The Peninsula Home Fund broke $200,000 by the first week of the new year.
The fund had grown to $213,299.
The money is dispersed by Olympic Community Action Programs (OlyCAP). It goes only to people living in Clallam and Jefferson counties. Funds help them cover small expenses so they can survive a crisis and return to working on self-sufficiency.
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. The Peninsula Home Fund creates a safety net for residents when there is nowhere else to turn.
The money collected in 2022 will provide assistance to North Olympic Peninsula people throughout 2023.
The end of the campaign, which began Thanksgiving, is not the end of collection of donations. There are people who donate each month of the year to keep the fund robust.
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.
OlyCAP has helped many with warm clothing in cold months and fuel so they could get to work, according to Anna Hannon, executive coordinator. OlyCAP case managers also can at times combine money from Peninsula Home Fund with vouchers for such as to help people with groceries, she said.
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 at www.facebook.com/PenDaily News. 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
• Ray and Jan Morgan, Port Angeles.
• Steve and Jo Chinn, Sequim.
• Robert and Virginia Bowling, Sequim. In memory of Lois Bowling.
• Jim and Jane Ratliff, Sequim.
• Gary and Jan Smith, Sequim. In memory of Bud Mount.
• Ole and Joey Olson, Port Angeles.
• Norma A. Wiggins, Port Angeles. In honor of Dora Anton.
• Bart and Marielle Eykemans, Port Angeles.
• Ron and Michele Fraker, Port Angeles.
• David and Lynn Fox, Port Angeles.
• Clancy Blakemore, Port Angeles.
• Chris Walvatne, Port Townsend. In memory of Jan and Greg Lippincott, and Jan Wasmann.
• Shirley Widdicombe, Sequim.
• Carol Philpott, Port Angeles.
• Sharon Scairpon, Carlsborg. In memory of my parents, Eric and Erica Schreiber.
• Mary Beth Lagenaur and Ken Gallant, Sequim.
• Barbara Erler and Mel Perricone, Sequim. In memory of Carolyn Dudley and Larry Dudley.
• Frank and Karen Jahns, Port Angeles. In honor of Miriam Pittman.
• George Irwin, Port Angeles. In memory of Heather Irwin, MD.
• NO Sangha, a Zen meditation group, Port Angeles.
• Mary Jo and Alan Camagna, Sequim. In memory of Carl.
• Andrew Poultridge, Port Angeles.
• Kathleen Taylor, Port Townsend.
• Steven Moore, Port Townsend.
• Duncan Duvall, Port Townsend.
• Donna Trost, Seattle.
• John and Phyllis Kendall, Port Angeles.
• Paul and Jay Richter, Port Angeles.
• Samantha Buchika, Port Angeles.
• Randy Roberts, Sequim.
• Betty Gordon, Sequim.
• Tom Sharp, Port Angeles.
• Scott Evans, Port Angeles.
• Paul Howard, Port Angeles.
• Stephen and Karen Hart, Port Angeles.
• Sue Mayo, Port Angeles.
• Ingrid Lehrer, Sequim.
• Stephenie Bennett, Port Angeles.
• Donald Bourgo, Sequim.
• Sharon Palmer, Sequim.
NAME AND AMOUNT
• Chuck and Martha Standley, Port Angeles, $250.
• Kenneth Larsen, Port Angeles, $250. In memory of Russell Alexander.
• Jerry and Jackie Schwagler, Quilcene, $2,500.
• Eugenie M. Nastri, Port Townsend, $1,000.
• Carol A. Baker, Port Townsend, $150.
• Paul and Sharon Martin, Port Angeles, $100.
ANONYMOUS
• Sequim, $200.
• Sequim, $300.
• Sequim, $100.
• Sequim, $75.
• Sequim, $1,000.
• Port Townsend, $100.
• Sequim, $100.
• Port Angeles, $100.
• Sequim, $100. In memory of JT Hamrick, dearest sister.
• Sequim, $500. In memory of Bill and Rita Cunningham.
• Port Angeles, $100.
• Port Angeles, $500.
• Sequim, $250.
• Port Angeles, $100.
• Sequim, $300.
• Quilcene, $500.
• Port Angeles, $25.
• Port Angeles, $100. In memory of James Saacrinen.
• Port Townsend, $200.
• Sequim, $1,000.
• Port Angeles, $100.
• El Dorado Hills, Calif, $300.
• Port Angeles, $60.
