coe-staff: 2016 Charitable Fund Drive Update

[Lisa M Fortin]

The College of Education has already donated over $3,000 to the State of Oregon Employees' Charitable Fund Drive!

The fund drive is an annual, combined charitable giving campaign tailored to meet the needs and wishes of employees of the State of Oregon. The Charitable Fund Drive helps State employees create the future each of you wants to see become reality in Oregon. Whether you care about Oregon's animals, arts and culture, environment, equality and human rights, health, housing, families, or anything else - there is a nonprofit working for these ideals.

What does a donation do?
--$4 per month donated to United Way of Lane County provides two weeks of a warm,
safe place to live for a homeless teen
--$5 per month to Community Health Charities funds one day for a child with diabetes to
attend camp.
--$5 per month donated to Habitat for Humanity buys a sturdy front door for a Habitat
home.
--$8 per month donated to Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
provides two weeks of shelter for a woman escaping domestic violence.
--$11 per month to United Way of the Columbia-Willamette provides 10 hours of antiviolence
education in middle and high schools.
--$20 per month to Children's Trust Fund of Oregon supports therapeutic services for two
children at risk for experiencing abuse or neglect.
--$35 donation to the Black United Fund allows, as many as five, high school students to
"drop-in" and receive after school assistance with college application completion;
providing a resource to students and families that can break generational barriers to
success.

You can support any of more than 800 charities or issues through the Fund Drive by making just one charitable gift. Oregon's Charitable Fund Drive was implemented in 1989 as a way to offer access to this wide range of charities through an easy, once-a-year campaign that gives state employees precise control over where their contributions are spent. Last year, state employees contributed more than $863,000 to the Fund Drive.  By itself, the University of Oregon was responsible for over 25% of that amount.

Supporting the drive is easy!  You can choose a payroll deduction to give on a monthly basis or you can make a one-time pledge of any amount you choose.  Just visit  http://www.oregon.gov/GCFS/pages/index.aspx and follow the instructions.  To choose a local charity, choose UNITED WAY OF LANE COUNTY AND PARTNER AGENCIES to get the dropdown menu for options such as the Relief Nursery, Looking Glass, NEDCO or Womenspace, among many other groups.  I have paper forms for those who prefer that method.

If you need help walking through the process or have any questions, just let me know.  You can give until January 31, 2017.
Thanks,
Lisa


Lisa Fortin
Director of Events and Student Recruitment
College of Education, University of Oregon
Ph:  541-346-1607

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