Pay it Forward Stories 2022

Dear Dennis & Phyllis:

On behalf of AWARE and the people they serve, they sincerely thank you for your generous donation of $500.00 through your Pay it Forward program.

AWARE's mission is to help people lie independent lives. They serve children, adults and families in all 56 counties in Montana. Your pay it Forward funds will provide opportunities for youth and adults living in their residential homes in Missoula and Anaconda to enjoy activities such as attending movies and baseball games this summer, in addition supplies for activities at the homes. Your support and advocacy make a impact and enhance their efforts to help people live independent lives. Your generosity and kindness are truly appreciated.

I donated to the YWCA Crisis Center. They provide temporary housing for people displaced by domestic violence.

I gave my card to a retired elderly couple having to take in and raise there 2 young great grandchildren.

Safe Families for Children-Eastern Washington:
Safe Families is a movement of compassion aimed at preventing child abuse and returning the church back to the forefront of caring for children and families in crisis. SFFC is all about loving your neighbor, bringing people in crisis out of isolation and into community, and offering biblical hospitality. Over the last 7 months, of the 126 children we served, 100% were safely reunited with their families and were deflected from the state welfare system. These families are now connected to a community they didn’t previously have and it is the mission of SFFC to maintain these relationships in hopes that they are the beginning of something that can change the trajectory of their lives.

I gave the card to a non-profit organization called the Pond Beyond. (In Granite Falls, WA.) They are an outdoor education center. The people who run it are musicians, and work has been very sparse for them since Covid hit the world.

I sent my donation to Pheasants Forever in memory of my father. He was an avid upland bird hunter and supported the organization for most of his adult life. The funds go towards the conservation of upland bird habitat to help ensure future generations will know the simple joy of bird hunting with their fathers.

I gave my Pay It Forward card to my wife's nephew and his wife. They were getting ready to have their baby and I wanted to make sure they had all the essentials. They received a pack n play, swing, backpack, blankets, outfits, pajamas, sleep sacks, diapers, onesies, bibs, car mirrors, rattles, teething rings, etc.

Havre Trails, Inc. is a nonprofit organization located in rural Havre, MT, with a mission to promote healthy lifestyles, safety, access to outdoor recreation, and a pride of place by improving the walking and biking trails in Hill County, MT. Havre Trails works hard to build and maintain trails in and around the city of Havre to provide access to nature for all community members and visitors. In addition, Havre Trails hosts a summer hike series each year to encourage people to enjoy nature and participate in healthy activities.

This year, Havre Trails built a new trail in Brough Coulee of Beaver Creek Park, which is the largest county park in the entire U.S. With the Pay It Forward Giving Card, Havre Trails was able to purchase welcome signage and directional signage for the new trail. Signage is incredibly important in helping people to access the trail and provides key safety and educational information for all trail-users.

Havre Trails is very grateful to the Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation for their generous support of outdoor recreation and healthy communities in rural Montana through their donation of the Pay It Forward Giving Card. Thank you!

I donated to a family with a wonderful little girl named Bella. She was born with 3 diseases. SCID (Severe combined immunodeficiency), Hirschsprung's disease, and CHH( cartilage hair hypoplasia, a form of dwarfism). Bella always has a smile on her face. She is having her 24th surgery this Tuesday. You can follow her journey on Instagram @kylact, Bella Brave.

I gave my entire card to The Catholic Diocese of Great Falls/Billings to help support the work that they do.

I donated the gift card to Emerson Elementary School to help with a program to buy winter coats and clothing for kids that come from situations that make it financially hard to have good winter clothing in the Butte climate.

I have chosen to give my pay it forward card to GOOD SAMARITAN SLAVIC MINISTRY nonprofit organization in Antelope CA who is doing machinery in many countries to helped people. This organization start in 2004 and do ministry in many countries like Ukraine, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama helping poor people single moms and orphan children’s with food supplies, closing, and many other staff for dally needs and in same time they try to help people to recover from drugs and alcohol addiction preach a Gospel in same time. President of Good Samaritan ministry send me a massage and give me a report this money been used for food supply and send in Ukraine for helping people in war zone.