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Why
Support CCE-Steuben?
Mission
· The Cornell Cooperative Extension educational system
enables people to improve their lives and communities through
partnerships that put experience and research knowledge to work.
· Cooperative
Extension programs in every county of New York State are linked
back to our state’s land grant university, Cornell University.
Our educators tap into that expertise to help the citizens in
Steuben County make informed choices, develop character and competence
skills, improve health, become good stewards of our environment,
and strengthen our economy.
History
· Helping people lead quality lives has been our business
for 87 years in Steuben County. Having a college send agents out
into the fields to assist farmers in improving their crops was
a practical idea. It offered hands-on, state-of-the-art technology,
which produced immediate results. Its success spread to activities
for both the home and youth, and has evolved over the decades
to increasing needs of the citizens.
· Typically funded by federal, state and
county dollars, Cooperative Extension offices around the state
are struggling today to maintain quality programs and excellence
in research, information and expertise. These appropriations provide
a little more than half of CCE-Steuben’s budget. Additional
revenue comes from grants, contracts, program participation fees
and fundraising events. We need your private gifts to fill the
gap and continue providing resources for our community and developing
solutions for the growing problems of our society.
Solutions for the Future
· We are your “front door” to Cornell University
– the research, information and expertise to help you solve
problems and improve your quality of life. Whether the topic is
obesity, hogweed, or windmills, we offer resources.
Ways
to Give
Every gift, regardless of size, makes a difference
to Cooperative Extension of Steuben County. You may have benefited
from the services we have to offer and wish to make sure others
have access to the same resources. You may have noticed the needs
in Steuben County and believe in our ability to develop local
leaders, build partnerships and empower individuals and enterprises.
Your dollars ensure that our programs enhance Steuben County.
Select a specific beneficiary program or allow us to put the dollars
to work where it is most needed. Call us for options, including
monthly and multi-year pledges.
Adopt-A-Project
Footsteps to Health
This six-week series teaches elderly parents, busy families
or young professionals how to plan balanced meals, cook lean,
snack healthy and shop smart. We are currently only funded to
provide this educational format to income-eligible residents,
but the general public is also dealing with health issues and
requesting our information. We would be happy to discuss how your
gift could contribute or underwrite this program.
What Program Would You Like
to Support?
Farm City Day Master
Gardeners
Pasture Walks
Dairy Quiz Bowl 4-H Livestock
Sale Financial
Counseling
Stretching Your Food Dollars
Parenting Education
Grazing Practices
4-H Award Trips
4-H Clothing Revue
Empower New York
Local Potato Varieties
Dairy Princesses
4-H Public Presentations
Teleconferences
County Fair exhibits
Fighting the obesity epidemic
Renewable energy options
Investment Property/Community
Development Project
Ask us to show you how contributing to the purchase
of residential real estate can help us become more self-sustaining
and play a role in revitalizing the downtown community while also
providing home improvement and energy efficiency programming for
property owners.
Agriculture
and Natural Resources Endowment Fund
Help foster educational activities that enhance the economic growth
of major agriculture enterprises, water quality protection, land
use planning issues, tourism development, forest and wildlife
management, outdoor education and applied ecology for current
and future generations.
Leadership Circle
Option One
Let us help you prepare a one-time gift to Cooperative Extension
for the program of your choice. We can share with you the details
of the audience we serve and carefully tailor your gift to the
program. Or, we can design a new program according to your wishes
within our mission work.
Option Two
If you are unable to give a large amount for a program all at
one time, let us split the gift into monthly installments. You
receive the same specialized purpose for your gift, but you may
take as much time as you need to complete the gift.
Annual Fund
Support programs such as Dairy Princesses, Caregivers
Workshops, Christmas Tree Growers, 4-H Afterschool programs, Nutrition
education for Headstart and WIC, Budget Counseling, and much more
with a gift to our annual fund.
Levels of Giving:
$25
Steuben Partner
$50 Steuben
Family
$100 Frank
Finnerty Club
Named for a 30-year Steuben County 4-H agent
$250 Leon
Taylor Club
Named for the first Steuben County
4-H agent
$500 Katherine
Roy Club
Named for the first Steuben County Home Bureau
agent
$1,000 H.N.
Humphrey Club
Named for the first Steuben County agricultural
agent
$5,000 Wm.
Stempfle Club
Named for a 30-year Steuben County agricultural
agent
You may also wish to contribute an
unrestricted gift in the amount of your choice which CCE-Steuben
will use at their discretion. Gifts are tax deductible as allowed
by law.
Print
A Donor Form
Fundraising
· Tops Gift Card Program –
buy your grocery gift cards in the amounts of $25, $50 or $100
at the CCE-Steuben office. CCE-Steuben earns a percentage from
a purchase you’ll be making anyway!
· Printer Cartridge Recycling –
CCE-Steuben is collecting empty inkjet printer cartridges for
cash. You can reduce pollution (cartridges do not decompose for
1,000 years) and save energy (empty cartridges are remanufactured
and reused) while making a contribution to CCE-Steuben.
· Watkins Glen Race Track Hospitality Volunteers
– CCE-Steuben supplies volunteers for servers and runners
in the hospitality tents at the track. Contact Carla Dawejko if
you would like to volunteer with us.
Corporate and Foundation Gifts
· Building partnerships.
That’s the mission of CCE-Steuben: whether they take the
form of individual, one-on-one contacts with friends or participants,
or involve large-scale, mutually beneficial partnerships with
corporations and private foundations. CCE-Steuben is fortunate
to have a wealth of talent and programmatic excellence in a wide
variety of fields. Our office’s 15 full-time and four part-time
staff work with faculty and University leaders campuswide to supply
cutting edge technology and resources for Cooperative Extension’s
constituents.
Memorial Gifts
Create A Legacy
· CCE-Steuben isall dedicated to helping donors, prospective
donors and professional advisors learn about the opportunities
to support Cooperative Extension in Steuben County through deferred
giving. Let’s sit down and discuss establishing a Cooperative
Extension legacy that will benefit future generations in Steuben
County. Call us at 664-2300 for more information.
| Checks may
be made payable to Cornell Cooperative Extension of Steuben
County (CCE-Steuben) and mailed along with a pledge form
to:
CCE-Steuben Annual
Fund
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Steuben County
3 Pulteney Square East
Bath, NY 14810
Please call Chris Brown, President of the Board (607-569-2581-H
or 607-569-5200-W), or Tom Tomsa, Executive Director (607-664-2300)
for additional information. Thank you for your consideration.
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Support
the Cooperative Extension programs
that Steuben citizens value and depend on.
Cornell
Cooperative Extension of Steuben County also receives donations
through the United Way. Please give to the United Way and
designate CCE-Steuben as the recipient of your gift. |
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