The Gifts in Kind program allows businesses to donate surplus inventory or unsold goods, which are then distributed to the non-profit community. Businesses can receive substantial tax benefits from a donation to Gifts in Kind. Donations can be made regularly or as one-time gifts.

Thank you to our growing list of contributors:

Office Depot
Big Lots
Dell
IBM
Talbots
Talbots Petite
Talbots Women
The Home Depot
Target
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
United States Postal Service

Office Depot helps local charities

Myra Ramsey from Day Light Ministries receives donated items from Office Depot, one of the gifts in kind donor partners in December.

IBM HELPS KIDS LEARN THROUGH THE UNITED WAY

Children at the Bethlehem Center enjoy the Young Explorer System donated by the IBM Corporation. The IBM KidSmart Early Learning Program integrates new interactive teaching and learning activities using the latest technology into the pre-kindergarten curricula. The program is now being implemented in 60 countries internationally, serving more than 2 million children from remote geographic areas to underprivileged areas of town and cities. IBM is a proud donor of the Gifts in Kind Program through the United Way of the Capital Area.

If you would like to get involved by donating items please email or call Lynette Holmes, Gifts in Kind Coordinator at lynette@myunitedway.com or 601.965.1342