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Corporate Matching Funds double your contributions to SMG!  How?  Find out if your company offers a matching fund program to educational or charitable organizations.  Some local companies that do have a matching fund program include:  Eli Lilly, AT&T, Prudential, Guidant, Toro, Smith Kline Beecham.  Your company may offer one too!  Please call Pat Gorman at 867-3213, ext. 127 if you learn about such a program and want to coordinate your giving this way.

INCREASE YOUR EFT CONTRIBUTION

If you are currently contributing via EFT, and wish to increase your amount, please email   and state what amount you would like to increase to.  There is no need to send in another EFT form or canceled check.

EFT YOUR WEEKLY TITHE

You can now set up an automatic debit from your bank account for your weekly offering.  Not only will this be convenient for you, but it will also help the church with a more consistent cash flow, especially over the summer and vacations.  Go online to www.smgonline.org and download the EFT Your Weekly Tithe form. Mail the form to the Parish office or drop it in the collection basket at Mass.

STOCKS, BONDS & SECURITIES CONTRIBUTIONS

Ever thought about donating securities to SMG?  This is a great vehicle to support your parish while getting advantageous tax treatment!  How?  By donating a security that has grown in value you (a) avoid the income tax on the capital gain since a donation to a qualified charity such as SMG is not the same as a sale, and (b) you get to deduct the full market value of the stock contributed.  To  easily and effectively donate securities to SMG (electronically through your broker!), please print and fill out the Transfer of Securities form found on our website.

DID YOU KNOW?

You can designate your United Way pledge to our Shepherd’s Gate Food Pantry? Our number is 7096.

THOUGHTS ON STEWARDSHIP

“He that gives all, though but little, gives much; because God looks not to the quantity of the gift, but to the quality of the givers.”

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