"The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving." - Albert Einstein
"To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice." - Confucius
"Teach us to give and not to count the cost." - Ignatius Loyola
We believe that giving to others brings a lot of rewards to the giver (as well as to the recipient).
We have chosen a few charities which are our "favorites."
Vic (our founder), Lucas, and Dan would like to share with you their favorite charities:
The Red Cross (www.redcross.org) - most people recognize the Red Cross as one of the finest organizations helping mankind throughout the world. We hope that you will join us and give the Red Cross as much financial help as you can give.
Kiva.org - Vic (our founder) loves to make interest free loans to people in developing countries. Vic has made over
2,700
interest-free loans to people in over 45 different countries.
According to Ali Carroll (in 2010 the Customer Service Manager at Kiva) Vic is "one of Kiva's top lenders."
For those of you who wish to join Vic to help fight poverty, but can't afford to do a lot at this time, one option is to sit down at your computer and become a micro-financier as our founder Vic has done.
You can lend as little as $25 each to a farmer in Peru, or a grocery store owner in Ghana, the owner of a TV repair shop in Afghanistan, a baker in Vietnam,
a single mother running a clothing shop in the Dominican Republic, or maybe even loan $25. interest-free to a young dreamer who wants to open up a soda shop in Senegal.
As our founder has done, you can do all of that through www.Kiva.org which is a web site that provides information about entrepreneurs in poor countries. They include their photos, loan proposals and credit histories and allows you to make direct loans to them.
Vic believes in helping others less fortunate than himself to attain their dreams as well.
You can see some of the pictures and stories of the thousands of people that Vic is personally helping at: www.Kiva.org/lender/plumbingsupply
Big Brothers Big Sisters (www.bbbs.org) is a wonderful organization that helps kids that need role models and adult "friends" to help them with making sense of those difficult questions and decisions that come up in life.
Doctors Without Borders (www.doctorswithoutborders.org) - is one of the finest organizations that helps the poor throughout the world. We have chosen them as one of our primary charities as well.
Shriners Hospitals for Children (www.shrinershq.org) - is also a very fine organization that we give moneys to. April 2008 we received their four-star Gold Book Society award.
The Torres Community Shelter (www.chicoshelter.org/) - is a local homeless shelter that serves women, men, and families with children and we believe them to be doing an excellent job.
El Porvenir (www.elporvenir.org) - few people have heard of this small organization. They help bring fresh water and sanitation to rural Nicaraguan villages. Since in our business we make our profit from selling plumbing related products, since October 2001 we have chosen El Porvenir as an organization that we will give some of our profits to.
Peg Taylor Center (www.pegtaylorcenter.org) - is dedicated to helping older and younger adults with health problems through improving their quality of life by staying active and involved with life and others.
"When you consider the contributions that plumbing and sanitation make to the quality of all of our lives,
then much of the other things that we do just seem so much less significant."
- Vic (our Founder) 1995
Other charities that PlumbingSupply Group, LLC has recently given significant amounts of moneys to:
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Vince, Michael, Vic and Lucas
In 2010, we sponsored a Christmas Tree Auction and Holiday Festival benefiting the Torres Community Shelter.
Also in 2010, we participated in a fundraising event for Butte County Library Literary Services and our local independent public community radio station KZFR. We are proud to be able to support these wonderful organizations.
Also in 2010, we gave a significant amount of moneys to the American Red Cross to help those in Haiti after the devastating earthquake. We have also been fortunate enough to help the American Cancer Society, Big Brothers/Big Sisters and Doctors Without Borders among others.
In 2009, even with a depressed economy we are committed to and are able to give to many charities.>
In 2008, we continued to give all profits of all of our toilet tank cover sales to charities. Our founder promised that we would give a minimum of $5,000. per month to charities and we far exceeded that promise.
In 2007, we donated ALL of our profits of our sales of toilet tank lids to charities.
In 2006, we donated enough to buy 100 of LN-4 Prosthetic hands.
see www.ln-4.org
Note that an estimated 500,000 children worldwide have been maimed by land mines. We hope that you can help the Rotary LN-4 prosthetic project as well.
Also in 2006 - We gave 150 sinks to Chico's Habitat for Humanity.
In addition we gave a lot of money to the Red Cross.
In 2005, we gave $15,000. to the Tsunami Relief Funds.
In 2004, we gave 120 sinks to Habitat for Humanity
(www.habitat.org) for local Chico, California.
In 2003, we gave 15 drinking fountains to the Arizona chapter of Water for People
(www.water4people.org) for a project in Agua Prieta, Mexico.
Safe drinking water and basic sanitation facilities are nonexistent for many impoverished people in developing countries.
It is our hope that if you are doing well, that you consider helping others who are less fortunate than you.
The more you share, the more you will have.
If you would like for us to consider your organization - please click here
Read many great quotes, such as:
"What the world's poorest one billion need more than doctors, good roads,
the Internet and even electricity, is quality drinking water and safe sewage disposal.
Society is nothing without good plumbing."
- Vic - (our Founder)
"The best portion of a good man's life
is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love."
- William Wordsworth
"Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless."
- Sherry Anderson
If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bother your head about it.
- Michel de Montaigne
