Your commitment to justice and support of this Campaign will protect the civil rights of the poorest residents of northwest and west Central Ohio.

What difference does your financial contribution make?

• Access to an attorney increases the safety of domestic violence victims and their children.
  
  
  
• Legal services can stop the unfair and often illegal eviction of the elderly and the disabled.
  
  
  
• Help with filing for bankruptcy can save a family from losing their home.
  
  
  
• Appeal of an improper denial of benefits can help an individual or family gain access to healthcare, food, and especially in cases of disability, a stable source of income.
  
  
  
• Access to justice preserves human dignity.

According to Legal Services Corporation, 80 percent of the civil legal needs of low-income Americans are going unmet, and half of all people who approach legal aid are turned away for lack of law firm resources.

With your support, the ABLE and LAWO combined records of service for 2009 were:

• 29,805 requests for help
  
  
• 24,595 cases worked on
  
  
• 20,962 closed cases
  
  
• 62.961 persons helped
  
  
• $12,047,109 total monetary awards for clients 

To make a secure donation via the internet, we invite you to submit an Online Donation Form.

For more information about supporting legal services in your community, call the Resource Development Office at (937) 535-4432 in Dayton or (419) 255-0814 in Toledo.