Donors may elect to make an outright gift either of cash or securities as the most direct way to give. A gift of appreciated securities, whether publicly traded or from a private company, may provide greater tax advantages than gifts of cash. The donor can deduct the current fair market value as a charitable gift, avoiding capital gains tax on the appreciation.

Donors may choose to pledge to the organization. Pledges can be fulfilled over a period of one to five years. Here, too, gifts to The Annual Fund can be planned and pledged over the course of any special effort or campaign.

Donors can increase community support to the organization through corporate matching gifts programs. You (and/or your spouse) are encouraged to contact your employer or former employer to inquire about a matching gifts program.

There are a variety of planned giving options enabling donors to fulfill their commitment or even consider a larger gift level for the Center. Options promoted include: gifts of stock, real or other personal property; or, such deferred gifts as life insurance, annuities, lead and remainder trusts and bequests.

Circle Center is always in need of the following items:

• Beads, assorted
• Binder clips
• Canvas boards – 8×10 or smaller
• Cardstock (all colors and white)
• Elastic Beading String
• Expo markers
• Glue dots
• Glue sticks
• Glue Sticks hot, thicker long ones
• Glue tape
• Glue, Aileen’s Tacky (white in the gold bottle)
• Hand sanitizer
• Laminating sheets 3 mil or 5 mil
• Magnets, plain
• Markers, Colored
• Markers, Dry Erase
• Musical shakers or bells
• Paint, Acrylic (all colors) Apple Barrel brand
• Paint, Tempra (all colors)
• Paper, Colored
• Paper, Contact, clear
• Pens, Black G2
• Pipe Cleaners, colored
• Popsicle sticks
• Scissors
• Sheet protectors
• Tape – scotch and masking
• Tape, Double Sided
• Tissue Paper, colored
• Tissues
• White board erasures
• White out
• Word Search books – large print