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For Immediate Release
March 1, 2010
Contact: Sally Kohr
(717) 787-4651

Alloway Urges Taxpayers to Consider Charitable Giving on PA Tax Returns  

HARRISBURG – While completing their 2009 state tax return, taxpayers will have the option to donate all or part of their state tax refund to several worthy charitable causes, according to Senator Richard Alloway II (R-33).  

The PA-40 tax form includes five boxes allowing taxpayers to donate to the Wild Resource Conservation Fund, the Military Family Relief Assistance Program, the Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Trust Fund, the Juvenile Diabetes Cure Research Fund and the Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Fund.  

According to the Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Fund, approximately $200,000 is donated to the organization annually through the donation check-off on the state tax form. 

"These charities are able to do a great deal of good with the donations they receive each year," Alloway said. "I would encourage local residents who will receive a refund to consider donating a portion of that money to one or more of these very worthy causes."