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Necessity is the mother of
invention! Wise words that seem particularly appropriate in a tight
economic climate. We often have folks share with us they would like
to help in a tangible way, but are not always able to write a check
at that particular time. Fortunately, there are many ways you can
support our ministry and we thought we would list just a few ideas.
We know this list is not comprehensive, so if the Lord puts another
idea on your heart, feel free to give us a call….we love creative
minds!
Use “Goodsearch” as your search engine. Instead of Google
or Ask, try Goodsearch, and each time you search for a
person, place of thing, your search can create cash for the DPC!
Just go to
www.goodsearch.com and put in Downtown Pregnancy Center where it
asks who you goodsearch for.
Also, if you plan to do shopping online, you can shop through
the Goodsearch website using their service called Goodshop.
You can do your shopping from stores like Wal-Mart & Target to
Nordstrom & Barnes & Noble and the DPC will receive a percentage of
the sale.
In-kind donations are always needed! All baby items: diapers,
wipes, baby bath & lotion, formula, maternity clothing, strollers,
cribs, infant and toddler clothing and carseats are ALWAYS welcome.
We gladly accept new or gently used items (except carseats must be
new). The donated baby and maternity items are placed in our Wee
Care Shoppe where our clients “shop” for needed items with their
Mommy Bucks they earn by coming to educational classes. Other items
needed are medical supplies, prenatal vitamins, blood pressure cuff,
and scales for our Clinic. And, NIV Bibles and DART daily bus passes
are needed for our Client Services area. Our administrative offices
and clinic need file cabinets, office supplies, and the entire
center needs new flooring.

Services always are welcome. We have offices that need
updating and there is remodeling to be done. If you like to paint or
would organize a group to spend a day painting, we have walls
waiting for you! If you can reupholster or refinish furniture, your
services would be appreciated as well. If you can perform an audit,
provide legal advice, or have a carpet cleaning service and are
willing to donate those services, we can use you. If you have a
special talent or gift, give us a call and we’ll put our heads
together to see how you can use that ability to help the ministry of
the DPC!
Give a GIFT OF HONOR for special occasions. You may
make one donation by check or credit card and we will send a
beautiful card to each of your honorees letting them know of your
donation in their name as your gift for Christmas, anniversaries,
birthdays, baby birth acknowledgements, Mother’s Day, etc. You are
able to give a gift with double the impact!
Have an automobile that you’re ready to part with? Donate it to
Charity Motors. Contact them at
www.charitymotors.org. Charity Motors will guarantee you the
full, fair-market value tax deduction for your vehicle at the time
you donate it. Simply designate the Downtown Pregnancy Center as
your preferred charity. They will sell your vehicle, at a discount,
to someone in need. The proceeds from the sale will benefit the DPC.
Give a Blanket of Hope to a mother so she can wrap her child
in the gospel. Go to
www.blanketsofhope.org to see how you can purchase or donate a
receiving blanket that shares the message of a “hope and a future”
based on the scripture from Jeremiah 29:11. Each blanket comes with
the gospel presentation on a separate card. It is a wonderful baby
shower gift, Christmas or birthday gift for babies or toddlers, or
you may donate a blanket to be used at the DPC to be given to a mom
who chooses life. When making a purchase or donation simply
select the Downtown Pregnancy Center as your center of support.
And, cash and credit card donations to our operating budget
are always needed and gratefully accepted. You may donate online via
PayPal or mail a check to: Downtown Pregnancy Center, 525 N. Ervay,
Dallas, TX 75201.
The DPC is a 501 (c) (3) as designated by the Internal Revenue
Service and donations are tax deductible.
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