coe-staff: 2016-17 Charitable Fund Drive Update

[Lisa M Fortin]

Hello,
You only have another week to make a donation to the State of Oregon Employees' Charitable Fund Drive as the campaign closes January 31, 2017.  Total pledges from UO so far amount to $171,206 which is about $10,000 short of last year's total.  We have a week to make up or exceed that difference.

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.

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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