July 31, 2007

The Rescue Squad Participates in the Combined Federal Campaign.

Please direct your donation to the Rescue Squad by using our new 5-digit designation number on your pledge form:

                                       19223

You must use the new 5-digit number in order for the Rescue Squad to receive your donation.   

This year,  the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad (BCCRS) will again be participating in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), the workplace giving program for federal employees, military personnel, other uniformed services members, and postal workers.  Please note that the CFC has issued a new 5-digit code number for the Rescue Squad:  19223.   The 5-digit number replaces the 4-digit number used in previous years.  The 4-digit numbers used by the CFC in previous campaigns are no longer valid.         

The Rescue Squad strives to be a good steward of your contributions.   Our volunteers visit you once a year for our Annual Fund Drive, which raises over half of our annual operating budget.  (Residents of apartment and condominiums receive a mailing instead.)  We do not use paid solicitors to go door-to-door or employ telemarketers for our Annual Fund Drive.

The Rescue Squad is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) public charity.  You can request our financial statement by sending an email to info@bccrs.org.  We also subscribe to the Donor Bill of Rights to help ensure transparency and accountability in fundraising and nonprofit management.  The Rescue Squad thanks you for your generous support.

Now in its 67th year, BCCRS is a community-supported non-profit organization that provides no-charge, professional emergency medical, ambulance, rescue, and fire services to the Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Maryland area, as well as Upper Northwest Washington, D.C.  With 150 active volunteers and a daytime staff--men and women who respond to almost 11,000 emergency calls per year--BCCRS has evolved into one of the nation's most advanced rescue squads.   We provide compassionate, life-saving services to the community. BCCRS does not receive a regular appropriated budget from any government. Instead, BCCRS raises almost all of its $1.5 million annual budget from individual donors, foundations, businesses, and occasional state and federal grants. Contributions to BCCRS are tax-deductible as allowable by law.

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