FESCO is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit agency, governed by a Coalition of area churches and community members. To give online, please click here...  To give by check, please send your gift to: FESCO
21455 Birch St. #5
Hayward, CA 94541
WORKPLACE GIVING/EMPLOYER MATCHING Many employers will match employee donations made to nonprofit organizations. Please check with your Human Resources Department or your company's website for more information.Many companies also either participate in United Way workplace giving or conduct their own workplace giving campaigns. We greatly appreciate supporters who designate FESCO as the recipient of their donations in these campaigns. If you would be giving to FESCO anyway, it is usually more efficient to write a check directly to FESCO, as many workplace giving campaigns keep a percentage of your donation to cover the costs of administering the program. LEAVE A LEGACY You can help ensure the long-term success of our work to end family homelessness through a charitable bequest or charitable gift annuity. You can designate a gift to FESCO in your will or living trust, or name us as a beneficiary of your retirement plan, 401(k)/403(b) plan, annuities, or paid-up life insurance.A charitable gift annuity is a contract under which a charity -- in return for a transfer of cash, marketable securities or other assets -- agrees to pay a fixed amount of money to one or two individuals, for their lifetime. You make a gift of cash or stock to FESCO; FESCO pays you and agreed annual amount for life (the amount is a percentage of the amount of the gift; the older you are at the time the gift is made, the higher the percentage); on your death, the principal is released to FESCO. This can be an excellent approach for someone who wants to make a substantial gift to FESCO but needs guaranteed lifetime income. More information on charitable gift annuities is available at http://www.acga-web.org/index.html. For more information, please contact Rebecca Walden at 510-886-5473 or rwalden@fescofamilyshelter.org, or consult your attorney or financial planning professional. TINY TICKETS Tiny Tickets are those BART cards with remaining values that accumulate in drawers and purses. Because of the special arrangement we have with the East Bay Community Foundation, we can turn those tickets into cash for FESCO. All you need to do is round them up, drop them in an envelope, and send them to us. We have specially designed boxes that you can use to collect tickets at your workplace, congregation, or anywhere that BART riders may see it. One congregation put out a box to collect Tiny Tickets and it brought in $185 in one month!
 DONATIONS: What we can accept and what we can not accept Please call the office BEFORE dropping off donations. Due to storage issues, we cannot accept drop off donations. FESCO's Current Wish List ( updated 1/14/13)
( Preferably NEW items) Aprons Bath mats Bath towels Bedding ( new) Bread ( whole wheat) Booster chairs ( gently used) Commercial playground equipment Copy paper Couch and Love seat ( new with safety tags attached) Curtains Diapers/ Pull Ups Dining room chairs (new, w/o material) 20 Feminine Hygiene Items Filing cabinets (lateral) Gift cards (Target, Wal Mart, Big Lots, Safeway, Office Max, Lucky) High Chairs ( gently used) Linens (new) Milk ( 2%) Pillows (new) Pots and pans Serving plates Set of knives Sheet sets ( new, twin, full, queen) Throw rugs Vacuum Canned Food ( large cans or several of same item) Chili Fruits Soups FOOD DONATIONS Each year, FESCO serves more than 30,000 meals to our residents and distributes hundreds of food boxes to alumni. If you are considering purchasing food to give to FESCO, your dollars will go much further if you give cash instead. As a member agency of the Alameda County Community Food Bank, FESCO can obtain nutritious food at a fraction of its wholesale cost.If you have a substantial quantity of surplus food you would like to donate to FESCO, please contact us at 510-886-5473 or fesco@fescofamilyshelter.org. For food safety reasons, we cannot accept donated food that has been cooked. We can accept baked goods. Please keep in mind that we strive to provide our residents with nutritious food that is heart-healthy and does not promote obesity or diabetes. VEHICLE DONATIONS  SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Sponsoring a FESCO event is a highly affordable way to show your commitment to the community in which you do business. Our signature event, the Shelter Shuffle Walkathon, happens in May each year. Sponsors gain visibility with the hundreds of community members who participate in this event and thousands more who receive our newsletter.DONOR PRIVACY POLICY FESCO considers all donors and supporters to be Friends of FESCO. The trust and confidence of our donors is important to us. We are therefore careful in the way we handle nonpublic personal information about our donors.
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