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Gift Registry
We feel very fortunate to have each other, two great dogs, our health, and a
wonderful home to call our own. We appreciate that friends and family may wish to express their congratulations with gifts. A charitable donation in our
honor would make us very happy.
In lieu of a wedding gift registry, we ask that you consider joining us in
supporting one of these worthwhile non-profit organizations:
- Peninsula Habitat for Humanity
- American Cancer Society
Details on each of these is below.
Peninsula Habitat for Humanity
Cindy has been volunteering about 10 hours per week with Peninsula
Habitat this year. She is working on their first major donor fundraising campaign.
Make check out to: Peninsula Habitat for Humanity
On a separate sheet of paper write: “Designate for General Fund, In
honor of Murphy/Donohoe Wedding. Send card to: Doug and Cindy Donohoe, 754 Berkeley Ave, Menlo Park, CA 94025”
Mail to: Peninsula Habitat for Humanity, 1010 Doyle Street - Suite 7, Menlo Park, CA 94025-4515
Mission: To build quality, affordable, ownership housing through volunteer
efforts in long-term partnership with qualified families.
Web: http://www.homestead.com/peninsulahabitat/
How it works: The target population served by Peninsula Habitat for
Humanity is low or very low-income families living in San Mateo County, California, that have a strong desire to be homeowners and commit to work
500 hours of "sweat equity" for their down payments. These families would be would be unable to purchase homes in the traditional housing market.
Peninsula Habitat for Humanity builds homes for homeownership and offers a0% interest mortgage to its buyers. Each homeowner makes mortgage
payments into the "Fund for Humanity." Since the fund for Humanity is used to buy building materials for more houses, the partner family
participates in a cycle that gives back to the community. As each partner family pays their mortgage, they help other families buy houses too. Home
ownership gives people a stake in their community, resulting in better neighborhoods and safer streets for all of us.
American Cancer Society
Online honor donation: Go to the donation page and follow the on-line
instructions. The site will request your credit card information and our address: Cindy Murphy and Doug Donohoe, 754 Berkeley Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
Web: http://www.cancer.org/
Mission: The American Cancer Society is the nationwide
community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and
diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service. The Society is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with state
Divisions and more than 3,400 local Units. The Society is the largest source of private, nonprofit cancer research funds in the United States. The
Society's prevention programs focus on tobacco control, sun protection, diet and nutrition, comprehensive school health education, early detection,
and treatment. A variety of service and rehabilitation programs are available to patients and their families.
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