Global Connections wouldn’t be able to serve the international residents of Bowling Green, Ohio without the generosity of its Partners, volunteers, and businesses. Thank you!
Financial Donations
To make a financial contribution, quickly and safely online through PayPal, you may click on the button below:
To make a financial contribution by mail, you may send a check (made out to Global Connections) to the attention of Victor Ten Brink, GC’s attorney, to our address:
Global Connections
519 West Wooster Street
Bowling Green, OH 43402
You may also set up an Electronic Funds Transfer for monthly donations by sending a voided check to the above address along with a completed ACH Authorization Form. Click here: ACH Authorization
*Please note: PayPal keeps a percentage of all donations. In order to further your contribution, we suggest using EFT, cash, or check if possible.
For questions about financial donations, please contact Steve Baney at sbaney@globalconnectionsbg.org or Victor Ten Brink at vtb@tthslaw.com.
Furniture / Household Item Donations
We also accept donations of gently-used furniture and household items. Charitable contribution receipts are available for tax purposes. Please contact your GC Partner Representative for information on how to get your donation to our storage units, or you may contact Steve Baney at sbaney@globalconnectionsbg.org. See the list of items we can and cannot accept below.
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- Beds/mattresses – mattresses/box springs/bed frames
- Bedding & pillows (clean and indicate size on box or bag)
- Tables & chairs
- Desks & chairs (not large or over-sized desks; must fit through stairwells and apartment doors)
- Dressers
- End tables/coffee tables
- Lamps – must work; remove light bulb
- Other furniture items
- Pictures/decorative items (not old or in bad shape)
- Dishes
- Silverware (group by set and store in ziplock bags)
- Glasses
- Cookware/Cooking utensils
- Microwave ovens
- Small household appliances (need to be in working order with cords attached or taped to appliance)
- Stereo systems
- Vacuum cleaners (emptied out)
- Trash cans (clean)
- Dorm refrigerators (must be cleaned/washed out)
- Winter coats (need to be drycleaned)[/expand]
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- Clothes or purses
- Heavy couches such as Lazy-Boy, sectional couches or hide-a-bed couches
- Large-size desks
- Glass furniture
- Holiday decorations
- Paper plates
- Food
- Binders
- Ceiling fans
- Large household appliances
- Computers
- Large, heavy entertainment centers
- Drapes/mini-blinds/curtains
- Grills
- Cars
- TVs
- China cabinets
- Dining room buffets[/expand]
Additional Donations
Additional donations may be made in the following areas: paper products (computer paper), paper and plastic-ware for events (heavy duty plates, cups, napkins, plastic knives, forks and spoons), $10.00 gas cards, $5.00 International calling cards, sponsoring a month’s rent for our storage unit, and gift cards to Staples office supply store.
[expand title= Kroger]Another way to support Global Connections is through shopping for grocery and household items at Kroger Supermarket through their Kroger Community Rewards program. This community program gives back to area nonprofit organizations depending on what you spend at Kroger supermarkets. If you have a Kroger card, you can sign up. More details are on the Kroger.com site when you click on the header: Community.[/expand]
[expand title= GoodSearch]Goodsearch.com is yet another way to financially support Global Connections without using any of your own money. Good Search is a search engine similar to Google, powered by Yahoo that donates $0.01 for each search made. Simply create an account at Goodsearch.com by using your email address, search for Global Connections of Bowling Green, Ohio as the group you want to support, and start searching![/expand]
[expand title= Amazon Smile]Amazon Smile is also a way to financially support Global Connections. Amazon will now donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases when you shop at AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com). Simply click on this link to register: Amazon Smile[/expand]
These needful donations help to offset GC’s expenses in very practical ways! Please email us at info@globalconnectionsbg.org for more information.