First Step Family Support Center

 

Contact Us:

 

325 East 6th Street

Port Angeles, WA 98362

 

(360) 457-8355

(360) 457-3820 fax

 

Email:

maggie_fstep@olypen.com

 

 

 

HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT FIRST STEP

 

You can help First Step take the next step!

 

FIRST STEP WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER WITH YOUR PHILANTHROPY

AND WE OFFER MANY AVENUES FOR YOUR GENEROSITY

 

Why Should I Give?

There are many compelling reasons to donate to First Step including the fulfillment of your philanthropic goals.  You might also be able to eliminate capital–gains tax on gifts of long-term appreciated property, eliminate federal estate tax on property passing to charity upon the donor’s death, and reduce income tax through gift deductions.  However, the true impact of your gift will be measured in the success and enrichment of children and families in Clallam County for many years to come.

 

In What Ways Can I Give?

Cash

Appreciated Financial Assets (such as Mutual Funds, Stocks and Bonds)

Real Estate and/or Securities

Personal Property such as vehicles, boats and RVs or artwork

Insurance Policies

Bequests under a will

      Deferred gifts such as charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, or life-income plans

 

How Can I Give to First Step Family Support Center?

We have many mechanisms available to accept and process your generous gift(s) including convenient options for transferring of assets such as stocks and bonds. Call First Step at 457-8355 for further information.

 

Can My Gift(s) Benefit Today’s Efforts as Well as Tomorrow’s?

It’s never too early to start thinking about the kind of legacy you would like to leave to the community.  Through your long term contributions to First Step Family Support Center, you can make a great impact and ensure a successful future for tomorrow’s children and families. 

 

Our staff will work with you to arrange your charitable contributions in ways that maximize your personal objectives while minimizing your after-tax costs.  However, you should consult with your own tax and legal advisors for a full discussion of the tax implications of particular gift plans.

 

 

Port Angeles’s Coffee and Tea Bar, Renaissance, continues to join with coffee-drinkers around Clallam County to raise funds for First Step Family Support Center, simply by doing what we (love to) do everyday, drink coffee!

 

Here’s the good news for coffee-drinkers who wish to support First Step, the families they serve, and some remarkable women growing coffee in the Peruvian Andes: For every bulk pound of Café Femenino purchased, Renaissance will donate $3.00 to the First Step Family Support Center’s Capital Campaign; for every 12 oz. bag of Café Femenino sold, $2.00 will be donated.

 

About those special coffee-growers in Peru: Café Femenino is a collective of women coffee growers in the Peruvian Andes who have come together to grow and process the highest quality coffee beans in service to their families and their communities, as well as their own economic independence. They are committed to organic growing practices and to maintaining critical bird habitat in their coffee farms. Café Femenino growers produce a very high quality coffee bean and ask a high premium for their beans. Roasters who purchase their beans agree to pay this premium regardless of the vagaries of the world coffee market, assuring a consistent source of income for Café Femenino families, lifting its members, their children, and their communities out of poverty. 

 

HOW YOU CAN HELP:  Please, drink more coffee!  If you’re not already drinking this delicious coffee, consider switching to Café Femenino. You’ll find Femenino to have a moderate body, low acidity, complex flavor, with earthy undertones, and a roast that is moderately dark. (Coffee brewed from the Arabica beans grown by Café Femenino growers has approximately 50% of the caffeine as coffee brewed by the more common Robusta bean characteristic of “grocery store brands” such as Yuban, Folgers, and store name brands.) Café Femenino is reasonably-priced. At $12.95 a pound and $9.95 for the 12 oz bag, Café Femenino is less expensive than the organic coffees you buy in supermarket chains like Safeway.

 

Café Femenino can be purchased (whole bean or ground to your specifications) at Renaissance, 401 E Front Street. Renaissance is open Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 7:00 pm and on Saturday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

 

Buying organic coffee makes a significant impact on the men and women who grow our coffee. Cancer rates, especially ovarian cancer rates, are skyrocketing in coffee-growing regions using chemically-based pesticides and herbicides. Drinking organic coffee eliminates this health risk from coffee growers and the entire communities in which they are located.

 

For more information, please call Lynn Keenan at Renaissance 565-1199