| How Can I Help the VRC?
Your donations are 100% tax-deductible
Donate via check, (made payable to VRC or Victim Resource Center), or charge card via "PayPal" or "DONATE NOW through Network for Good." Please do not send cash. Your gift is 100% tax-deductible (as long as no goods or services were received in return). If mailing a check please mail to VRC, 132 Harrison Street, Newark, NY 14513-1234.
PayPal
To donate by credit card or from your bank account, we use PayPal, or DONATE NOW, both secure sites. Go to www.paypal.com. This is a secure site to donate using your credit card or bank account, and you can purchase online items with PayPal at many Internet sites. When you sign up to create a PayPal account, you will receive an email from PayPal for confirmation. Follow this link only. After your initial confirmation creating an account, NEVER enter PayPal by an email link. Always go directly to www.paypal.com.
You can also donate through “Network for Good”
Donate cell phones. These phones are recycled and new cell phones are purchased with minutes to provide an emergency phone with a working battery. Call (315) 331-1171 x306 for cell phone donations, or mail to or drop off at: VRC, 132 Harrison Street, Newark, NY 14513-1234. You may also click on the link below and follow the instructions to donate cell phones to the VRC through Shelter Alliance.
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Donate new blankets, pots & pans, large bottles of shampoo and conditioner, baby diapers, new towels, and other items, along with gift cards for food or household supplies. Call (315) 331-1171 x310.
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Donate new Christmas gifts for children and mothers. The VRC no longer accepts used clothing or used stuffed animals. Call (315) 331-1171 x306.
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Donate to our Capital Campaign. Our goal is to purchase the domestic violence shelter, and our Counseling & Advocacy Center. Call (315) 331-1171 x300 if interested in participating and/or donating in the Capital Campaign.
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Share your life and compassion by naming the Victim Resource Center of the Finger Lakes, Inc. in your will or your estate plan. You may provide a Bequest or other specific sum of money or asset; a Gift Annuity of cash or appreciated securities (see your tax specialist - this gift offers a special advantage because a substantial portion of the guaranteed income you receive is tax-free); or a Life Income Plan such as a charitable remainder trust (see your tax specialist). The IRA charitable rollover provision of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 provides an annual exclusion from gross income from Federal income tax for “qualified charitable distributions” of up to $100,000. Contact 315-331-1171 x300.
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Donate vehicles in very good to excellent condition. Your donation is 100% tax-deductible, call (315) 331-1171 x300.
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The VRC needs two new vans for transporting victims and their families. Call (315) 331-1171 x300.
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VOLUNTEER: See Volunteer Page (this website).
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