When two-year old Elijah arrived at his AASK home, his beautiful smile was hardly ever seen.  His adoptive parents spent tremendous amounts of time with Elijah and gave constant assurances that they would not leave him.  They helped him improved his verbal skills through stimulation and classes.  Now Elijah no longer tantrums and he seeks out his parents for a hug and snuggle.  He greets the AASK social worker with a huge grin and is off running, climbing and jumping.

Your gifts allow AASK staff to support families adopting children like Elijah

Cash

Cash donations may be designated for use in the following funds:

Adoption Services supports expenditures critical to recruiting, preparing, assessing, matching and supervising families and children.

The Pathways Fund pays for enhanced supportive services for families such as therapy, respite, resource library, camp.

The DeBolt Scholarship Fund awards scholarships for higher education to youth adopted from the child welfare system.

Choices

• On-line: Make an easy, secure, on-line donation now. Simply click on the PayPal icon on the left menu.
• Write a check made payable to AASK and send to:
  AASK
  8201 Edgewater Dr. # 103
  Oakland, CA 94621
• Make a Mastercard or Visa credit card donation by calling:
  The Executive Director at (510) 553-1748x14.

Employer Matching
Many employers support the charitable giving of their employees and will match your donation. Please inquire if your employer has a simple form to complete.

eScrip
AASK receives up to 8% of your purchases from participating merchants. You can sign-up on-line in less than five minutes - Just click on the eScrip link and follow the easy directions. Nothing else to do except shop!

• eScrip Supporter Registration.
• When prompted please enter 500000466 as AASK's Group ID.

Vehicles
You can get rid of your old car, boat or RV, take a tax deduction and make a contribution to AASK! Call Volunteers of America at (800) 559-5458, designate AASK Adopt A Special Kid as your charity of choice and schedule a convenient time to have your vehicle picked up. VOA will tow your vehicle free of charge and take care of all the paperwork on the spot.

United Way
AASK participates in local Bay Area and State and Federal Employee United Way campaigns. Simply choose AASK America as your designated agency.

Goods
From time-to-time AASK has need of new or recent, gently used furniture or office equipment and supplies. We also can make use of new adoption or parenting related books and videos, toys, novelty items and gift certificates. The latter are especially appreciated from local businesses or national chains to use in appreciation of staff or families. Contact our donation specialist for further information.