Dear Safe Schools Coalition Members and Friends:

We know you all feel tapped out right now, between supporting or opposing the candidates and ballot initiatives of your choice and watching your investments (if you have any) tank or your mortgage rates rise. We know that might mean you are giving less in the coming year to the causes you love than you have in the past.

At the same time, you may not know that the Safe Schools Coalition has almost ZERO overhead (our member orgs cover almost all costs and we have no office or staff of our own). So nearly every penny you give to the Coalition goes to the real work. To providing the web site, the listserve, the training, the publications, the technical assistance, and the intervention services for students in crisis.

You count on us; can we count on you?  

We get very little foundation support and no corporate support. We count on volunteers and on member organizations' dues and individuals' and families' donations (and occasional fundraising events) to keep the Coalition afloat.

There are two easy ways to donate to the Safe Schools Coalition.

(1) You can go here to donate online or to print out a form to mail in with a check: 

(2) You can give via payroll deduction! It's that time of year.

Many of you will be asked soon to consider participating in charitable giving via payroll deduction for the coming year. Safe Schools needs you!

Why should you consider giving to LGBTIQ charities at work?

It's really important that our workplaces know the size of the LGBTIQ & allied community and it's important that groups like the United Way hear our priorities.

Giving through payroll deduction is one important way to tell them what really matters to you. No matter where you live in the United States, if your workplace offers "United Way" as an option, you can donate to us through United Way ... but only if you specifically designate us ("Safe Schools Coalition") for a "directed gift." To designate us, write in "Safe Schools Coalition c/o Lifelong AIDS Alliance." (If your employer asks for our Federal Tax Identification #, we are legally a project of our fiscal sponsor, the Lifelong AIDS Alliance, and the tax ID # is 91-1215715.)

Many businesses offer matching gift programs. It is easy to take advantage of this employee benefit that doubles the impact of your contribution. Check with your Human Resources department to see if your company provides a matching gift program.

• If you appreciate the listserve,
• if you value the web site,
• if you are glad that we offer school boards and legislators technical assistance all over the world,
• if you have referred a student or family for intervention services,
• if you have felt that our trainers made your district or school or classroom a safer place,
• if your LOCAL safe schools coalition looks to the Safe Schools Coalition for technical assistance,
• please support YOUR Safe Schools Coalition today.