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Dear Friend,

We first opened our doors in 1869 as a Civil War orphanage. Over the past 142 years, UCAN has remained a dynamic organization, evolving with the tremendous challenges facing disadvantaged children, their caregivers and families. Today, UCAN is a multi-faceted social service organization; our vision that youth who have suffered trauma can become our future leaders remains at the forefront of everything that we do. Thank you for your generosity and for believing that our young people CAN become our community leaders. We could not accomplish all that we do without you; your support has truly made a difference.

We seek your continued partnership and that you please consider giving a gift to UCAN this holiday season. You can help us break cycles of violence, abuse and neglect, and help us advocate for safe and healthy communities. Together, we can continue to deliver quality services to youth like Donny who lived in UCAN's Therapeutic Youth Home until the age of 16. Today, Donny says that, "[It] changed me big time. In the projects, it's like being a horse with blinders. There was one track: gangs and drugs. UCAN's Therapeutic Youth Home took my blinders off. I didn't have to worry about gangs and drugs - UCAN let me be me. The [Home's] walls pushed me along, carried me to where I needed to be. I knew how to be bad, but I didn't know how to be good. They helped me. "

Whatever the amount, your gift matters. Thank you for your help.

Happy holidays to you and your family!

Sincerely,

Thomas C. Vanden Berk
UCAN's Chief Executive Officer

"UCAN gave me the choice to go to college, gave me the chance to get through high school when I was living on trains, they helped mewhen my aunt died. UCAN's Project Visible Man mentoring program gave me the choice to not go down a negative path and to succeed."
-Keith Byrd, Project Visible Man

To learn more about the various ways to support UCAN, please click here.   For questions or more information, please contact Nina Yung at 773-290-5867. 

Contributions to UCAN are 100% tax deductible as allowable by IRS law.  UCAN is a 501(c)3 organization.  UCAN adheres to the Association of Fundraising Professionals' Code of Ethics and supports the Association's Donor's Bill of Rights / Declaración de los Derechos de los Donantes.  UCAN's fundraising policies can be downloaded here:  Ethical Fundraising and Solicitation and Acceptance of Gifts.