Dear Friends of Warm Hearts:
Thank you for your financial support of Warm Hearts of Douglas County, Inc. and our annual fund raising campaign. Without the support of our donors, we could not have provided the following emergency home heating fuel assistance last winter!
- Warm Hearts assisted 423 low income households consisting of 1,041 individuals struggling to pay the ever-rising costs of heating fuel for their homes in Lawrence and Douglas County.
- Among those assisted were single parent families, families with children, senior citizens and others whose total individual household income was more than 50% below our poverty guidelines.
- The average assistance approved by Warm Hearts per household was $209.33 with all payments made to either a utility company or vendor providing the heating fuel to each household
This winter, Black Hills Energy (formerly Aquila) and the supplier of natural gas in Lawrence, has agreed to again match dollar-for-dollar, all donations generated by our Warm Hearts fund raising campaign.
To ensure each tax deductible contribution received by Warm Hearts is eligible for a dollar-for-dollar match by Black Hills, we ask that your checks be made payable to BLACK HILLS CARES and that you mail your check to Warm Hearts of Douglas County, Inc., PO BOX 1555, Lawrence, KS 66044.
Warm Hearts is an all-volunteer effort with no expenses for a staff or office. Our annual campaign expenses are paid by a single donor organization and every dollar of donations received by Warm Hearts of Douglas County, Inc. will go towards providing emergency fuel assistance for those applicants who qualify by satisfying our established guidelines.
Your generous donation will make it possible for Warm Hearts to assist low-income households in Lawrence and Douglas County this winter. Without support from donors like you, the efforts of Warm Hearts of Douglas County, Inc. will fall short in being able to assist those families in greatest need of emergency fuel assistance this winter!