for
Boys & Girls Club Health Related Programs
A Component Fund of
Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts
About The Fund
Our purpose is to build a substantial charitable fund to generate revenue for health-related programs for the Boys & Girls Club of North Central Massachusetts. The Fund will also benefit other Boys & Girls Clubs in the area. The Fund will be a permanent, perpetual source of revenue, as well as the recipient of fundraising, donations, and bequests from members of the community wishing to enhance the Boys & Girls Club's Health-Related Programs.
As a component fund of the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts, personal and corporate donations plus proceeds from fundraising activities are pooled and invested perpetually.
Your gift, and all future earnings from your gift, are a permanent source of capital for the Health-Related Programs of the Boys & Girls Club of North Central Massachusetts and other Boys & Girls Clubs in the area.
Uses of The Fund
Examples of Health-Related Programs of the Boys & Girls Club of North Central Massachusetts include but are not limited to:
- Nutrition - Diet & Cooking Skills
- Exercise - Cardiovascular, Strength Training, and other sport activities
- Injuries - First Aid, CPR
- Safety - Sunscreen, Insect Avoidance, Swimming Safety, Bike Helmets, etc.
- Adolescent Issues - Drugs, Alcohol, Abstinence, Safe Sex, Anabolic Steroids, Protein Supplements, etc.
- School Issues - Bad Grades, Bullying,
- Plans for the Future, Goal Setting, etc.
What About The Future?
Your gift and the gifts of past, present, and future contributors will ensure that the Boys & Girls Club of North Central Massachusetts Christopher J. Alvarez Endowment Fund will grow and allow for quality health-related programming for the children of our community and other Boys & Girls Clubs in the area.
The dollars provided through these gifts, coupled with the services of the Boys & Girls Club of North Central Massachusetts and the Community Foundation will make a lasting difference.
History
Late in 1994, Chris Alvarez's serious medical situation was brought to the attention of a leading local philanthropist who is from our region—and was and still is contributing substantially to AIDS research. Chris became an "ideal" patient of a medical program in Boston—so much so that he inspired many who became familiar with his often Lazarus-like recoveries which made front page news around the world.
As a result, a small diverse group of local community leaders from our region became good friends, and as time went on, this group became the nucleus of the Founding Board of Directors for the first Boys & Girls Club in our region. During Chris's lifetime, the group wished to establish an Endowment Fund in his name for the purpose of funding Health-Related Programs for the Boys & Girls Club of North Central Massachusetts in recognition of Chris playing a significant role in bringing the group together, for his inspirational fortitude and positive spirit, and for his often strongly expressed desire to help children from all walks of life.
It's Easy to Contribute
Contributions are normally tax-deductible. Not only will your gift make a difference forever but it can also help reduce your income or estate tax burden.
There are a number of ways to give:
- Make an outright contribution of cash or appreciated securities.
- Gifts from retirement plans offer particularly attractive tax benefits.
- Make a gift contribution to celebrate a milestone or family event such as an anniversary.
- Give a gift in honor of a family member.
- Make a lasting memorial at the passing of a loved one.
- Leave a bequest to the Fund as part of your will and trust.
- Name the Fund as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy, IRA, or charitable trust.
- However you choose to give, our community will be a better place thanks to your generosity.
If contributing by check please make checks payable to:
"Boys & Girls Club" and please indicate "CJA Endowment Fund."
Please mail contributions to:
Attention: Marshall Bradstreet, Executive Director
Boys & Girls Club of North Central Massachusetts
100 West Street, Leominster, MA 01453
Major Credit Cards are also accepted. For contributions
using your credit card, please call either of the contacts below.
Boys & Girls Club of North Central Massachusetts
Marshall Bradstreet, Executive Director
100 West Street, Leominster, MA 01453
Phone/Fax: 978-534-8358
www.boysandgirlsclubncm.org
E-Mail: director@boysandgirlsclubncm.org
Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts.
Melissa Maranda, Assistant Director
Phone: 978-345-8383
Fax: 978-345-1459
www.cfncm.org
E-mail: mmaranda@cfncm.org
