Dear Friends,
We are writing to ask for your financial support.
The Portage Zhang Senior Center (PZSC) has been providing vital programming that improves physical and social aspects and promotes emotional and mental well-being for older adults in our community for more than 40 years. The older adults who visit the PZSC connect with their peers, receive vital information and develop new friendships.
The mission of the PZSC is to provide social opportunities, as well as recreational, fitness and educational programming for older adults. Through these unprecedented times, the center has continued to connect with older adults —virtually and in person. The PZSC makes a significant impact on the lives of so many through the social and life enrichment provided for its members and guests.
Do you know that only a fraction of public tax dollars supports the operation of the Portage Zhang Senior Center? That is why fundraising and the support of our local donors is so critical. The Friends of the Portage Senior Center provides long-term financial support for PZSC programs and operations and stands ready to assist, but we need your help. Would you consider making a financial gift and becoming a “Friend” of the Portage Zhang Senior Center?
There are many ways you can support the PZSC. Today we are asking you to consider a tax-deductible financial gift. You can send in your gift using the enclosed envelope or make a secure online gift by visiting the Friends website at www.friendspsc.org.
Relationships with others give us a sense of belonging and connectedness. Thank you for considering a gift to support the Portage Zhang Senior Center. You can be proud of everything that the center continues to offer, especially as we look forward to moving into the new Portage Community Senior Center in May.
Sincerely,
Molly Williams
Board Chair
Friends of the Portage Senior Center
Kimberly Phillips
Senior Citizen Services Manager
City of Portage
The Friends of the Portage Senior Center is a 501 c)3 membership organization founded in 1992. Its purpose is to support the Portage Senior Center/Senior Services financially by encouraging sponsorships, gifts, and bequests and by stimulating public interest in the PSC and Senior Citizen Services. It seeks to ensure both short and long-term funding for the services provided by the Portage Senior Center.
Will You Consider Being a Friend of the Portage Senior Center?
Leave Your Legacy of Friendship…
Your legacy gift to Friends of the Portage Senior Center (FPSC) will ensure programs and services for older adults continue long into the future. What better way to honor the Portage Zhang Senior Center than to leave a lasting legacy that helps older adults connect with their community and thrive through making connections.
The FPSC suggests you discuss with your lawyer and/or financial advisor the methods of giving that will be the most beneficial and appropriate for you. We welcome the opportunity to discuss how your charitable bequest will best support the Portage Zhang Senior Center. Your gift can result in considerable tax benefits.
Ways To Create Your Legacy…
- Prepare a will with your lawyer or financial advisor and leave a gift to The Friends of the Portage Senior Center.
- Consider using personal assets for your charitable gifts, such as stocks, bonds, CD’s, real estate, vehicles, art and jewel
- Name The Friends of the Portage Senior Center as the beneficiary of your IRA or pension.
- Purchase a life insurance policy naming The Friends of the Portage Senior Center as the beneficiary.
- Name The Friends of the Portage Senior Center as the beneficiary of an existing life insurance policy.
Mailing Address: Friends of the Portage Zhang Senior Center, 320 Library Lane, Portage, MI 49002
Federal Tax ID # 38-3022381
For more information please call Kim Phillips,