Letter to the Editor: Great Give Day is for you
To the Editor:
Great things happen when people join together for good. Whether volunteering to help children succeed, driving community improvement, or helping our neighbors, Iowans share the will to see our communities thrive.
Four years ago, the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque imagined the potential for a concentrated single day of giving called Great Give Day. This 24-hour, online-only giving event offered an opportunity for community members of all financial means to come together to support and celebrate our local nonprofits. Over the last three years, in a combined span of just three days, community members from Waukon to Maquoketa have raised nearly $900,000 for more than 100 Northeast Iowa nonprofits. These incredible people have come together to make a whopping 6,392 gifts to local nonprofits: an average of $129 per person.
For the fourth year, the Allamakee County Community Foundation, an affiliate of the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque, is participating in Great Give Day this Thursday, May 11. When you make a gift of $10 or more, your giving goes further thanks to local corporate sponsorship dollars that magnify donations during hourly contests throughout the day.
The event is open to all nonprofit organizations with endowment funds at the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque. More than 150 nonprofits throughout Dubuque, Allamakee, Clayton, Delaware, Jackson, Jones and Clinton Counties will be participating.
This year, the Allamakee County Community Foundation is providing $2,250 in matching funds for the following participating Allamakee County nonprofits:
• Allamakee County Conservation Foundation*
• Allamakee County Fund for Afterschool Programs*
• Allamakee Scholarship Fund, Inc.*
• Harpers Ferry Boosters
• Northeast Iowa Food & Fitness
• Northeast Iowa Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D)*
• Veterans Memorial Healthcare Foundation*
• Waukon Park & Recreation*
• Waukon Wellness Center*
* - These nonprofits are directing Great Give Day gifts to their endowment funds, and gifts of $50 or more qualify for the Endow Iowa 25% State Tax Credit.
During this year’s event Thursday, May 11, we’re asking for your help to join in to raise funds for these local nonprofits. Visit www.GreatGiveDay.org and search for your favorite nonprofits to make a donation.
Great Give Day is presented by the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque and presenting sponsors Theisen’s Home*Farm*Auto; Dupaco; American Trust & Savings Bank; Dubuque Bank & Trust; Klauer Manufacturing; the Foundation for the Future of Delaware County; and the Allamakee County Community Foundation. For more information, visit www.GreatGiveDay.org or call the Foundation at 563-588-2700.
Betty Steege, Coordinator
Allamakee County
Community Foundation
