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Your Gift Makes a Difference!

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There are so many ways to make a difference for at-risk children and families.
Here are a few options:
• Make a monetary donation (and get your company to match your gift dollar-for-dollar!). Give now.
• Donate new or gently-used items that go directly to clients and are used immediately. Learn more.
• Create a campaign at work to get your colleagues involved (for ex., “jeans day”). Learn more.
• Attend a CRN’s signature event, the 11th Annual Portland’s Original Iron Chef. Learn more.
• Have another idea on how to help kids and families? Email us!

Any way you choose to support healthy families, your gift always…
• Serves over hundreds of kids and families each year, making them whole again.
• Gives young children and their parents a chance to overcome trauma.
• Teaches parents how to be healthy and positive role models for their children.
• Most importantly, your gift helps prevent child abuse and neglect in our community.

Please make your gift online today to give kids hope for a fulfilling life. Thank you.

Learn how your gift is spent

$5,000 ($417/month) – Be a Champion!
You can support all wrap-around services for a family for 6 months


$2,500 ($209/month) – Be a Protector!
You can provide breakfast, lunch, and snacks for a classroom for an entire year, nourishing our kids but also giving the security of routine and care


$1,000 ($83/month) – Be an Advocate!
You can underwrite a parenting education class, giving parents skills they need to bond with their children and develop healthy relationships


$500 ($42/month) – Be a Guardian!
You can supports respite childcare, to give parents time to take care of pressing needs while allowing their kids to be placed in safe, stable, and comfortable environment


$250 ($21/month) – Be a Mentor!
You can underwrite much-needed furniture, strollers, car seats and cribs for our clients 
that they otherwise can’t afford

Any gift – Be a Friend of CRN!
All gifts – of any size – support kids and families and help prevent abuse and neglect, including purchases of educational and art materials, books, bus passes, and clothing for clients and babies

How to make a gift to CRN

• Mail a check (8525 N. Lombard Street, Portland OR 97203)
• Give us a call at 503-595-4511
• Make a credit card gift online
• Transfer appreciated stocks and securities*
• Make a gift of real estate, a used car, or other personal property*
• Make a pledge, so your gift can be paid over time (usually over one to three years)
• Leave a bequest to CRN in your will*
• Donate your car to CRN through Volunteers of America

No matter how you choose to make a gift to CRN, know that every gift counts and goes directly to fund services for our families. Let us know if you have any questions. Thank you for your support!

*Please first talk to your financial adviser or tax adviser to plan making any of the gifts designated with an asterisk to learn about your potential tax benefits.

Honor or Memorialize a Loved One

You can support Children’s Relief Nursery and honor a loved one or friend at the same time. Whether you give online or through another method, let us know whether your gift is in honor of or in memory of your loved one. If you like, we can notify them of your thoughtful gift (excluding the amount).

Children’s Relief Nursery is a 501c3 organization (Federal Tax ID #93-1260988). Donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

Willamette Week Give!Guide

Children’s Relief Nursery is thrilled to be a part of Willamette Week’s Give!Guide this year! Each year, the Give!Guide selects non-profit organizations to be featured in their holiday giving publication. Donations given to Children’s Relief Nursery through the Give!Guide are fully tax-deductible and include great incentives, such as:

•If you give $10-$499 you get: A postcard loaded with coupons good for discounts and freebies all over town. There will be two levels of postcards-one for donors of between $10 and $99, another for donors of $100 to $499. Larger gifts result in better deals. The first 1,000 or so donors in the $100 to $499 category, for example, will also receive free Chinook Book apps. Check out wweek.com/giveguide for the complete list.
•If you give $500-$999 you get: Home delivery of a bottle of wine from A to Z Wineworks, a nice bag of Stumptown Coffee, a 22 oz bottle of Widmer Bros Beer, a Chinook Book app, and more.
•If you give $1,000-$2,499 you get more home delivery: A bottle of pinot noir from Rex Hill Vineyards, the Chinook Book app, a package of Bob’s Red Mill Honey Oats Granola, Stumptown Coffee, a 22 oz bottle of Widmer Bros Beer (924 series), and more.
•If you give $2,500 or more you get: Delivery from one of Willamette Week’s owners (Editor Mark Zusman or Publisher Richard Meeker) of a bottle of sparkling wine, some especially fine Rex Hill pinot, Moonstruck Chocolates, Stam dog treats, Bob’s Red Mill Steel Cut Oats, and more, including the Chinook Book app.
•Thursday, Nov. 17 is Clear Creek Distillery Day at Give!Guide. One lucky donor will receive one bottle of every eau de vie and liqueur Clear Creek produces!

Give now here. Children’s Relief Nursery is located under the Social Action section. Thank you and Happy Holidays!

Check out CRN’s video blog for the Give!Guide project: