Montana Shares

Workplace Giving

Business and Workplace partners (pdf)MontanaShares 2008-2009 brochure(.pdf)
Montana Shares 2008-2009 Pledge form(.pdf)

Workplace Giving campaigns provide employees and managers an opportunity to work together in a major charitable campaign. The campaigns are fun and spirited, with employees from many levels of the company forming a committee and working toward a common goal. The nonprofit organizations you help support can speak to your employees about their programs and the critical role employee donations have to people in their community. Federations like Montana Shares can provide a lot of help in running a campaign.

Studies show that giving through Payroll Deduction is three times more effective than simply writing a check. Why?

First, spreading out your donation over the course of a year allows smaller, more manageable amounts to be taken out of your paycheck; that allows people to give more overall. Second, the money is deducted automatically without the employee ever touching it, so the decision to pledge only needs to be made once a year. Third, it gives employees a stake in their community.

Payroll deduction lets every employee be a Workplace Philanthropist!

What a Pledge Can Buy 2008/2009

$1 per pay period ($24-26 annually)

Sends a birthday greeting or other card to 50 elderly, homebound people. (Befrienders)

Pays for a criminal background check on two volunteers. (Befrienders)

Sponsors a complete round of intake vaccinations, including a 1-year rabies vaccination, for two cats or two dogs (or one cat and one dog) at Heart of the Valley animal shelter.

Would buy one 50-pound bag of premium dog or puppy food, a 25-pound bag of premium cat or kitten food, or a two-month supply of cat litter for the Geriatric Cat Adoption Room at Heart of the Valley.

Buys a new book for the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center’s library.

Pays for one free meeting space for one of the many small groups of active citizens who depend on the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center.

Sponsors one visitor and allows Holter Museum of Art to keep it’s doors open to the public without charging admission

Treatment materials for one new patient (Gateway Community Services)

Can pay for almost two feline immunodeficiency virus, leukemia virus tests used by the Lewis and Clark Humane Society

$1 can provide 8 meals for hungry Montanans through the Montana Food Bank Network, so $1 per pay period provides 208 meals for hungry Montanans.

Buys a one-year membership in Montana Mental Health Association for a person with mental health challenges.

Pays for 8 packets of suture – enough to spay and neuter 10-24 animals at the MT Spay/Neuter Task Force

Covers the cost for Students for Choice members to do a visual campaign on campus, putting up fliers to educate their peers about the “morning-after pill,” registering to vote, what it means to be pro-choice or spreading the “Prevention First” message.

Gives a backpack and supplies to a child enrolled in a summer school program through Rural Employment Opportunities.

Provides one dozen bus trips for a client of A.W.A.R.E. with special needs

Will buy 5 gallons of diesel for each of the two trucks driven by Headwaters Cooperative Recycling.

$1.25 ($30 annually)

Provides three Preservation Tool Boxes ($10 each), hands-on resource guides compiled by the Montana Preservation Alliance, to communities striving to preserve unique historic and cultural properties.

$1.50 per pay period ($36-$39 annually)

A pledge of $3.00 per month will provide the printing and postage for 12 of AERO's Abundant Montana directories of sustainably produced agriculture products and retail outlets for locally grown food in Montana.

A $40 donation will provide a scholarship for a child who would like to participate in a robotics class at ExplorationWorks.

Pays for the cost of conducting a baseline study on one acre of grizzly bear habitat. (Vital Ground Foundation)

$40 will buy a month of dance lessons for a dancer with special needs in Bright Orange Ballet with Missouri River Dance Co. or four classes for students participating in an outreach program

$2 per pay period ($48-$52 annually)

Pays for 3 hours of alcohol & drug services education. (Bridger Clinic, Inc.)

Buys 2 pap smears to screen 2 women for cervical cancer. (Bridger Clinic, Inc.)

Pays for one cat spay operation at Lewis and Clark Humane Society

Pays for three Montana students’ participation in a Cultural Exchange Day (Ecology Project International)

Covers part of the program cost of keeping a Montana Artists Refuge artist warm during the long Montana winters.

Buys fuel to help a rural Montana farm or ranch worker get to his/her next job (Rural Employment Opportunities)

Will pay for a half day of operation for Headwater Cooperative Recycling’s innovative glass pulverizer system.

Buys pizza for 25 youth at the annual Montana Human Rights Network shOUT summit for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender youth and their families.

Supports the printing of 400,000 Montana Mental Health Association quarterly newsletters about disease and research.

Will pay for three animal surgeries at MT Spay/Neuter Task Force

Sponsors one child in an A.W.A.R.E. group home to the summer camp of their choice

Pays for one monofilament fishing line capture bin to keep fishing access sites cleaner as well as printing and distribution of one educational brochure about the program administered by Montana Wildlife Federation.

Will offset costs for one Teen Ambassador Officer to conduct a workshop on parliamentary procedures for 15 youth in your county through Montana 4-H Foundation.

Helps reach one Montana youth with Meth use prevention messaging by Montana Meth Project.

$2.50 per pay period ($60-$65)

Pays for on health care visit for a Montanan with a low income. (Cooperative Health Center)

Pays travel expenses for a Montana Human Rights Network organizer to visit a Montana community to assist with mobilizing against hate and bigotry on the local

Pays for the cost of appraising one acre of grizzly bear habitat. (Vital Ground Foundation)

Will provide the printing and postage for 12 of AERO's Abundant Montana directories of sustainably produced agriculture products and retail outlets for locally grown food in Montana.

$3 per pay period ($72-78)

Buys 2 anonymous rapid HIV antibody tests. (Bridger Clinic, Inc.)

Screens 3 patients for Chlamydia, one of the most common STI’s. (Bridger Clinic, Inc.)

Pays for one cat adoption at Lewis and Clark Humane Society

Pays for one dog neuter operation at Lewis and Clark Humane Society

Helps the Montana Human Rights Network bring a national or international activist to one Montana community to share their experience in human rights work.

Supports a mental health advocate from Montana Mental Health Association to testify and teach legislators about mental health care issues.

Pays for one hotel room for individuals coping with cancer and their loved ones at the Cancer Family Network of Montana fall retreat

$80 will buy a costume for an outreach student participant who is performing in an Missouri River Dance Co. production

$4 per pay period ($96-$104)

Buys 3 emergency contraception pills for 3 women trying to avoid an unintended pregnancy and plan for their future families. (Bridger Clinic, Inc.)

Pays to fill two cavities for a child in pain. (Cooperative Health Center)

Provides a tent and blankets for a farm worker family camped in an orchard. (Rural Employment Opportunities)

Pays for a week-long internship in for a Montana alumnus (Ecology Project International)

Buys a mammogram for one medically under-served or under-insured Montana woman. (Komen MT)

Pays for a team of 10 schoolchildren and community volunteers to clean and celebrate the river during the annual Clark Fork Coalition Cleanup each April.

Pays for one dog spay operation or one week of cat food at Lewis and Clark Humane Society.

Will underwrite the cost of a Montana teen to attend the Ambassador Fall Training of Montana 4-H Foundation, a three-day program for leadership and civic development.

Will purchase approximately 1,000 pounds of food through Great Falls Community Food Bank

Provides a scholarship for a Montana Mental Health Association consumer to attend national and regional training in peer support.

Pays for one Internet ad for Meth use prevention. (Montana Meth Project)

Will take the Woodsy the Owl’s recycling message to 67 third grade students through Headwaters Cooperative Recycling.

$5 per pay period ($120-$130)

Supports a volunteer/senior match for three months for companionship for the elderly. (Befrienders)

Pays for a 30-year-old woman to have a breast, pap and pelvic exam. (Bridger Clinic, Inc.)

Pays for a full physical for a person who has not had adequate health care

in years. (Cooperative Health Center)

Sponsors medical evaluations and spay/neuter surgery for 2 shelter animals. (Heart of the Valley)

Will buy eyeglasses for a rural child and improve his chances of succeeding in school (Rural Employment Opportunities)

Pays for a scholarship for a child to attend a week-long training class at Holter Museum of Art

Pays for one dog adoption or one week of dog food or four cat neuters at Lewis and Clark Humane Society

Helps upgrade the Mai Wah Chong Tai buildings by installing heat, plumbing, upgrading/fixing windows and finally repainting the facade. (Mai Wah)

Supports the professional staff of Montana Preservation Alliance as we reach out to communities striving to preserve Montana's unique heritage providing them technical assistance in protecting historic and cultural properties.

Will help a local 4-H club pay for and build directional signs to local ranches. (Montana 4-H Foundation)

$6.25 per pay period (app. $150 annually)

Pays for controlling noxious weeds on 100 acres of grizzly bear habitat. (Vital Ground Foundation)

Funds an unforgettable whitewater float for one child from a Missoula-area youth home. The Coalition’s annual Affinity Float provides more than 50 underprivileged youth with a day-long river adventure on the Alberton Gorge, encouraging them to become future river advocates.

$7 per pay period ($168 - $182)

Pays for a 50-year-old woman to have a breast, pap and pelvic exam. (Bridger Clinic, Inc.) .

$9 per pay period ($216-$234)

Pays for 10 families to attend the Growing Up Female Workshop or the Growing Up Male workshop. (Bridger Clinic, Inc.)

Pays for 100 Wilderness Walks booklets from Montana Wilderness Association to be printed and distributed to people across the state.

Helps bring a Vigilante Theatre Co. play to a small town.

Enables children a special visit to a museum during Cancer Family Network of Montana summer camp

$10 per pay period ($240-$260)

Will sponsor a feline leukemia/FIV blood test for 30 cats or kittens at the Heart of the Valley.

Buys camping gear for 10 students in Ecology Project International’s Yellowstone Program in Costa Rica

Buys enough flour for a year’s worth of fry bread served by Last Chance Community Pow Wow at its cultural sharing heritage events.

Supports interactive TV presentations so that weather and distance do not impede attendance at of consumers at Montana Mental Health Association trainings.

Pays for 18 spays or neuters at MT Spay/Neuter Task Force.

Covers the cost for 10 college students to attend Students for Choice Campus Organizing Training for NARAL Pro-Choice Montana Foundation.

Will underwrite a "People Partner Grant" to a 4-H club and pay for a "Valentines Day" meal for residents at a nursing home, catered and served by a group of 4-H'ers. (Montana 4-H Foundation)

Can put an unemployed ranch worker on the road to year-round work and stability through Rural Employment Opportunities.

Purchases one new Treatment Video for Gateway Community Services

Provides materials and supplies for one foster youth to attend computer camp (Student Assistance Foundation)

Buys MCIS workbooks for 250 students (Student Assistance Foundation)

Provides materials and supplies for one College Goal Sunday site through Student Assistance Foundation)

$15 per pay period ($360-$390)

Pays for one child to attend a week-long camp for children with asthma (American Lung Association of the Northern Rockies)

Pays for a year’s worth of birth control pills for a woman who could not otherwise afford contraception OR a child. (Bridger Clinic, Inc.)

Buys an IUD to provide 10 years of birth control for 1 woman who could not otherwise afford contraception OR a child. (Bridger Clinic, Inc.)

Pays for one year's worth of primary health care for a Montanan in need. (Cooperative Health Center)

Pays the honorarium for one vet/vet tech team at a MT Spay/Neuter Task Force event.

$17 per pay period ($408-$442)

Supports tiny tot dancers (6-year-olds) dressed in their Native regalia at the Last Chance Community Pow Wow at the Helena Civic Center during the 4th weekend in September.

$20 per pay period ($480-$520)

Pays for one artist’s living and studio space for one month at the Montana Artists Refuge.

Will pay one Headwaters Cooperative Recycling truck driver for a week.

Buys 204 snowberry bushes to plant on restored lands after an old, failing, public land road is removed by Wildlands CRP.

Provides a month’s worth of youth programming at the ExplorationWorks museum.

Provides one computer for a foster youth attending computer camp through Student Assistance Foundation.

$30 per pay period ($720 – 780)

Pays for an entire year of primary health care for one low-income Montana

family. (Cooperative Health Center)

$40 per pay period and over

$1,000 provides one Access Grant for a Montana college student (Student Assistance Foundation)

$1,000 pays for a partial scholarship for a Montana student to participate in Ecology Project International’s Galapagos Islands Ecology Program

$1,200 will buy a new recycling bin for Headwaters Cooperative Recycling

$3,000 covers costs for one student at Summer Orientation Program (Montana Association for the Blind)

$5,200 provides funding for Newsline, recorded newspapers, for one quarter (Montana Association for the Blind)

Montana Shares is a partnership of Montana-based nonprofits that work together to improve the quality of life in communities throughout our state.

Montana Shares

825 Helena Avenue, Helena, MT 59601
PO Box 883, Helena, MT 59624
406.442.2218
1.800.823.2625 (toll-free nation-wide)
fax: 406.442.2346
shares@montanashares.org