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Welcome to the 2011 OSU Charitable Fund Drive


Campaign dates – October 24, 2011 – January 31, 2012


NOTE: THE STATE OF OREGON CHARITABLE FUND DRIVE IS AN ONLINE SYSTEM

ATTENTION: If you fill-out the enclosed form in your packet, please send the form to: CFD 2011 / 100 LaSells Stewart Center through campus mail.


A Letter from President Ray & Mark McCambridge

October, 2011

We are writing to alert you that the 2011 Oregon Charitable Fund Drive at Oregon State University has begun. Each year we have responded generously to crises at home and abroad and have extended helping hands to those affected. The Charitable Fund Drive is the one campus-wide effort that enables you to contribute to non-profit groups locally and throughout Oregon to help a wide range of needs in the communities where we live.

2011 Charitable Fund Drive at OSU runs from October 24, 2011 to January 31, 2012. In 2010, 230 OSU employees raised 118,040 – a 6%% decrease compared to the previous year.

The participating umbrella groups represent more than 850 individual charities.  This year your overall choices are:

  • Your local United Way – focuses locally to address important human needs
  • Black United Fund – helps to stimulate success in low income communities
  • Children’s Trust Fund  - works to prevent child abuse and neglect
  • Community Health Charities – supports research, education & helps people living with disease
  • Earth Share – protects our natural heritage & human health
  • Equity Foundation – promotes the dignity and worth of all people
  • Habitat for Humanity – allows low-income families to purchase affordable homes
  • Local Independent Charities – helps wide range of nonprofits, from guide dogs for the blind to breast cancer research
  • Work For Art – supports the arts and arts education
  • McKenzie River Gathering Foundation – supports grassroots social justice organizations around the state

The campaign is designed to allow EVERY state employee to be a philanthropist – you get to decide how much you give and where it goes. You can also see how your dollars are working in the community by allowing your charities to connect with you. Oregon employees collectively have given more than $21.8 million since the campaign began 21 years ago. This year’s goal is to raise $1.2 million – last year, we raised slightly more than $1 million. This year we also have a goal to increase the number of donors by 5% over last year.!

The charities involved in the Charitable Fund Drive are committed to promoting healthy families, clean air and water, community vitality, and opportunities for self-help and self-sufficiency. Please join us in helping others by supporting the services and activities that are important to you. With over 4,500 employees at OSU, if each one of us donated $5 per month, we could double the amount of contributions made last year from $ $118,040 to $270,000.  By contributing to this effort, we will help enhance the lives of those who live in our community in a number of significant ways.

Please check the OSU Charitable Fund Drive website at http://oregonstate.edu/charitablefunddrive to view more information on the numerous charities and to track the progress of our contributions.

Sincerely,

Edward J. Ray
President

Mark McCambridge
Vice President for Finance & Administration, 2011 CFD Campaign Chair