Merry Christmas!
Generous donors have given a total of $150,468 to the Peninsula Home Fund so far this year.
The funds are gifts from neighbors to neighbors.
The money is dispersed by Olympic Community Action Programs (OlyCAP) to people who need to cover small expenses so they can get through a crisis and get back on the path to self-sufficiency.
It is used only for residents of Clallam and Jefferson counties.
The annual campaign always begins on Thanksgiving and extends through the holiday season.
All contributions are federally tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law for the year in which the check is written.
No money is deducted by the Peninsula Daily News for administration fees or any other overhead. All of it goes to OlyCAP, which takes 12.5 percent to assist with administrative costs.
Every donation, no matter how small, makes a difference.
Twenty percent of last year’s donations — a grand total of $313,509.65 in 2021 and through Jan. 6 of this year — went to help families afford fuel for work, medical and education purposes. Thirteen percent were used for families to use laundry facilities; 10 percent bought groceries; and 8 percent went to adult work clothing and work tools, 7 percent to rental assistance (including eviction prevention) and 6 percent to utility assistance.
The most recent requests this year have been for basic things like clothing to weather the cold and fuel to get to work, according to Anna Hannon, executive coordinator. Many also are struggling to put food on their families’ tables, so OlyCAP also provides grocery vouchers.
Money collected now will go into the fund for use in 2023.
The fund is not a welfare program. Money is used to give Peninsula residents “a hand up, not a handout” to get through emergency situations.
Personal information of donors is kept confidential. PDN does not rent, sell, give or otherwise share addresses or other information with anyone or make any other use of it.
To request assistance from the Peninsula Home Fund, fill out an online inquiry by clicking on the “Ask for General Assistance” button at www.olycap.org or going directly to olycap.formstack.com/forms/general_inquiry; or by phoning OlyCAP offices in Port Angeles — 360-452-4726 — or Port Townsend — 360-385-2571.
Physical offices remain closed to the public due to COVID-19 health concerns, but services are available.
OlyCAP has a cap of $500 for those who need a one-time infusion of funds.
To donate, write a check to “Peninsula Home Fund” and attach it to the coupon that appears in today’s PDN and is on the PDN Facebook page. The image can be saved and printed out from there.
Mail both check and coupon to Peninsula Home Fund, Peninsula Daily News, P.O. Box 1330, Port Angeles, WA 98362.
Donors also can contribute online using a credit card at https://olycap.org/donations/.
If you have any questions about the fund, call Publisher Terry R. Ward at 360-417-3500.
Here is a list of donors to the fund as of Tuesday.
NAME ONLY
• Terry Troyer, Port Angeles. In memory of and in honor of Miles and Eleanore Troyer.
• Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kovarik, Sequim.
• Doug and Sherri Smith, Sequim.
• Ron and Dorothy Brown, Sequim.
• Mark and Diana Schildknecht, Sequim. In memory of Don and Lois Bakker.
• Joe and Claudia Girard, Port Angeles. In memory of Sue Fontaine.
• Elaine Jacobs, Port Angeles. In memory of Brian Jacobs.
• Bill and Sharon Alton, Port Angeles.
• Elizabeth Geddes, Port Angeles.
• Jeanie and Glen Robards, Sequim.
• Leona Dohse, Chimacum. In memory of Gunther Dohse.
• Russ and Janet Holt, Sequim.
• Marjorie A. Elwood, Port Angeles. In memory of William Elwood.
• David and Vicki Walp, Sequim.
• Dottie Hopkins, Port Angeles. In memory of my beloved daughters, Cindy and Patty.
• Deborah E. Willis, Port Angeles. In memory of mom, dad and Derek.
• Donna M. Campbell, Sequim.
• Nada J. Johnson, Port Angeles.
• Bill and Barb Pearl, Port Angeles.
• Barbara Comer, Port Angeles.
• Bill and Nancy O’Brien, Sequim.
• John and Darlene Mjoen, Port Ludlow.
• John and Debbie Urish, Port Angeles.
• Gerald and Nancy Stephanz, Port Angeles.
• Jack Galloway and Anna Manildi, Port Angeles.
• Anne and Vincent Murray, Port Angeles.
• Deanna H. McHenry, Port Angeles. In memory of John McHenry.
• Monty and Gerry Crouch, Carlsborg. In memory of George and Louise Simonson.
• Kelly Johnson, Port Angeles. In memory of my momma’s birthday.
• Pat Flood, Olympic Acupuncture, Port Angeles. In memory of Diana Somerville, Dennis Duncan, Glenn Dawson, Nancy Taylor.
• Pat Flood and Lori Kramer, Port Angeles. In memory of Bill and Dot Flood.
• Suzanne Orr, Port Angeles.
• John and Laurel Nutting, Port Angeles. In memory of Caroline Putman.
• Marolyn and Herb Russell, Port Angeles. In memory of Will and Carolyn Muller
• Paula Bond, Port Angeles. In memory of Bernice R. Clarke.
• Diane Jones, Sequim. In memory of Erwin P. Jones, Jr., husband.
• Susan Gilleland, Sequim.
• Larry Cross, Sequim. In memory of Marilyn Cross, Joey Curtin, Dawn Nikolia.
• Ross Hamilton, Ross Hamilton Photography, Sequim.
• Grace’s Bounty Fund.
• Rob and Cindy Tulloch, Port Angeles.
• John M. and Lori J. Jacobs, Port Angeles.
• James and Sally Halvorsen, Port Angeles.
• Emily and Patrick Murphy, Port Angeles.
• Pamela Westlake Mirrer, Sequim. In memory of Laurie Westlake.
• Mark and Patty Hannah, Port Angeles.
• Andre and Karen Lauzon, Sequim. In memory of Shannon Kane.
• Darryl and Joan Walker, Sequim.
• Barry and Dolly Burnett, Port Angeles.
• Julie and Jim Haguewood, Port Angeles. In memory of Sam Haguewood.
• Jim and Nan Benson, Sequim.
• Ann Waldron, Sequim.
• Mr. Lex Morgan and Mrs. Karla Messerschmidt-Mor, Sequim.
• Eve M. Farrell, Port Angeles.
• Ray Weinmann, Port Angeles.
• Jacqueline Wilhelm, Port Angeles. In honor of Jonathan Simonsen.
• Walter Livingston, Sequim.
• Elaine Nelson, Port Townsend.
• Ronald Sidwell, Port Angeles.
• Rebecca Lindquist, Fresno, CA.
• Judith Carlson, Port Angeles.
• Beth Ashkin, Port Angeles.
• Stephenie Bennett, Port Angeles.
• Douglas Rittenhouse, Port Angeles.
• Tom Shindler, Port Angeles.
• Barbara Deese, Port Angeles.
• David Bower, Port Angeles. In memory of Marion, JoAnn and Nick Umbarger.
• Ferdinand Geiger, Sequim.
• Karen Bednarski, Port Townsend.
• Stephanie Hilt, Port Angeles.
• Rick Yates, Port Angeles.
• Kathy Wesley, Port Angeles.
• Cynthia Johnson, Port Townsend.
• Steven Moll, Sequim.
• Bernadette Bonnivier, Sequim.
• Steve and Lucy Nordwell, Port Angeles.
• Tony Rumore and Ferdinand Haberli, Port Angeles.
• Lynne Brandl and Mike Barrett, Sequim. In memory of Dorothy Dickoff.
• Diane Wheeler.
• Pam and Jim Walton, Port Angeles.
NAME AND AMOUNT
• Robert Skotheim, Port Angeles, $500.
• Robert C. Zech, Port Angeles, $300.
• Bob Walthers and Nancy Johnson, Port Townsend, $125.
• James Mowry, Port Angeles, $10,000. In memory of Dorothy Mowry.
• Linda and Mike Peters, Port Ludlow, $500.
• Connie Engrall and Pat Schoen, Sequim, $500.
• Marc Sukolsky, Sequim, $200.
• Craig Fulton, Port Angeles, $500.
• Ruth Replogle, Port Angeles, $100.
• Michael Turner, Port Townsend, $100.
• Susan Savage, Carlsborg, $150.
• Harriet Angulo, Port Angeles, $125.
• David Ebert, Sequim, $100.
• Barry Lerich, Nordland, $300.
• Christopher Melly, Port Angeles, $500. Geoff, Jake and Laura, in loving memory of Grandma and Grandpa Melly and Grandpa and Grandma Dolores Kus.
• John Dolansky, Sequim, $150.
• Terry Santos, Sequim, $100.
• Linda Lyon, Sequim, $100.
• Joni Johnson, Port Angeles, $50.
• Glenn Greenleaf, Sequim, $100.
• Katherine Pressley, Port Angeles, $75.
• Sheryl Slack, Port Angeles, $125.
• Janet Mullen, Sequim, $250.
• Nomadic Notebook, Sequim, $100.
•Renee Borde, Port Angeles, $100. In memory of Nancy “Aunt Miki” Elvrum, Maria Elvrum, Mary Nichols, John Henderson, Caroline Woolley, Bill and Bob Henderson – all now home together, no doubt having the most fun this Christmas! Family is what Home Fund is about!
• Suzanne Schneider, Sequim, $100.
• Connee Foster, Port Angeles, $200.
• Suzanne Enright, Port Ludlow, $200.
• David Bower, Port Angeles, $25. In memory of Oscar and Donna Bower.
• Rico Martinez, Port Angeles, $75.
• Jayn Hanson, $25.
• Raymond Bentsen, Sequim, $200.
• Pamela Kelley, Port Townsend, $200.
• Michael Stiefel, Sequim, $200. In memory and honor of two special men Tim McCormick and Brian McMahon, gone but never forgotten.
• Mark Meythaler, Sequim, $1,000.
• Kathie Karst, Port Angeles, $75.
• Leslie Dickinson, Port Townsend, $50.
• Christine Barton, Sequim, $500.
• Karen Woolf, Sequim, $150. In honor of Viki Kocha.
• Marian Wilson, Sequim, $40.
• Naomi Foley, Sequim, $100.
• Gary Hirschberg, Sequim, $125.
• Alex Cheung, Severance, CO, $500.
• Martin Moilanen, Port Angeles, $500.
• Francis Piccola, Port Angeles, $200.
• Suzanne DeBey, Port Angeles, $36.
• Edward Marx, Port Angeles, $100.
• Anna Nichols, Port Angeles, $150.
• Maureen Boyd, Sequim, $75.
• Jeffrey Pindell, Port Angeles, $2,000.
• Sylvia Baxter, Sequim, $500.
• John and Denise Kane, Sequim, $50. In memory of Tammy Meyer – still in our thoughts.
• David Papp, Sequim, $30. In honor of Mary Jane Valades, Sequim, WA.
• Elin Lunner, Redmond, $150.
• Chris Gutmacher, Port Angeles, $800.
ANONYMOUS
• Port Townsend, $50. In honor of Kenneth.
• Sequim, $500.
• Port Ludlow, $50.
• Port Angeles, $50.
• Port Angeles, $100.
• Sequim, $150.
• Port Angeles, $2,500.
• Port Angeles, $319.
• Carlsborg, $100.
• Port Angeles, $350.
• Port Angeles, $200.
• Port Angeles, $500.
• Port Townsend, $100.
• Sequim, $100. In memory of Mary and Dominik Svoich.
• Sequim, $50.
• Sequim, $100. In memory of Mike Phillips.
• Port Angeles, $500. In memory of Yasou Inage.
• Port Angeles, $100.
• Sequim, $65.
• Port Angeles, $100. In honor of David Hurd.
• Sequim, $50.
• Sequim, $1,700. In honor of Nature Scapes, Debbie, Steve and Sarah.
• Carlsborg, $50. In honor of Bill and Karen Woolf.
• Forks, $1,031.
CORRECTIONS to Dec. 10-11 edition
• Curt Oppelt, Port Angeles. In memory of Laura Oppelt, Michael Dedmore, and Ed and Gladys Maybee.
• Kathleen O. Balducci, Port Angeles. In memory of Bal and my parents Dale and Betty Owen.
• Nick and Sandy Larson, Port Angeles. In memory of Fred and Bob Michalscheck, and Esther Nelson.
• Dick and Connie Thorson, Port Angeles.
• Frank and Sharon Maguire, Sequim, $500. In memory of Bob and Ruby Magnuson, Francis and Grace Maguire.
