Many corporations support employee philanthropy by offering matching gift programs.  By taking advantage of your corporate matching gift program, you can maximize the value of your gift at no additional cost.    Please Contact Us if you are interested in coordinating a donation through your corporation.

Here is a list of some known corporations that offer a matching gift program:

J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation (pdf)
Jefferson-Pilot Corporation
JK Group Trustees for Visa International Employee Giving Campaign
John Hancock Financial Services, Inc.
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
Johnson & Johnson  Matching Gifts Program
Johnson Controls Foundation
Jones Lang LaSalle
JP Morgan Chase and Company Matching Gifts
Jump Associates, LLC
Juniper Networks Matching Gifts
Kaiser Family Foundation
Kaiser Permamente
Keane, Inc.
Kellogg Corporation
Key Foundation
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Kirkland & Ellis Foundation
KPMG
Kraft Foods Matching Gifts
Kraft Food Matching Gifts Form
KraftMaid Cabinetry, Inc.
Lam Research Corporation
Land America Foundation
Landon Butler Company
Lehman Brothers, Inc.
Leo Burnett Company, Inc.
Levi Strauss Foundation
Lincoln Financial Advisors
List of matching donation companies
Liz Claiborne Foundation
Lockheed Martin Corporation Foundation
Lockheed Martin Matching Gift Program
Lord Abbett
Lord, Abbett & Company
Lubrizol
Lubrizol Foundation
Lyondell Chemical Company
Lyondell Chemical Company Matching Gift Program
MacArthur Foundation
Macy’s Foundation
Managed Health Care Associates, Inc.
Map Royalty, Inc.
Mastercard Matching Gift Program
Mattel Matching Gifts
Maverick Capital Charities
May Department Stores Co. Matching
MBIA Inc.
Mbna
McAfee Matching Gift Program
McAfee, Inc.
McDonald’s Corporation
McGraw-Hill Companies
McGregor Fund
McKesson Foundation, Inc.
Mckinsey  & Co., Inc.
Medco Employee Givind Camoaign
Medtronic Inc.
Mentor Graphics Foundation
Merck Partnership For Giving
Meredith Corporation
Merrill Lynch Matching Program
Metasolv Software
MetLife Foundation
MFS
Microsoft Corp Matching Gifts Application(pdf)
Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
Midland National Life Insurance Co Matching(pdf)
Millipore Foundation
Mitretek Systems Inc.
Mitsui USA Foundation
MMC Capital Foundation, Inc.
MMC Matching Gifts Program
Mobil Foundation, Inc.
Modern Woman
Monsanto Fund
Moody’s Corporation Matching Gifts
Morgan Stanley
Motorola Foundation
Motorola Inc.
MSNBC Matching Gifts Program
Mutual of America
National Instruments
National Instruments Corporation Gift Matching Program
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Nestle
Network Associates Matching Gift
New York Life Insurance Company
Newsweek
Nike Employee Matching Gift
Nissan North America, Inc.
Noblis, Inc.
Nokia
Norfolk Southern Foundation
Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Norton Company Foundation
Nvidia Corporation
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.
Oppenheime Funds Matching Gifts
Oracle Corporation Matching Gifts Program
PEC Solutions, Inc
Pegasus Solutions, Inc.
Pennsylvania Power & Light
Pepsi Bottling Group Matching Gifts
Pepsico Foundation Matching Gifts
Pfizer Foundation Matching Gift Program
Piper Jaffray Companies
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Plymouth Rock Foundation
PNC Bank
Polyproducts Corporation
Portland General Electric Co. Employee Giving
Procter & Gamble Fund
Progressive Casualty Insurance Company
Prudential Foundation Matching Gifts Program
PSEG Matching Programs
Public Service Electric & Gas
Quaker Oats Company
Qualcomm Matching G.Program
Qualcomm Matching Gift Program
Quallcomm, Inc.
Quest Diagnostics
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
Qwest Communications Volunteer Match
R. Santia & Son, Inc.
Radio Shack Matching Gifts
Raychem Corporation
Reader’s Digest Foundation
RealNetworks Foundation
REI Grants
Rejuvination, Inc.
Reuters Inc.
REW Group, Inc.
Robertson Brothers Company
Roche Diagnostics
Rockefeller Foundation
Rockwell Collins
Rounds Vanduzer Architects, P.C.
Sabre Holdings
Sallie Mae
San Francisco Federal Credit Union
SAP America, Inc. Matching Gifts Program
Sara Lee Matching Grants Program
SBC Communications Inc.
SBC Foundation
Schering Plough Foundation
Science Applications International
Scitor Corporation
Sephora
Service Corps
Shell Oil Company Foundation
Shirley Muldowney Enterprise
Smith International Inc.
Smulyan Family Foundation Inc
Source Media
Spectra Energy
Sprint Foundation Matching Gifts
SPX Corporation Foundation
Square D Foundation
St. Paul Companies, Inc.
St. Paul Travelers Foundation
Standard Employee Giving Campaign
Starbucks Matching Gifts Program
State Farm Companies Foundation
State Street
Statprobe, Inc.
Subaru of America Foundation, Inc.
Sun Microsystems Foundation Matching Gift
Sundstrand Corporation Foundation
Sysmetra – Matching Gifts Center
T. Rowe Price Foundation, Inc.
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Tap Connected To The Community Giving Campaign
TC Group Matching Gifts Program
TCF Bank
Tektronix Foundation Matching
Telecordia Technologies
Teledyne Technologies, Inc.
Teleflex Foundation
Tellabs – Matching Gift Program
Tellabs Grants For Giving Program
Temple-Inland Inc.
Tenet Healthcare Foundation
Tennant Foundation
Texas Instruments Foundation
Textron Inc.
Textron Matching Gift Program
The Air Products Foundation
The Arthur J. Gallagher Foundation
The Black & Decker Corporation
The Capital Group Companies
The Charles Schwab Corporation Foundation
The Duke Energy Foundation
The Equitable Foundation
The Farbman Group
The Gannett Foundation
The Gillette Company
The H & R Block Foundation
The IAC Foundation, Inc.
The J. Paul Getty Trust
The John D. and Catherine T.
The Kresge Foundation
The May Foundation
The Meredith Corporation Foundation
The Morrison & Foerster
The Neiman Marcus Group
The Prudential Foundation Matching Gifts
The Quaker Chemical Foundation
The Robert Wood Johnson
The Rockefeller Foundation
The Sallie Mae Fund
The Skillman Foundation
The Stroh Foundation
The Washington Post
Thomson
Thomson Financial/Community
Thomson Media
Thomson West
Thrivent Financial
TIBCO Software Inc.
Time Warner, Inc. Matching Gifts Application(pdf)
Tomkins Corporation Foundation
Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby
Town Sports International
Toyota Technical Center, USA, Inc.
Travelers Express Company
Turner Investment Partners
Tyco Employee Matching Gift Program
Tyco Fire & Security
U.S. Bancorp Foundation
US Bank
UBS Foundation USA Matching Gift program
UBS Matching Gifts Program
UBS/PaineWebber
UGI Corporation
Unilever Matching Gifts Application
Union Pacific
Unisys Corporation
United Airlines
United Space Alliance
United Technologies
Universal Music Group
UnumProvident
UnumProvident Corporation
UPS Foundation Inc.
US Mortgage Corporation
Verizon Communications, Inc. Matching Gifts
VISA Matching Program
Vivendi Universal
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Match
Wachovia Matching Gifts Programs
Walt Disney Company Foundation
Washington Mutual Matching Gift Program
Waste Management, Inc.
WDIV – TV 4
WellPoint Foundation
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Western Union Employee Gift Match
White Pine Investment Company
Wiley Rein & Fielding, LLP
Williams
Williams Community Relations
Wilsonart International
World Reach, Inc
World Travel BTI
Xilinx
Yahoo! Matching Gifts Program
Yum! Brands Foundation, Inc.
Zurich U.S. Foundation (The)

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What do books & seeds have in common?  On the outside, not much.  On the inside, both books and seeds provide nourishment.   For Reach Out Honduras… books & seeds inspire gratitude this week.

You see, we have creative people in our lives.   No question.   And their creativity spills over into the way they serve.   (See this post) Pharmacists who donate medicine and supplies;   computer-savvy friends who donate time to help with this site;   teachers who donate sample Spanish curriculum;  successful business people who donate money so that a young couple can take a mission trip;   book lovers who share their passion for the written word by donating books and gardeners who have put together a treasure box of gardening supplies to help us with a big dream!!

Big dreams…   things that cannot be done without God showing up…  the stuff of faith.    We have many God-sized dreams for our time in Puerto Lempira.  One such thing is a book lending program for kids;  another is a gardening program that can furnish the children with much-needed veggies and possibly extend to the community.   Each of these programs offers its own opportunity to show Christ’s love in tangible ways.

Last week, out of the blue, we received an e-mail from a complete stranger in Missouri who read our website and felt led to join in this work.  Her love of Christ, heart for children-in-need and an interest in Honduras from her Honduran son-in-law propelled her to contact us and just get to know us.  Turns out, she loves books and found a passion-meets-serving area in buying 4 boxes of books for the book lending program that exists only in our dreams!   Today, we received the books, lovingly packed with a sticker of dedication and encouragement.  We are HONORED to take this gift to the children of Honduras.   Ms. Judy, we are so happy that God orchestrated our friendship as only He can.

And now for the seeds…  and other gardening supplies.    A friend called and said she had a few things for us to add to our boxes that are going out this weekend.   When I arrived at her lovely country home, I found a table full of goodies and my friend on her computer ordering MORE seeds.   She has researched every kind of plant that might grow in Honduras for the past few months… and she has ordered and vacuum-sealed the seeds for us.    And she taught me more in 2 hours about dirt, seeds and gardening than I (Laura) learned on my own as a gardener in 6 years!    THAT is why we need one another, friends.  We are not meant to go about this thing called life on our own.

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**This is a letter from our friend, Wendy, who went to Puerto Lempira with us in March of 2010.

Dear Friend,

I want to tell you about an opportunity to help orphans in La Moskitia, Honduras, without even leaving your hometown.  The best part is, it’s free!

I was wholly changed by a recent missions trip to Honduras, and I have a passion to help the people I met there.  I also have a passion for couponing!   Two passions (couponing and children) coming together.

I am starting a weekly email with a target group of friends in the Dallas area.  Each week I will detail a sale (most likely at CVS or Walgreens) that, paired with a printable coupon and/or store coupons, will be free.  The goal is for friends to collect Health and Beauty items to donate to Reach Out Honduras (www.ReachOutHonduras.org) to help orphans.  I am going to make it very simple so everyone can participate with ease, if they choose.

If you choose to opt-in please “purchase” at least one item for Reach Out Honduras, but feel free to get items for your family, too!

I will be the point person, but we will probably have others around the area who will also be organizing collections.

So, if you are interested, fill out the Contact Us form with the subject as “Subscribe to Coupons for a Cause.”

You can start this week with the following deal for the teenage girls at the House of Hope and Mama Tara’s Orphanage:

U by Kotex (14-18 ct. pads, 50-60 ct. liners, or 18 tampons)

Cost: $3.49

Use $1 printable coupon http://www.ubykotex.com/get_coupons/overview

Receive $2.50 in Register Rewards coupon

Final Price: FREE

This deal runs through the end of April.

You can use the Register Rewards on almost anything except for alcohol, tobacco, and the same item you purchased.

Thanks again for helping orphans.

In Christ,

Wendy S.

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“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.   Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.”    Proverbs 31:8-9

Would you like to help Reach Out Honduras, but cannot Give or Go?   How about being a Reach Out Honduras Advocate?   You can be a voice for the poor and fatherless in Puerto Lempira, Honduras!    It can be as simple as e-mailing your friends with a link to this website or as large of commitment as planning an event to highlight the needs of Honduran orphans.   After your event is complete, submit photos and a description of your success and we will share it on this website!

Here are a few other ideas to get those creative juices flowing:

Ideas to Inspire Children to Participate and Learn about Giving

• Read a book for Reach Out Honduras – Share the Reach Out Honduras story with your class, scout troop, AWANA or youth group, and then ask the kids to collect pledges from friends and relatives, who agree to pay a quarter or a dollar (or more) for each book the child reads during the four weeks of the program.   Donate money to one of the homes for children that Reach Out Honduras works with.
• Offer to do chores, such as raking leaves or walking someone’s dog, with the funds you raise going to Reach Out Honduras.
• Hold a car wash with proceeds to benefit a certain orphanage or children’s home through Reach Out Honduras.
• Have your class or youth group put on a play or activity explaining about children in need.  Charge admission or sell snacks.  Include statistics on hunger, and poverty in Honduras. This is an excellent way to teach children and adults the truth about poverty and to raise money for  Reach Out Honduras at the same time.
• Hold a walk-a-thon, bike race or dance marathon. Collect pledges for each mile or hour to be donated to Reach Out Honduras.
• Make small, handmade gifts or holiday cards and sell them. Alternatively, hold a raffle for larger, more expensive hand-made items, such as a quilt or dollhouse.

Ideas for All Ages – Things to do with a group or for one individual

• Host a dessert party and speak on Reach Out Honduras’ mission… we can help with materials and video
• Organize a golf tournament with proceeds going to Reach Out Honduras
• Produce a cookbook. Collect favorite recipes into a cookbook that can be produced and sold for Reach Out Honduras.
• Organize a silent auction, where you get products and certificates for services donated to the auction from friends and stores in your area and you have folks bid on these. A silent auction can be done anywhere. A school or church hallway, a dinner or a group get together.  You could even do it at your house and invite folks for dessert and to bid on the auction items!
• Organize a Yard Sale. Publicize the event and use the opportunity to also share the story of Reach Out Honduras. Ask friends and churches for  donations with all profits going to the kids at Reach Out Honduras.
• Organize a Restaurant night. Contact local restaurants and see if for one evening they will donate profits from their meals to Reach Out Honduras.   Advertise the night and give out tickets so folks remember when and where, it is.
• Host a beauty party or spa night. Ask for donations to go to Reach Out Honduras.
• Host a game night. Play card games, WII games, anything the group will enjoy. Have each attendee donate a certain dollar amount to Reach Out Honduras.
• Have your group sell a product for Reach Out Honduras. There are many fundraising organizations that sell bread, Christmas wreaths, etc..
• Host a dinner party or BBQ and ask for donations to go to Reach Out Honduras, this is a great way to see friends and family and to share the Reach Out Honduras story.
• Be a speaker at service organizations and/or church groups. Share the story of Reach Out Honduras with other groups. Many organizations are looking for speakers. Feel free to call them and ask if you can speak at their luncheon or meeting. Use the Reach Out Honduras materials to share the story and tell the organization of the need. Ask for donations if people feel compelled to give or just simply share your testimony along with the ministry of Reach Out Honduras. Being a speaker can take just a few hours a month but helps spread the news of Reach Out Honduras and get others to participate.
• Ask Friends and Family to help you Reach a Donation Goal – send out a note asking people to help you raise funds for Reach Out Honduras by making donations. Tell them your goal, (say $100, $500 or more) and explain to them why this is something you believe in and want to do.   Have them give you donations by written check or making donations on line using pay pal (online secure visa payment process). This will allow many folks to participate. If they designate online have them tell you how much they donate so that you can periodically send out an update on how the donation project is going. Remember to thank them and tell them when you reach your goal!
• Give donations to Reach Out Honduras as birthday presents and Christmas Gifts. This allows your friends and family to learn about the orphanages and be given a gift that means so much more to all.

If you would like more information on designing your own event, or if  you have a creative fundraising idea of our own to share, e-mail laura@reachouthonduras.org.    We want to highlight you or your organization.  Please take lots of pictures and write a description of your event and we will post it on our website.   Thank you and may God richly bless your desire and effort to help the children of Puerto Lempira, Honduras!

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