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Getting Involved with CHC
Cash Donations: 2008 Tax Deduction

Need to reduce your tax liability for 2008?  Cash donations are tax deductable because CHC is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.  Please consult with your tax advisor for details.  Community Health Centers, Inc needs your support to provide services.  Remember any gift, no matter what the amount, makes a difference and is greatly appreciated by all the members of the CHC community unable to pay their healthcare bill.  100% of of your donation will go toward the cost of quality patient care.  Your generous response will make a big difference in the lives of our individuals and families in crisis.  To donate on-line, just click on the ,"DONATE NOW THROUGH NETWORK FOR GOOD" button below. Examples of what your gift may provide:

  • $15 will pay for giving an uninsured, low-income child a vaccination
  • $20 gift will pay for a medical visit co-pay
  • $40 gift will pay for a dental visit co-pay
  • $200 will provide an uninsured, low-income (at or below 100% of federal poverty line) pregnant woman prenatal visits
  • $450 will pay for an uninsured, low-income (at or below 100% of federal poverty line)pregnant woman's delivery
  • $640 will provide prenatal care for an uninsured, low-income (at or below 100% of federal poverty line)pregnant woman and the delivery of her child
Ways to Give Cash Donations
Direct donations: You may send a gift directly to Community Health Centers, Inc. or you may make an online donation. Please see the links below if you would like to make a donation. We accept both checks and credit cards. Many employers match gifts made by their employees. Check with your employer to see if this is an option for you.
Honorary, Memorial and Special Occasion gifts: You can honor the special people who are an important part of your life with an honorary or memorial gift. An honorary or special occasion gift recognizes a special person or event in your life. A memorial gift is a lasting reminder of their past presence in your life and a remembrance of their unique contributions. If you would like to make a memorial or honorary gift, you may download and complete the donation form or make an online donation.
Monthly or Quarterly Giving: You may spread commitments to Community Health Centers, Inc. over several years and pay in annual, quarterly or monthly installments. We will send payment reminders upon request. A pledge can make it easier for you to give as generously as possible. For example, you can pay a pledge of $3,000 in quarterly installments of $375 over two years; as annual installments of $1,000 for three years; or $750 for four years. To establish a pledge, you may download and complete the donation form.
Planned giving: A planned gift to Community Health Centers, Inc. supports our work in the community. Planned gifts include:
  • Wills and Estate Plans: Bequests can be a fixed amount or a percentage or the remaining value of your estate after loved ones are cared for.  
  • Life insurance: Your gift of life insurance to a charitable organization is a gift that continues in perpetuity. You can specify how the cash value proceeds of the policy are used. You may also make a gift which will pay the premiums for a policy in your name.
To make a planned gift contact: Phil Weimer, grants and contracts writer/administrator at (801) 412-6932 or Dexter Pearce, executive director at (801) 412-6920.
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Vehicle Donations

When people generally think to donate automobiles to charity, it is with the thought that the charity will use the vehicle to transport individuals or supplies, but at Community Health Centers, Inc. this is not the case. When someone chooses to donate an automobile to Community Health Centers, Inc., it is converted to cash to provide quality healthcare for the low-income uninsured persons from Salt Lake County. When this is done, the money from the vehicle might be used to fund immunizations, dental care or prenatal care programs for low-income uninsured persons from Salt Lake County.

By giving a car, truck, SUV, or other vehicle to Community Health Centers, Inc., the donor can deduct the fair market value from their income taxes. Of course, the biggest reward when people make donations of any kind and size is the knowledge that they provided assistance to someone who needed it. Donating a vehicle is probably the largest gift many people will ever be able to give to a cause they believe in. Most people don't have the kind of income that will allow them to make such large donations any other way.

Click the button below to learn more about arranging a free pickup with no tow charge or other costs to the you the donor.

In-kind Donations
CHC accepts various forms of in-kind donations.  Our “Reach Out and Read” program is in constant need of gently used or new pre-school and elementary aged books...especially in Spanish.  A book is given to a child patient at each visit to encourage reading at home.
Donor Bill of Rights
CHC has adopted a "Donor Bill of Rights."  Click here to review your rights.
Shopping Mall
Donors enter the "shoppingmall" and choose to shop from 1,300 major retailers such as Target®, Macy’s®, Best Buy® or Expedia®. Before you enter a retail site, you will be asked to choose an AHP member organization: Pick Utah, then please choose—Community Health Centers, Inc (Salt Lake City), so we can benefit from your shopping experience. Once the designation is made, you will be sent directly to the retailer to start shopping. A portion of each sale will be contributed by the merchant to Community Health Centers, Inc..  Just click the "shoppingmall" logo to enter the site.    
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Volunteering at CHC
CHC BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Community Health Centers, Inc. is governed by a volunteer Board of Governors.  The Center’s by-laws and federal program regulations require that at least 51% of the Board be recipients of the Center’s services.  Click here for more information about our current board.  

WAITING ROOM READERS
Through our "Reach Out and Read" (ROR) program, we have readers in our waiting areas, where you would read to the pediatric patients who are waiting to be seen. This is a national pediatric literacy program offered in our clients. At every well-child visit, our pediatricians encourage parents to read aloud to their children and offer age-appropriate tips.  The "Reach Out and Read" (ROR) program is funded in part by a grant from Target and funds from individual donors.  To volunteer, contact the clinic director at the CHC facility which you want to volunteer.
Grassroots Advocacy
The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) has a convenient websiteExit disclaimer graphic supporting grassroots advocacy. NACHC is the voice for America’s community health centers and the people they are committed to serve. Community, Migrant, Public Housing and Homeless Health Centers provide access to quality, affordable health care to anyone, regardless of their ability to pay and serve as the family doctor and health care home for more than 15 million people. Through its successful advocacy and communications efforts over more than 30 years, NACHC has earned broad bipartisan support among federal, state, and local policy-makers. NACHC has worked hard to promote the mission and accomplishments of health centers and to secure the federal support and resources that will protect and strengthen existing health centers and allow them to expand their reach to communities in need of the care they provide.
AUCH (Association for Utah Community Health) advocates for policies that will increase access to health care for the medically underserved, including patients who are eligible for Medicaid, Children Health Insurance Plan (CHIP), Primary Care Network (PCN) and those who are uninsured or underinsured. AUCH also advocates for policies that will support Community Health Centers in their role as the medical home for the medically underserved in the state. The AUCH website has a tool to make it easy to submit your opinion to state and federal representative.  To advocate for better healthcare, click hereExit disclaimer graphic.