Straight Track #158

The goal for this drive was to match dollar-for-dollar the charitable donations of our clients, friends and from our Hoey & Farina office family.

Back in 2001, we sponsored the charity drive in lieu of our traditional sending of Christmas gift baskets. Judging from the response of the last two years, the matching fund has touched many more people than the sending of fruit baskets ever did. 

This year we again received so many notes and responses from people who donated money as well as from the charities themselves thanking all involved for their support. 

We received over a hundred responses to the fund drive from far and wide – via email, phone calls and face-to-face responses. The goal of the matching fund was to reach out to as many of charities as possible, knowing that the slow economy has increased charitable needs. 

Together, the goal was reached, with 66 donations going to 52 different charities in 13 different states. We matched dollar-for-dollar -- for a grand total of $50,000 in donations. The effort had no administrative or fundraising costs -- 100% of the donations went to the following charities:

1. All of Us Express Children's Theatre, East Lansing, MI
2. American Heart Assoc., Chicago, Illinois
3. AntiCruelty Society, Chicago, Illinois
4. Blackhawk Christian School, Ft. Wayne, Indiana
5. Blue Cap, Blue Island, Illinois
6. Chicago Youth Programs, Chicago, Illinois
7. Chileda, La Crosse, Wisconsin
8. Class of 59 Scholarship, Peru, Indiana
9. Civil War Preservation Trust, Hagerstown, Maryland
10. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Bethesda, Maryland
11. DeKalb County Comm. Foundation, Auburn, Indiana
12. Disabled American Veteran's, Cincinnati, Ohio
13. Earth Justice, Oakland, California
14. Fried's Cat Shelter, Michigan City, Indiana
15. Floyd County Animal Rescue League, New Albany, IN
16. Grace Evangelical Church, Elgin, Illinois
17. Great Lakes Naval Memorial Museum, Muskegon, MI
18. Holy Redeemer High School, Detroit, Michigan
19. Hope Lutheran Church, Park Forest, Illinois
20. Illini Children's Christian Ministry, St. Joseph, Illinois
21. Illowa Council Boy Scouts, Davenport, Iowa
22. La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, La Crosse, Wisconsin
23. Life Center, Elgin, Illinois
24. Little Brothers - Friends of Elderly, Chicago, Illinois
25. Make a Wish Foundation, Phoenix, Arizona
26. Make a Wish Foundation, Washington, D.C.
27. Misericordia Heart of Mercy Center, Chicago, Illinois
28. Monon RR Historical Society, Indianapolis, Indiana 
29. MS Society of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota
30. Nature Conservancy, Baltimore, Maryland
31. Ogeechee Area Hospice, Statesboro, Georgia
32. Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, Illinois 
33. One Step at a Time, Elk Grove Village, Illinois
34. Revelation Ministries, South Bend, Indiana
35. Rockford Rescue Mission, Rockford, Illinois
36. Romanian Missionary Society, Wheaton, Illinois
37. Salvation Army, La Crosse, Wisconsin
38. Sinsinawa Dominicans Inc., Sinsinawa, Wisconsin
39. SS Milwaukee Clipper Preserve, Muskegon, Michigan
40. SPCM (SS City of Milwaukee), Manistee, Michigan
41. SS City of Milwaukee, Manistee, Michigan
42. Special Circle of Special Friends, Chicago, Illinois
43. St. Tarcisius, Chicago, Illinois 
44. St. Jude Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
45. St. John Evangelist Parish, St. John, Indiana
46. St. John Lutheran School, Lombard, Illinois
47. St. Peters Lutheran Church School, Schaumburg, IL
48. Sun Health Kidney Foundation, Joliet, Illinois 
49. Sunrise Children's Zoo, Waterloo, Iowa
50. Twinless Twins, Inc., Ypsilanti, Michigan
51. Wetlands Initiative, Chicago, Illinois
52. YMCA of Barry County, Hastings, Michigan

We thank everyone who participated in this year's matching fund drive.

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