Alternative Giving
Want to get rid of that old honker, boat or RV and earn a tax deduction? Call today 800.905.4931or donate online.
GoodSearch.com is a new search engine that donates half its revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. You use it just as you would any search engine, and it's powered by Yahoo!, so you get great results.
Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter Arthritis Foundation, Virginia Chapter as the charity you want to support. Just 500 of us searching four times a day will raise about $7300 in a year without anyone spending a dime! Be good and spread the word!
The Arthritis Foundation's Hope Through HeroesSM is a memorial and tribute site dedicated to people who live with and have lived with arthritis or chronic joint symptoms. This is a place where you can honor or commemorate the life of a friend or loved one by sharing their inspirational stories of hope.
There are many different ways to support the work of the Arthritis Foundation...gifts of cash, real estate, securities, and personal property. You can also help by contributing a planned gift. Bequests (gifts made via wills) are one of the Foundation's most vital sources of income. Memorial and/or honor gifts in the name of friends and relatives are a thoughtful way to remember someone special.
Inidividual Retirement Accounts
(IRA) Rollover Gifts
Looking for a convenient way to make a gift of charity? Want to save on Social Security taxes? If you are over 701/2 , you can transfer up to $100,000 from your IRA to the Arthritis Foundation without paying any federal income tax. Simply notify your plan custodian of your intent to make a transfer. Need more information, please contact us 800.456.4687.
Road to a Cure
The Virginia Chapter is currently looking into the possibility of working with the Division of Motor Vehicles to produce a special Arthritis Awareness license plate! Would you be interested in having such a plate? We must have 350 people pre-register for the plate. If enough of our supporters are interested, we will proceed with designing and formally applying for the plate. E-mail Linda your name, e-mail address and phone number so that we may add you to the list of supporters who will be joining us on the road to a cure!
