Creative Giving Ideas
Create a vacation. Send a resident on a fully-staffed trip to Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm or Magic Mountain—$1,500
Capture a moment. Purchase a digital camera for staff to take on trips with residents and create a memorable slide show—$400
Develop our site. Add a page or improvements to this website so that we can inform the public more effectively—$750
Eat healthy. Put more fresh fruits and vegetables on residents’ plates for a year—$1,250
Enhance training. Replace our old training videotapes and hard copy materials with up-to-date CD’s and DVD’s and Power Point presentations—$1,500
Foster fitness. Fund an additional physical activity position for one year—$5,000
Honor someone special. Establish a permanent endowed fund in tribute to someone special—$5,000
Increase communication. Send an Hispanic staff member to English class—$750
Keep the pool open. Provide for the staffing and operation of our therapeutic pool, which is not funded by Medi-Cal. One month—$2,000
Makeover a bedroom. Paint and replace draperies in one of our resident bedrooms—$500
Stimulate growth. Purchase an appropriate puzzle or game for the residents—$30
Shop’n’Give. Participate in the eScrip or Ralph’s programs and a percentage of what you spend while shopping will be donated to Hillside House. It’s so easy and costs you nothing! To sign up, just visit these pages: eScrip Ralph's
Here are the names of some of the many retail stores and businesses eScrip is partnered with:
American Airlines Eddie Bauer
Barnes and Nobles Pavilions
Carrows Restaurant Coco's Bakery
Club Cruise Wild Thyme's Cafe & Bakery
Dell Online Orvis
Ebay PriceRite
Expedia Vons
Los Angeles Times Staples
Macy's Spencer's
Nordstrom Safeway
Every time you shop at one of these or many other locations, the residents of Hillside House receive needed funds.
To make a donation to Hillside House today, click here or contact Curt Lauber, Director of Development: clauber@hillsidehousesb.org, (805) 687-0788, ext. 15. Thank you!
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