Saving lives and creating change since 1974.
The UF Campaign for Charities (UFCC) is the University of Florida’s annual employee giving campaign, giving UF employees an opportunity to support nonprofit organizations through payroll deductions, cash, checks, or stock contributions. Last year, UFCC employees raised more than $750,000 to support participating charitable organizations. The UF Campaign for Charities supports 105 local charitable organizations that provide a wide variety of services, including medical assistance, legal help, environmental protection, food for the hungry, shelter for the abused and homeless, hospice care, pet services, school readiness for children, and much more.
Peaceful Paths is proud to be one of the organizations supported through UFCC. If you or someone you know works at the University of Florida, please consider encouraging them to designate their UFCC gift to Peaceful Paths. Every contribution helps us continue providing safety, support, and hope to survivors and their families in our community.
Peaceful Paths is a certified domestic violence shelter serving Alachua, Bradford, and Union county. We have worked tirelessly to empower thousands of survivors and their families through emergency safe shelter and housing, economic education and empowerment, child & youth programs, safety planning, counseling, and other support services.
We have outlined how your UFCC contribution will continue to our mission to Save Lives and Create Change in Gator Nation.
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Why should you donate?
INVESTMENT
When you commit to become a recurring donor, you are not just giving, you are investing in the future of survivors and their families.
Empower survivors everyday.
SUSTAINABILITY
Ignite change all year long.
Donating consistently helps the agency create a strong budget and a safety net for anything that comes our way.
COMMUNITY
Being a recurring donor means being recognized as a part of a collective group of like-minded supporters that share a passion to save lives and create change in our community.
Be a leader of the movement.
NO RESTRICTIONS
The freedom to create change.
Many grants come with restrictions on when and how they can be used. Your monthly donation allows us to focus on survivors' needs with no restrictions.
Your Benefits for donating with UFCC
RECOGNITION: Be Proud of Your Pledge
You will be acknowledged on our website as a member of our Allies in Action Team, unless you wish to remain anonymous. Our Allies in Action Members are part of an exclusive group of recurring donors who pledge their support through a recurring donation. We want the community to know you are one of our allies!
TAX BENEFITS: Saving Money by Saving Lives
We are a 501(c)(3) certified charitable organization, which means your donations are tax deductible.
AFFORDABLE & AUTOMATIC GIVING: It's Your Choice
Committing to a recurring donation means your overall impact can be significant for an affordable biweekly installment of your choice. It only takes a moment to set up your biweekly donation through the UFCC website which will automatically be withdrawn from your credit card, bank account, or paycheck.
Your Impact
We can do this.
Each year, Peaceful Paths impacts thousands of lives through free and confidential intervention services. Providing safety and support removes road blocks to empower survivors to work toward a
path of self-sufficiency.
Your payroll contribution plays a vital role in this mission.
Your donation can help restock our basic-needs pantries, which provide nonperishable food and hygiene items to families. On average, the cost to stock both pantries is $3000/mo.
Your donation can help provide a child with after-school care, a summer camp experience, or day care, which benefits both parent and child! Childcare can be upwards of $150+/week!
Your donation could help us provide trauma counseling for an adult or child. The average cost is $150/hr to work with a professional trauma counselor .
Your donation can help relocate a survivor into safe housing by helping with utility deposit or start up costs. $250 helps to relocate a survivor.
Your donation can help survivors get to where they need to go by contributing to a bus pass, Uber ride, or car repair.
The Numbers
For 2025
686
LEGAL CLIENTS
SERVED
4900+
SAFETY PLANS COMPLETED IN-PERSON
3,786
YOUTHS SERVED IN
PREVENTION PROGRAMS
Why We Give . . .
"We love this community and want everyone to find
hope and healing."
- Justin & Alicia