CHARITIES HOPE PFD GIFTS EXCEED COSTS The new Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend donation program called “Pick. Click. Give.” raised $550,000 this year, but is expected to cost about $900,000 to administer during the program’s first three years. The program, the result of legislation sponsored by Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines, in 2008 has already paid for … [ Read More ]
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS PROGRAM RAISES $550,000 Donation checks are arriving for the Legislature’s new “Pick. Click. Give.” campaign, and the results are in. More than 5,500 Alaskans pledged a total of about $550,000 from their 2008 Alaska Permanent Fund dividends through the online Charitable Contributions Program. It couldn’t have arrived at a better time, said Laurie … [ Read More ]
Monday, November 09, 2009 Story last updated at 11/9/2009 – 1:43 pm Pick, Click, Give benefits food bank Peninsula Clarion Thank you to the individuals who chose to contribute to the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank via the Pick, Click and Give program. These Alaskans donated a portion of their 2009 Permanent Fund Dividend to help … [ Read More ]
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska – Juneau Nonprofits around the state are tallying their contributions from the new PFD check-off program. It’s the Pick-Click-Give campaign, which brought in $550,000 statewide. The Food Bank of Alaska took in the most money from the program, more than $28,000. Alaska Public Telecommunications, which runs APRN, KSKA and KAKM will receive … [ Read More ]
ANCHORAGE – More than 300 charities around Alaska are receiving a total of $550,000 that was pledged by state residents from their Permanent Fund dividend payments. The Anchorage Daily News reports this was the first year of the campaign called “Pick. Click. Give.” Some of the biggest recipients: the Food Bank of Alaska, $29,000; Alaska … [ Read More ]
