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The TRC Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Gifts of any size are deeply appreciated. If you would like to make a donation, you may do to in one of three ways:
1. Make a secure donation online.
2. Call Karen LaSota, Resource Development Coordinator, at (716) 661-1518.
3. Mail a gift to TRC Foundation, Inc., 200 Dunham Avenue, Jamestown, NY, 14701. Make checks payable to “TRC Foundation” (if wishing to direct your gift for a specific purpose, please so indicate in the MEMO line on your check).
TRC Foundation supports The Resource Center by securing financial donations and sponsoring fund-raising events. Thanks to the generous financial support of caring individuals, service organizations, businesses, and local foundations, TRC Foundation ensures that important supports are available for individuals with special needs.
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TRC Street JAM Basketball Tournament
Each June, the streets of Jamestown are filled with thousands of basketball players and fans in what has become one of Chautauqua County’s most popular sporting events. Gifts to the Street JAM support TRC Foundation’s endowment fund.
Laurel Run
The third Saturday in July brings hundreds of people to Silver Creek, NY, for this annual event, which includes an 8-kilometer run, a 5k walk, children’s fun runs, and “Laurel’s Lap,” which is for anyone with a disability. Gifts to Laurel Run are deposited into TRC Foundation’s Laurel Fund, which raises money to enhance employment and work training opportunities for persons with disabilities.
Carl Cappa Memorial Classic
This annual event has become the premier one-day charity golf tournament in Southwestern New York. TRC Foundation’s most profitable event, the Cappa Classic has raised more than $1 million since it began in 1997.
Step Up for Autism
Taking place in September, his event unites community members with individuals who are on the Autism Spectrum, and their families, for a scenic walk through the Village of Celoron. Proceeds from the event support socialization skills training for children and youths with Autism Dpectrum Disaorders and other developmental disabilities.
Disability Awareness Awards Celebration
Each fall, TRC joins with the community to honor individuals with disabilities who have made outstanding progress in their personal lives during the past year, and to pay tribute to those community members, businesses and civic organizations that have helped improve the lives of people with disabilities. Show your support for these champions by making a gift to the Awards Dinner.
Look Good Fund
Former TRC Board member Margaret Look established this fund so that people with disabilities would be able to obtain money for a variety of needed items that can enhance their community acceptance and their independence. “I started this fund because I have known people with disabilities who didn’t have the money to buy the proper clothes, to get a hair cut, or even small incidentals. It is these small things that make a person look better and feel better, that give him confidence in a world which often judges on appearances,” Margaret says. Make a gift to the Look Good Fund and help someone who needs assistance.
Arts Activities
Persons with disabling conditions throughout TRC have been enjoying the opportunity to express themselves through art, and the results have been fantastic – awards at juried art competitions, representation at professional art exhibits, and the satisfaction and self-esteem that come from being able to say, “I made that!” Make a gift in support of the arts.
Calendar
TRC’s Calendar features wonderful works created by artists with disabilities. If you were inspired to make a donation in response to our beautiful Calendar, your gift will help offset the cost of printing that publication.
Annual Endowment Appeal
Support TRC Foundation’s mission by making a contribution to our endowment fund.
Capital Building Projects
TRC is currently undertaking some capital projects designed to improve our service-delivery system. Strengthen our future by supporting our capital projects.
Kathy Seastedt “Dream On” Fund
The “Dream On” – Kathy Seastedt Community Support Fund is named in memory of a TRC employee who passed away in 2008. The fund’s purpose is to provide urgently needed financial assistance to individuals with disabilities living in the community.
Mark Pacheco “WOW” Fund
The Mark Pacheco WOW (Working on Wonders) Fund was created in memory of a TRC employee who died in 2010. The fund’s purpose is to make wishes and dreams come true for individuals with disabilities by providing money to enable them to enjoy events or experiences they couldn’t otherwise afford.
Camp Opportunities
Each year, The Resource Center makes it possible for some 50 individuals with disabilities who live in TRC homes to spend a week at the YMCA’s Camp Onyahsa on Chautauqua Lake, enjoying all of the fun that camp life has to offer. Many other individuals who live in the community would like to be able to attend camp, but TRC lacks the ability to pay for the staff needed to support those campers. Your contribution will help enable someone with a disability to enjoy the camp experience.
Provide Transportation
People with disabilities rely on TRC to transport them to and from their daytime programs and their jobs. While TRC experiences an annual financial loss of about $1 million in its transportation operations, we absorb this loss because we know that without our assistance, many people would be unable to leave their homes. Alas, TRC cannot meet the transportation needs of everyone, meaning that some people with disabilities who want to work, must decline job opportunities because they have no way to get to the job site, and public transportation is either unavailable to too costly. Your contribution will help enable a person who is disabled to have the opportunity to experience the sense of dignity and self-respect that come from having a job.
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