Psst… Looking for a year end donation?
As you may know, I am running the Komen Race for the Cure in 2010 in honor of my grandmother – you can read about our mutual love of coffee here.
Our team is Team Joye. You can support us in a few ways:
One, you can make a donation – in any amount. If you make the donation by December 31, it will qualify as a charitable deduction for federal income tax purposes for the tax year 2009. And you don’t even have to get out of your chair to do it!
If you want to get out of your chair, join our team! You can walk or run the race with us – it’s 5 kilometers, or about 3 miles. If enough people sign up, I may even get nifty tee shirts. If you take the plunge and sign up by December 31, you’ll save 10% on the registration fee.
Finally, you can just show up at the race and cheer our team along. That would be awesome. If you’re too far away, then make plans to attend one of the many Komen races all over the country.
One in eight women will be stricken with breast cancer in her lifetime. That is one woman every three minutes. Think of all of the lives that affects: those women are each someone’s mother, daughter, sister, aunt, grandmother or friend. We all have one of those, right?
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Good luck in the race. Even better luck in collecting donations. I would donate, however I do not have enough deductions to justify itemizing. Much like the mom who is too poor to claim a credit. I’m too poor to claim a deduction.
Thanks! Your comment is exactly one of the reasons that I think that charitable donations should be ‘above the line’ and not subject to itemization. If the point of the deduction is to encourage charitable donations, then why not make it an incentive for all. Statistically, most donations are given by the poor and the very wealthy – those that wouldn’t be able to take the deduction.