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| Reasons to Donate |
Your donations provide support for LPA related activities to help people of short stature and their families. Little People of America, Inc., is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that depends entirely on membership dues and contributions to serve people with dwarfism and their families. Your donation is fully tax-deductible. Do remember -- Please let us know if your employer has a gift matching program, so that your donation may be matched and doubled. Companies and corporations are elligible every year to receive tax benefits by matching your donations to LPA. |
| Help Merchants to Donate While You Shop |
| You can arrange for stores and merchants to donate to District 12, LPA, DAAA, and in some cases also your local LPA Chapter based on your purchases from the companies. If you have questions about setting up a merchant account to benefit contributions to District 12, please contact our district treasurer, Tom Hershey. You can sign up to have eScrip merchants donate to LPA District 12 with every purchase you make using your charge cards!
eScrip - Electronic Scrip Incorporated (ESI) is a California-based corporation dedicated to establishing relationships between commerce and community -- to provide resources to organizations and projects that support children. ESI introduced the eScrip program in 1999 and has distributed over $120 million to schools and youth organizations across the country. Here's How it Works (1) Go to www.escrip.com and register any one or all of your grocery, merchant charge, debit and credit cards for use in the program. (2) You can choose up to three organizations to receive donations from eScrip merchants. To select District 12 as a beneficiary, you can search for "Little People of America" or enter the eScrip Group ID 500017490. (3) Participating merchants will make contributions to your chosen groups based on purchases you make when you use your registered cards, or when you sign in and shop at the hundreds of brand name stores at the eScrip Online Mall. (Note: If you do not sign in, the purchases you make online without first signing in will not result in a contribution to your group.) (4) eScrip tracks your purchases and has them available to you online, allowing you to see how much you are earning for District 12. |
| How to Donate to LPA District 12 |
To donate to our California and Neveda state region, please contact our district treasurer. You can specify that your donation shall be used to support District 12 members for specific activities or funds (such as medical travel or hotel costs, conference travel or hotel costs, adoption funds, educational scholarships, camper sponsorship for Painted Turtle summer camp week for kids with skeletal dysplasia (dwarfism), social outreach, business grants, chapter activities or event costs), or you can specify that your donation shall be used at the disgression of the district. |
| How to Donate to a Local LPA Chapter |
To donate to a local chapter of LPA, please contact the chapter treasurer. You can specify that your donation shall be used to support local members for specific activities or funds (such as medical travel or hotel costs, conference travel or hotel costs, adoption funds, educational scholarships, camper sponsorship for Painted Turtle summer camp week for kids with skeletal dysplasia (dwarfism), social outreach, business grants, chapter activities or event costs), or used at the disgression of the chapter. |
| How to Donate to the LPA National Organization |
Donations to Little People of America are used to support LPA members by offering education scholarships, medical funds, social outreach, online medical resources, camper sponsorship for Painted Turtle, and other activities that develop new services and programs in support of little people and their families. To donate online at the National LPA website, go to the online Donation webpage. If you have any questions, please feel free to call 1-888-LPA-2001. Checks should be made payable to Little People of America, Inc., and mailed to:
If you’re interested in exploring the benefits of a planned gift, go to the online Planned Giving webpage. For further information, please call or send e-mail:
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| How to Donate to DAAA |
The Dwarf Athletic Association of America is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that depends entirely on registration dues and contributions to support the annual summer games for amateur athletes with dwarfism. Checks should be made payable to DAAA, and mailed to:
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| How to Donate to the Billy Barty Memorial Adoption Fund |
Donations to the Billy Barty Memorial Adoption Fund help LPA members with the financial burden of domestic and foreign adoption of children with dwarfism. Checks should be made payable to Little People of America, Inc., and mailed to:
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