1. NEAFCS Endowment Dream & Discover! NEAFCS Endowment Committee

2. NEAFC Vision  Empowering individuals, families, and communities to build and sustain a greater quality of life.  Our research-based outreach programs reflect the diversity of needs of individuals, families and communities.  Empowering individuals, families, and communities to build and sustain a greater quality of life.  Our research-based outreach programs reflect the diversity of needs of individuals, families and communities. "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do... Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain

3. NEAFCS Endowment  Approved in earlier Strategic Plan  Started in 2004  Goal is $300,000  More than 50 people and 12 affiliates with donations over $500  Currently more than $178,000 donated or pledged by 365 people from 47 states and 28 states affiliates  Approved in earlier Strategic Plan  Started in 2004  Goal is $300,000  More than 50 people and 12 affiliates with donations over $500  Currently more than $178,000 donated or pledged by 365 people from 47 states and 28 states affiliates

4. NEAFCS Endowment  Dream big!  Only interest will be used  NEAFCS Endowment target areas  Awards  Leadership professional development  Diversity  Pubic issues education  Dream big!  Only interest will be used  NEAFCS Endowment target areas  Awards  Leadership professional development  Diversity  Pubic issues education The future isn’t what it used to be. Yogi Berra

5. Who gives  Working poor give higher percentage than middle class or rich  Religious people give more money & time than secularist (beyond churches)  Giving & volunteering improve physical health and mental health  Givers 43% more likely than nongiver to be “very happy”  Givers 25% more likely than nongiver to say health is excellent  Working poor give higher percentage than middle class or rich  Religious people give more money & time than secularist (beyond churches)  Giving & volunteering improve physical health and mental health  Givers 43% more likely than nongiver to be “very happy”  Givers 25% more likely than nongiver to say health is excellent Arthur Brooke, Who Really Cares

6. Why give?  “I am happy when I know I am helping others.”  “I want to make a difference.”  “I feel better when I give.”  “It makes me happy.”  “It helps on my taxes”  Find your “passion”  Give to match your “passion”  “I am happy when I know I am helping others.”  “I want to make a difference.”  “I feel better when I give.”  “It makes me happy.”  “It helps on my taxes”  Find your “passion”  Give to match your “passion” No one ever become poor by giving. Anne Frank

7. Why give?  Mentor new FCS educators and strengthen the profession.  Champion our profession and its impact in the community.  Create a memorial in honor of a co-worker, friend, family member, or colleague.  Support the profession you believe in  Provide a steady income for quality and permanence to the profession.  Support targeted projects, like awards  Mentor new FCS educators and strengthen the profession.  Champion our profession and its impact in the community.  Create a memorial in honor of a co-worker, friend, family member, or colleague.  Support the profession you believe in  Provide a steady income for quality and permanence to the profession.  Support targeted projects, like awards

8. NEAFCS Endowment  Step up a Category  Turquoise – Up to $499  Amethyst - $500-999  Opal - $1000-4999  Sapphire - $5000 - $9999  Diamond – Over $10,00 (Includes naming rights)  Step up a Category  Turquoise – Up to $499  Amethyst - $500-999  Opal - $1000-4999  Sapphire - $5000 - $9999  Diamond – Over $10,00 (Includes naming rights) The time is always right to do the right thing Martin Luther King, Jr.

9. States Support NEAFCS Endowment  Choose two or more ideas to do  Set a state goal of $100 per member  Contact your state program leader or director, other Extension professional associations  Personally contact retirees  Choose two or more ideas to do  Set a state goal of $100 per member  Contact your state program leader or director, other Extension professional associations  Personally contact retirees

10. NEAFCS Endowment  100 for Extension’s 100th!  State Challenge  $10 or $100 per member  $100 or $1000 from individuals or organizations  100 for Extension’s 100th!  State Challenge  $10 or $100 per member  $100 or $1000 from individuals or organizations "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world, indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead

11. State Challenge  How will your state meet the Challenge?  Choose one or more things your state will do each year!  What new ideas can you generate to support the NEAFCS Endowment?  How will your state meet the Challenge?  Choose one or more things your state will do each year!  What new ideas can you generate to support the NEAFCS Endowment? The results of philanthropy are always beyond calculation. Miriam Beard

12. States that met the $75 for NEAFCS’s 75th!  Arizona  California  Hawaii  Iowa  Maryland  New Jersey  Virginia  Wisconsin  Arizona  California  Hawaii  Iowa  Maryland  New Jersey  Virginia  Wisconsin Join your colleagues!

13. Endowment Champions Dianne Lennon, NJ and retirees 15 members from Kansas 21 members from Iowa Many stepped up from Turquoise to Amethyst level All of our Opal, Amethyst, Sapphire & Diamond donors - please stand All our Turquoise donors - please stand Endowment Committee members Dianne Lennon, NJ and retirees 15 members from Kansas 21 members from Iowa Many stepped up from Turquoise to Amethyst level All of our Opal, Amethyst, Sapphire & Diamond donors - please stand All our Turquoise donors - please stand Endowment Committee members

14. How to Give Check Credit card Cash Stocks IRA transfer One time donation or Annual pledge Check Credit card Cash Stocks IRA transfer One time donation or Annual pledge Cash, it’s almost as good as money. Yogi Berra... and A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore

15. Supporting NEAFCS  Always consult your financial planner, attorney or tax professional for the your specific situation Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. Pablo Picasso

16. Lighting a Candle in the Darkness NEAFCS Endowment Building for the Future NEAFCS Endowment Building for the Future It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan. Eleanor Roosevelt

17. Be a Philanthropist!  philanthropist |fə ˈ lanθrəpist| noun  a person who seeks to promote the welfare of others, esp. by the generous donation of money to good causes.  benefactor, benefactress, patron, patroness, donor, contributor, sponsor, backer, helper, good Samaritan; Lady Bountiful  philanthropist |fə ˈ lanθrəpist| noun  a person who seeks to promote the welfare of others, esp. by the generous donation of money to good causes.  benefactor, benefactress, patron, patroness, donor, contributor, sponsor, backer, helper, good Samaritan; Lady Bountiful

18. Find your Passion!  You can be a philanthropist  No matter how much or how little you have!  You can be a philanthropist  No matter how much or how little you have! Claiming your place at the fire: Living the second half of your life on purpose. Richard Leider and David Shariro

19. Questions  www.neafcs.org - “About NEAFCS” www.neafcs.org  Select “Endowment Campaign”  Mail donations to NEAFCS national office  For more information, contact  Endowment Committee members or Sharon Hoelscher Day, Chair  Shday@ag.arizona.edu Shday@ag.arizona.edu  www.neafcs.org - “About NEAFCS” www.neafcs.org  Select “Endowment Campaign”  Mail donations to NEAFCS national office  For more information, contact  Endowment Committee members or Sharon Hoelscher Day, Chair  Shday@ag.arizona.edu Shday@ag.arizona.edu