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Sponsorship
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ACCESS
Program
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Items | Ongoing
Event Sponsorship
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Special
Event Sponsorship | Sustainers
Circle
Online
Donations
Using
our secure online shopping cart feature, you can make a donation
in any amount, purchase a corporate membership, and support
the mission of the Village all from the comfort of your keyboard.
A.C.
Gilbert's Discovery Village is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Your donation is tax deductible to the extent the law allows.
Support the Village. Donate online!
Sustainers
Circle
Our
Sustainers Circle is an exclusive group of donors who take pride
in giving annually. We invite you to join this group by committing
to an undesignated annual gift of at least $200 for five years.
These donations can be made in one payment or automatically
transferred each month from the account of your choice. Click
here for the Monthly
Giving form or call 503-371-3631 for more information.
ACCESS:
A.C.'s Community Enrichment and Student Support
Click here for more about the ACCESS
program.
Did
you know that more than 20% of Marion Countys children
are living in poverty? Did you also know that education
is said to be the leading way to fight the cycle of poverty?
ACCESS, a Village outreach and diversity program, reaches out
to children and families with limited resources and invites
them to share in the valuable educational tools provided by
A.C. Gilberts Discovery Village.
Through the ACCESS program, the Village partners with area nonprofits
and Title I schools to truly open the doors to a lifetime
of learning. ACCESS highlights: Reduced price membership
packages for Title I schools and nonprofits, low cost educational
programs for Title I schools, shelter outreach programs, and
many others.
To ensure the success of the ACCESS program, we need the support
of community partners and friends like you! Contact Kassie DeMarsh
at 503-371-3631 for more information.
Donated
Items
CARS
With
the assistance of Volunteers of
America (VOA), A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village now accepts
donations of used cars. VOA takes care of everything, including
selling the vehicle. You, the donor, receive tax advantages
for 100% of what the vehicle sells for, and we receive 60% in
cash. It's a win-win. Additionally, qualified donors will be
sent a $30 gift certificate to any McMenamin's Restaurant. To
find out more about this program, click on the image to the
left or go to http://www.voaoregoncars.com/partner/.
RECYCLABLES
Businesses,
neighborhood groups, and families can help us out by collecting
recyclable items for our educational programs and for Toy Inventor's
Workshop. Below is a short list of items we need on a regular
basis. If you have an item you'd like to donate and it's not
on our list, call 503-371-3631 and we'll let you know if it's
something we can use.
·
Egg cartons
· Small yogurt containers
· Baby food jars
· Corks
· Buttons
· Plastic jewels
· Small square colorful tile
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Film canisters (sorry, we cannot take prescription bottles)
· 2 liter pop bottles
· Toilet paper tubes
· Paint stirrer sticks
· Artificial flowers
· Ribbons
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Butter churn
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Special
Event Sponsorships
Harvest
Festival & Pumpkin Merriment - October - Annually
Ever
bobbed for apples or eaten them off a string without using your
hands? Have you had a chance to press apple cider or decorate
pumpkins? The 2011 event had over 300 carved and lit pumpkins
and we want that number to grow annually! In addition, we have
a 4-H petting zoo, a pumpkin carving, and a hay bale maze. Great
(pumpkin) fun! Sponsorship opportunities range from $2,000 to
$75. Or help us beat last year's record by becoming a "Pumpkin
Partner." Host a carving party at your workplace or school,
and donate your creations to the the Harvest Festival display.
Contact Dee Hendrix, Promotions Director, at promotions@acgilbert.org
to find out how to be a part of this fun event!
New
Year's Family Fun - December 31 - Annually
Family
Fun New Year's Eve has quickly become the premiere family event
on December 31 in the Mid-Willamette Valley. Imagine live musical
entertainment and a theatrical show in an outside heated tent,
a "ball drop" off the Erector set tower and loads
of activities and crafts in all four of our houses! Our New
Year's Eve event takes place during the early evening hours,
finishing at 9:15 pm to allow families to return home and tuck
in the young ones after the celebration. Sponsorship opportunities
range from $2,000 to $100.
Garden
Tour & Plant Sale - First weekend in June
- Annually
This
has been our organization's signature fundraising event for
sixteenn years. Almost one thousand people, from Seattle to
Roseburg, take our self-guided tour of select gardens and visit
the plant sale at Mission Mill Museum. This event is completely
volunteer-driven and every year it gets bigger and better! Sponsorship
opportunities range from $2,000 to $100.
Village
Event Sponsorships - Ongoing
Sizzlin'
Science Festival - Annually in February
What
is Sizzlin' Science? It's more than outrageous experiments,
mind-boggling feats, and impressive explosions. This event,
packed with hands-on activities and demonstrations, shows how
science affects the world around us. With talks by real-life
scientists and engineers, projects that sizzle, and activities
that astound, this three-day festival offers a view into the
importance of science and engineering that will inspire child
and adults alike. Sponsorship Opportunities start at $100.00
Birthday
Parties - ongoing
A.C.
Gilbert's Discovery Village hosts dozens of children's birthday
parties every month. As a sponsor, we could work out a package
that recognizes your business on signage, in the newsletter
and more! Call about custom sponsorship opportunities.
Scholarships
There
are many, many organizations, schools, and individuals that
request free programs from the Village. Classes start at only
$45 and range to programs for the entire school for $485.00.
Scholarships for summer camps, free admission and memberships
are important to the community. Make a donation to our scholarship
fund or if you prefer, we can help you select an organization
if you don't have one in mind!
Click
here for our Education Programs Guide to see the range of programs
we have available.
Corporate
Memberships - (link to our current
Corporate Members)
Corporate
Memberships provides recognition throughout the year and as
with our family memberships, corporate members receive member
privileges. These include guest passes to use however you wish
to use them (donations, employee families), discounts on family
memberships for employees, recognition in our newsletter Discovery!
sent to almost 4,000 members and on a sign in the Village, free
or discounted evening rental of the entire facility, a hand-painted
thank you tile and an invitation to join us for a corporate
member luncheon. Memberships range from $1000 down to $500.
Please
click here for a detailed Corporate Membership brochure.
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