How To
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Gifts
Gifts to our General Fund for daily operational services and for long-term financial support are always welcome. Donations of appreciated assets, cash, in-kind materials and services are some of the ways you can help. Donations can be charged to all major credit cards, or with a check made payable to United Methodist Open Door. Please mail checks to PO BOX 2756, Wichita, KS 67201-2756.
To discuss these or other forms of support, please speak with our Director of Development, Scott Nicholson, at 265-9371 or by email at snicholson@umopendoor.org. All conversations are held in strict confidence.
In-Kind Donations
Donations of food, clothing, household, and personal hygiene items are welcomed. Please click here to see a list of our in-kind needs. To view this document you will need a portable document file (PDF) reader, the free Adobe Reader is available at http://get.adobe.com/reader/.
Open Your Heart to Open the Door Capital Campaign
United
Methodist Open Door held its capital campaign kickoff luncheon on Feb. 11, 2009
at Hinkle Elkouri Law Firm. The $5.4 campaign will raise funds for a resource referral
center to serve those who are at risk of being homeless or are currently homeless.
Former Senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker and Gov. Kathleen Sebelius spoke at the event and helped launch the campaign before about 100 supporters. Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. (pictured below)presented a check for $300,000 for the project. The agency has already raised close to $4 million of its goal.
Other major project contributors
include Open Door's Board of Directors, the campaign steering committee,
Wichita Community Foundation, Intrust Bank,
K.T. Wiedemann Foundation,
Goebel Family Star Lumber Charitable Trust,
Berry Foundation, Lattner Family Foundation,
First Presbyterian Church,
Catholic Diocese of Wichita, City of Wichita,
and Sedgwick County,
George Lay Signs, Exhibit Arts,
among others.
A special thank you to Sullivan Gang Graphics & Printing for donating its sevices to design and print our campaign materials. Thank you Greg & Janet!
Latest Campaign News:
The Kresge Foundation of Troy, Michigan, recently awarded Open Door a $500,000 Challenge Grant for the new Resource & Referral Center. On the heels of the announcement a very generous local corporation pledged $200,000 toward the challenge. With this gift and others we have approximately $1.3 million remaining to raise to meet the challenge. All donations and pledges made between now and September 30, 2011 count toward the challenge. In-Kind gifts are eligible as well, but must meet specific requirements.
On September 25, 2010, Kansas Area Bishop Scott Jones of the United Methodist Church hosted the Bishop's Bike Challenege (BBC). The BBC was three bicycle rides in one, an 18, 50, and 100 mile bike ride to raise awareness and funds in support of the campaign. The efforts of Bishop Jones and his fellow dedicated riders raised $30,000!
We appreciate the support of all our donors and their willingess to help those in need. If you, your business, church, or foundation is interested in supporting the Open Your Heart to Open the Door Capital Campaign, please call 316.265.9371 and speak with either Deann Smith, Executive Director, Scott Nicholson, Development Director, or Kris Wilshusen, Campaign Assistant.
Volunteering
Our Coordinator of Volunteers can find just the right niche for volunteering, whether it be sorting or sacking groceries or answering the telephone in the Community Food Ministry, packing commodity boxes in the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, sorting clothing and helping people shop in the Klothes Kloset, preparing meals for the homeless at the Drop-In Center, or working on one of the several Transitional Housing homes.
Opportunities abound for individuals, families, groups, students needing community hours for school, Eagle Scout projects. Volunteers are scheduled on a one-time basis, monthly, weekly, daily, or whatever best fits in with their life.
Call our Coordinator of Volunteers, Cheryl Stevenson, at 267-4201 or email cstevenson@umopendoor.org to set up your time now.