► How Can I Help? ◄
It’s easy to GIVE BIG with a donation of money, goods or both! Every donation stays in western Oregon and helps support area foster kids, families and the agencies who help them.
AND…THEY NEED YOUR HELP!!
Send your financial contribution of any amount to:
Northwest Community CU
ATTN: Oprah’s Big Give
PO Box 70225
Eugene OR 97401
Please make checks payable to: Oprah's Big Give
You can also bring your donation of money or new books, games, clothes or shoes to any Northwest Community Credit Union or Sleep Country USA location. Please consider Boys and Girls age 4 through 17 years for item donations.
► Can I Donate Money? ◄
ABSOLUTELY! Write your check to “Oprah’s Big Give” and Northwest Community Credit Union will do the rest!
► Where Does My Donation Go? ◄
A Caring Place (Junior League)
The area’s only childcare center devoted solely to children and families in foster care system
Families Together (The Relief Nursery)
A program providing intensive parenting education to families at the highest risk of losing custody, or those who have already lost custody of their children.
CASA (Lane, Coos, Douglas & Benton County Chapters)
A court appointed special advocate, a community volunteer who has received specialized training to advocate for a child’s needs in the child welfare and court systems.
A Family for Every Child
An organization focused on finding permanent and loving adoptive homes for Oregon's waiting children.
All donations stay in western Oregon and benefit non-profit agencies and volunteers who support foster kids and families in our communities.
This is YOUR CHANCE TO GIVE BIG just like the contestants on Oprah’s hit new show, seen right here on KEZI 9 NEWS! Oprah and ABC started this incredible opportunity with $10,000 of seed money to support foster kids and families in western Oregon. Our challenge is to GROW Oprah’s gift even more to dramatically impact our communities. KEZI 9 NEWS has already secured a $10,000 cash match to Oprah from a local family foundation, but we need YOUR HELP to grow it even more! Are you ready? NOW GO and GIVE BIG!
► Where Can I Learn More About Area Foster Kids and Families? ◄
We’re glad you asked! KEZI 9 NEWS anchor, Brandi Smith, will continue her Kids In Crisis special reports and her weekly Wednesday’s Child segment focusing on a local foster child in need of a family! Plus, we’ll have Big Give updates, stories and interviews
Watch Oprah’s Big Give - Sunday’s at 8pm on KEZI 9 NEWS!