone who participates in Pick.Click.Give is entered into a drawing to win...and 2nd PFD. It does not matter if you give $50 or $1,500. Everyone who participates is entered to be one of 10 winners who will receive another dividend check in the fall. I am just here trying to help you win some money.

How does this benefit Joel's Place?
   Pick. Click. Give has been instrumental in us growing as an organization in the past few years. It has built up our infrastructure which has allowed us to receive grants and awards that benefit the youth. It has payed for our audits and taxes and we have been able to leverage those things into hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant and government monies. It helps...a lot.

Pick. Click. Give is a great way to invest in our community. It is quick. It is easy. It is really effective. I would invite you to join me in giving (to Joel's Place) through your dividends. Thanks everyone.

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Giving

If you would like to become a financial partner with us and support the work of Joel's Place, here's how:

1.) To make an online donation:

2.)Mail us a check at P.O. Box 83584, Fairbanks, AK 99708

Or

3.)Call our front desk at 452-2621 with your credit card information. Our official hours are Mon- Fri, 12pm-6pm , but there is usually someone by the phones from 8am on.

And

4.) You can link your Fred Meyer Rewards card to Joel's Place at this link. Every purchase on your card increases the Fred Meyer Foundation's annual donations to our organization.

Thank you for your encouragement and support.

From the Staff

Leah Byam, Program Assistant

On Sunday after Church a group of us went to Subway to eat lunch. When we get in line it's very busy, so we wait patiently in line. As I'm waiting in line I see CS, a young man who has been coming to Joel's Place for a very long time. He's working behind the counter. He's assertive, polite, taking peoples orders, and going on to the next costumer giving them kindness and the same professional service. As I watch him from afar my eye's tear up. I know his past. I've walked with him on so many journeys. I love this kid so much, I am so so so proud of him. As I get closer he see's me and his face lights up. We were able to talk. He tells me that he just graduated with his high school degree, that he's still saving up, he will be going to Hawaii as planned in September to work. I was able to tell him, How proud I am of Him, and I meant it in every sense of the word.