NC Safewater Endowment Program
At the Annual Conference, the Endowment Committee introduced the “All Member Fund Raising Campaign for 2012”. We are encouraging ALL of our members to donate to the NC Safe Water Endowment Program during 2012. All of the members who donate any amount by September 30, 2012 will be designated as a FOUNDING DONOR. Making a donation is very easy, just download the Pledge and Donor Form and the Donor Program Form from the right-side of this page. Information on the Donor Program Form will describe what types of grants and scholarships earnings from each Named Fund will fund. Select the Named Fund to which you want to donate, complete the Pledge and Donor Form, attach your check and mail your donation to the address on the Pledge and Donor Form.
Upon receipt of your donation, you will receive a letter acknowledging and thanking you for your donation. All donations are 100% tax deductible. The letter will also be proof of your donation.
We are excited that many of our members have already responded and made a pledge/donation. In the last status report (November 9, 2011) for the NC Safe Water Endowment Program, we noted that over $241,000 had been pledged to the program. During the period from November 9th through January 22nd, donors pledged/donated $67,991.33. The sources of this total amount are listed below:
- Eleven individual donors giving between $25.00 and $1,000 each: $2,975.00
- Donations collected at 5-S Breakfast at Annual Conference: $3,590.00
- Donations received by 5-S Inductees for 2011: $1,743.33
- Auction held as part of Chair’s Endowment Reception: $4,683.00
- Donation/pledge by Hazen and Sawyer, PC: $5,000.00
- Donation/pledge by Frank and Susan Stephenson for Named Fund: $25,000.00
- Donation/pledge by Lars and Lynn Balch for Named Fund: $25,000.00
As of January 22nd, we had received pledges of over $309,000 for the NC Safe Water Endowment Program. At its meeting on January 24, 2012, the Endowment Committee set a goal of increasing the assets of the endowment program to $500,000.00 in 2012. In order to achieve this goal, we need ALL of our members to donate to the endowment during 2012. If each of our members donated 15 cents per day (about $55.00 for the year) we would easily achieve this goal.
We encourage ALL of our members to become a FOUNDING DONOR by making your donation by September 30, 2012. Your gift will keep on giving and thereby will help future water professionals obtain the education they will need to work in the water industry in the future and will enable environmental educators to have to resources to better teach young students about water and the importance of having a dependable supply of safe water.
We are very pleased to recognize the corporate and individual donors who have contributed to the NC Safe Water Endowment Program as of January 22, 2012. The Corporate donors who have donated/pledged over $5,000.00 are listed below in one of four levels of giving.
SWIFT STREAMS CORPORATE DONORS ($5,000 to $9,999)
Hazen and Sawyer, PC
HDR Engineering
ROARING RIVERS CORPORATE DONORS ($10,000 to $14,999)
Highfill Infrastructure Engineering, P. C.
GREAT LAKES ($15,000 TO $24,999)
No corporate donors at this level at this time
MIGHTY OCEANS CORPORATE DONORS ($25,000 and greater)
Crowder Construction Company
GHD Consulting, Inc.
Raftelis Financial Consultants
Rivers & Associates, Inc.
George and Eva Raftelis Foundation
We also thank and recognize other corporate and individual donors listed below:
CORPORATE DONORS
Black & Veatch
CMU (In honor of Doug Bean)
Dixon, Hughes, goodman, LLP
Novozymes North America
Pete Duty & Associates
S&ME. Inc.
Withers & Ravenel, Inc.
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
Amy Cullipher
Angela Lee
Barry Gullett
Bob McElfresh
Brent Reuss
Brian Tripp
Buck Kennedy
Catrice Jones
Chris & Mattie Shamel
Chris Belk
Chris Thompson
Christine deBarbadillo
Christopher McGinnis
Crystal Broadbent
Cullen & Mary Knosby
Dale Crisp
Darin Thomas
David Nailor
David Wagoner
Don E. Francisco
Doug Bean
Dudley Smith III
Ed Kerwin
Frank & Susan Stephenson
Frank Bragg
Frank Hewett
Gene & Carolyn Cobb
George Raftelis
Gerald Latta
Geroge Simon
Glendon Fetterolf
Greg Helfich
Ivan Cooper
Jackie Jarrell
James & Holiday Lauritsen
Jeff Payne
Jessica Godreau
Joe Stowe
John Carman
John McLaughlin
John Reid
Jon Lapsley
Julie Hellman
Keith Pugh
Kelly Boone
Kevin Eason
Larry Dalton
Lars & Lynn Balch
Les Hall
Leslie Jones
Lindsay Roberts
Lori Brogden
Marianne Keser
Marjorie Malin-Gibson
Mark Wessel
Marty Wilson
Matthew Shoesmith
Mike Osborne
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Osborn
Nicole Banks
Pam Moss
Perry James, III
Richard Thoesen
Richard Tsang
Robert & Christine Berndt
Robert Griffin
Robert Massengill
Roger Spach
Russsell Brice
Steve Drew
Steve Shoaf
T. J. Lynch
Terry Houk
Thomas Lipinski
Tim Broome
Trevor Clements
Vicki Westbrook
Wayne Miles