Spaulding for Children charges no fees to adoptive families and must raise funds in order to fulfill its mission. If you are interested in helping in any of the ways listed below, please contact Peggy Roe, Director of Development, Marketing and Communications at 713.681.6991, ext. 127.

	Make a donation to Spaulding for Children. - give online - donation form
	Volunteering as a Camp Buddy at Saturday Fun Club.
	Name Spaulding for Children in your will. - Planned Giving
	Join the Favorite Aunts and Uncles. (major donor club for annual individual donors of $1000 to $5000)
	Join our Cousins' Club (donor club for annual individual donors of $250 to $999)
	Raise funds for Spaulding for Children.
	Increase awareness of Spaulding for Children and waiting special needs children in your community.
	Invite Spaulding for Children to make a presentation at your next meeting. (church, civic association, professional group, etc. - Texas only, please).
	Become a Foster or Adoptive Parent.
	Name Spaulding for Children as the beneficiary of your company's special event.

Make a Donation
To make a tax-deductible donation, give online or print and mail a completed copy of our donation form, along with your Check or Money Order, to Spaulding for Children, 8582 Katy Freeway, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77024.

Create a Blizzard of Giving!
Make a $20 contribution by check or gift card!
The Blizzard of Giving provides support for the children in our care. The gift cards are used to purchase Holiday and birthday gifts for foster children, to provide adoption day gifts for children and to help post-adoptive families in crisis.

Spaulding for Children must raise at least $6,000 each fall to support our foster children through the Holidays. Gift certificates are easy for you to buy and mail, easy for us to store and help us ensure equity among all of the children we are here to serve. Remember us next time you are at Wal-Mart, Target, Toys R Us, Best Buy or any other similar store.

If you are interested in coordinating a drive to create a Blizzard of Giving in your office, civic association or group, please contact Linda Ensign, Development Coordinator, at 713-681-6991 ext. 162! We would love to work with you on a campaign and well help you kick off the event with a speaker who will visit your organization and motivate your group by sharing stories of the children in our care.

Download our Blizzard of Giving flyer and get started today!

What a stylish shirt!
You too can sport the Spaulding for Children heart over your heart! Purchase your navy golf shirt for just $20 and help us spread our name in the community. To order your shirt, call 713.681.6991.

Remember Us at the Grocery Store!
Remember to use your Randall’s Remarkable Card or Kroger Share card to help trigger a donation to Spaulding for Children. Program your Remarkable Card to Spaulding for Children’s number (1470) and Randall’s will send a percentage of your purchases to Spaulding for Children. If you would like a copy of the Kroger’s Share card, please call 713.681.6991.

Gifts of Stock Going Cheap!
One of the cheapest ways to give to charity is to donate appreciated stock. Spaulding for Children receives 100 percent of the gift and you get a tax deduction based on the value of the gift on the day it was given. The gift only costs you what you originally paid for the stock and you avoid paying any capital gains tax! Everybody wins and you help children in need! If you would like to make a gift to Spaulding for Children, contact Linda Ensign, Director of Development, Marketing and Communications at 713.681.6991, ext. 127.!

Annual Community Appeal
Through its Board of Directors, Spaulding has gradually diversified its funding sources and increased community awareness of the agency. Fundraising activities include an annual board campaign, direct mail appeals and special events. Spaulding for Children receives funding from individuals, corporations, foundations, religious institutions and social groups and professional associations.

Endowment Fund
In 1989, David (Scotty) Holland, a Spaulding for Children Advisory Board member, and his wife, Jacque, established the David and Jacque Holland Endowment Fund. Each year, a limited number of college scholarships are awarded to eligible recipients. In 1993, the Fondren Foundation created the Fondren Endowment, a fund that helps Spaulding for Children provide critical services to families who adopt special needs abused and neglected children.

United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast
Since 1979, Spaulding for Children has enjoyed the direct and indirect advantages of being a member of the United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast. Not only does the agency receive approximately 7 percent of its budget from the United Way, but it also enjoys many advantages that an agency of Spaulding's size would not otherwise have. Access to the Management Assistant Program (MAP), Project Blueprint and exposure through United Way campaigns and its Directory of Agencies provides Spaulding for Children with much needed community exposure and access to volunteers.

Calling All Sponsors
If your company would like to become an "Official Supplier" and offer Spaulding for Children a pro-bono service or in-kind gift which could help us preserve more funds for our families, we would love to hear from you. Ideas include: printing, catering meetings and receptions, underwriting business travel, donating hotel rooms and car rentals (particularly in Houston and across Texas), and donating gift certificates to be presented to each child we place, to help the family celebrate their adoption.

If you are interested in helping in any of the above capacities, please contact Linda Ensign, Administrative Assistant,Development at 713.681.6991, ext. 128.