Donate by Mail:
To send a check to support the work of your local Chapter, payable "Centre Communities Chapter", please use our address below: 

Donate by Phone: 
Call 1-800-HELP-NOW (1-800-435-7669).
To make a donation to your Centre Communities Chapter, please tell the operator that you want your contribution to go to the "Local Community Services Fund".
To donate to national disaster relief operations, please mention the "Disaster Relief Fund." And to make a donation to an international crisis, designate the "International Response Fund".
Be sure to have your credit card at hand when you make the call.

Donate Online:
Make a secure online donation to the Centre Communities Chapter of the American Red Cross to help it continue its service here in Centre and Clearfield Counties.
Clicking the computer icon (below) will take you to a secure ("https") Web site where you may fill out an online form. 
Part 1, "Contact Information",  will be for the usual personal information (name, address, etc.).  Part 2 is a "Gift Amount and Fund" multiple choice form where you designate the amount of your donation and where you want it to go. Clicking "Local Community Services" will send your gift to your local chapter, based on the ZIP code you entered in the "Contact Information" section. Part 3 is for your credit card information. 

Click the computer icon at the left to begin the online donation process. This will take you to the "Donate Now" Web page of the  American Red Cross. Click the green "Donate Online" button on that page to begin. 

Planned Giving
"Planned Giving" is a special way to contribute to the American Red Cross. "Aren't all gifts planned?", you might ask. The answer is "yes", but planned giving refers to the many kinds of gifts that can create special financial benefits to the donor. As with most charitable organizations, the Red Cross usually receives gifts of cash as its most common donation.
There are some donors who would like to accomplish specific financial goals while making a gift. Your attorney, tax advisor, or estate planner know a number of ways through which you may make a significant contribution while still receiving lifetime income from the gift, or defer income until after retirement, or contribute interest from an asset while retaining ownership. There are many ways to decrease and/or defer income taxes, capital gains taxes, state taxes and probate costs.

For an extended explanation of many of the planned giving options, click here, and then talk to your attorney.

Here are just a few of the many options that are available:

1. Bequests
2. Gift of Life Insurance
3. Gifts of Retirement Plans

1. Bequests: How to include the American Red Cross in my will...
Many of our supporters make charitable gifts by naming the Red Cross as a beneficiary in their wills. The federal government encourages these gifts or bequests, by allowing an unlimited estate tax charitable deduction.
To make a bequest to the Red Cross, the following language will be helpful to your lawyer:

"I give, devise and bequeath to the Centre Communities Chapter of the American Red Cross the sum of $________ (or otherwise describe the gift) to be used in furthering the services of the Chapter."

2. Gift of Life Insurance: Some of our supporters no longer need their life insurance that was purchased years ago to provide for children or other family members. If that is your situation, please consider donating the policy to the American Red Cross. You may claim a charitable deduction for approximately the policy's cash surrender value, and the proceeds are completely removed from your estate.

3. Gifts of Retirement Plans: Many individuals today have large qualified retirement plans such as an IRA, 401(k), or Keogh plan. These assets have been growing tax-free for years. Once the owner begins to receive payments from the qualified plans, the distributions are taxed. The plans are also included in the owner's taxable estate. A retirement plan may be an excellent source of funds for making a gift to the American Red Cross.
One way to make a gift of your retirement plan is to create a charitable remainder trust through your will. It works like this: Your IRA assets will be transferred to a charitable remainder trust. There is no tax due because the charitable remainder trust is a tax-exempt entity. The trust will provide life income to the beneficiary (for example, your child) with an eventual gift to the Red Cross. The beneficiary will pay income tax on the distributions from the trust. Your estate will receive an estate tax charitable deduction for the value of the Red Cross's right to eventually receive the trust assets.