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How You Can Help

How You Can Help

As a non-profit organization, The Effort needs contributions from individuals like you. Your contributions play a vital role in the success of the agency. Your support makes a difference! You enable The Effort to provide the high-quality, caring services Sacramento has depended on for over 50 years. Here are the various ways you can help us:

  • Volunteer your time to make a difference!

  • Gifts of Cash - To make an on-line donation, click here.

  • United Way Donor Designation – Just enter The Effort's donor number, 3176, on your payroll deduction form through your employer.

  • Bequests from your Will – Name The Effort as a beneficiary in your will.

  • Honor a Loved One – Name The Effort as the beneficiary of memorial gifts for your loved one or in honor of a loved one.

  • Matching Gift Program at Work – Some employers will match your donation to local charities

  • Major Gifts Program – Annual, quarterly, or monthly donations. Click for more information.

How You Can Help

If you would like to mail your donation, please send it to the following address indicating the type of donation in the check memo line:

The Effort, Inc.
Attn: Accounting Dept.
1820 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

If you would like more information on other donation options, please call Robert Caulk, CEO, at (916) 313-8414.


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The Effort -The Family Lifeline Since 1953
1820 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-325-5556
Phone: 916-313-8400
Fax: 916-444-5620
E-mail: info@theeffort.org