Hold a drive at your business, church, or organization to support a specific program or initiative at Catholic Charities.

Our Development Team is happy to help you organize and develop a plan that works for your group. Please contact Katie Rhodes by phone at 607-734-9784 x2133 or by email with any ideas or questions regarding your drive. In the meantime, here are a few steps to help get you started.

1. Determine what your drive will be collecting. Here is a page with items we always need.
2. Recruit individuals to help you and assign roles to individuals who will champion the drive.
3. Establish goals such as how much you would like to collect or how much money you would like to raise.
4. Determine a start and end date for your drive as well as the sites for donations (i.e. collection bins). High traffic areas where your collection sites are most visible are often best.
5. Determine a way to get the donations to Catholic Charities. Do you require a pick-up or will you be bringing the items to us?
6. Create a plan to help promote your drive in order to increase productivity and reach your goals more quickly. Will your drive be internal or will it include outreach to the public?
7. If it’s open to the public, tag us in your social media posts! Twitter, Instagram, Facebook
8. Determine what supplies you will need to make your drive successful. Catholic Charities can supply you with brochures, logos, and other information about our agency.
9. Begin and continue to promote your drive. Encourage individuals to donate and thank them when they do! Healthy competition among classrooms, departments, or teams is a good way to get people involved.
10. Gather your results and let the participants know how the drive went. Thank them again for participating and arrange a time with Katie to drop off your items at Catholic Charities.
    • Staff are also available to provide a presentation about the work of the agency and how your efforts impact our community members in need.

Catholic Charities’ Circle of Hope is a coveted group of individuals and businesses that have gone above and beyond to ensure the success of Catholic Charities. To reach this admired level, benefactors must financially support Catholic Charities at a minimum of $2,500 per calendar year.

Membership in this elite group of donors is so critical to ensuring the Catholic Charities’ safety net, that we pledge our commitment to the members of our Circle of Hope. We offer the following to our Circle: updates on our progress toward ending poverty, success stories to reinvigorate your passion for helping and the transparency of knowing how and where your dollars are spent.

Please consider joining this exclusive group of supporters who are single-handedly responsible for feeding thousands of children and their parents, housing hundreds of homeless families and ensuring hundreds of parents suffering from mental health issues can live with dignity and respect in our communities.

Interested in joining our Circle of Hope? Contact Katie today for more information via email or call 607.734.9784, x2133.

Make a Gift Today

The Corning Incorporated Foundation has an Employee Matching Gifts Program! You could double the impact of your donation by using the donor receipt we send to you and uploading that to the appropriate page via the Corning Foundation’s Website or the Corning Foundation link in Corning World. (Please note this only works for donations of $25 or more.)
The maximum amount to be matched is $7,500 per calendar year. 

Additionally, if you volunteer for Catholic Charities, you may also apply for a grant to be given to the Agency. The Dollars for Doers Program gives a $150 cash grant to eligible non-profit organizations for every 10 hours an employee volunteers at the organization. The maximum is $1,500 per calendar year.

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Did you know many companies offer a matching gift program to encourage philanthropy among their employees? Gifts from employees’ spouses and retirees may also qualify for a match.

Matching gifts provide you with an easy way to potentially double, if not triple, your original donation! Many companies supplement their employees’ contributions to non-profits like ours (specifications of the match vary based upon each company). In fact, your company, a spouse’ s company, the company whose board you serve or even a company that you retired from may match your gift. Some may offer grants for the time that you volunteer with us as well.
If you are not sure if you qualify for a matching gift, please contact your Human Resources Department to see if your company offers a Matching Gift Program.

Our Information:
Catholic Charities of Chemung/Schuyler
Development Department
215 E Church St
Elmira, NY 14901
EIN: 36-4618548

If you have any questions, please contact Katie. Thank you for doubling your donation!

Make a gift in memory of a loved one by using our online giving form or mailing in a check. Please provide the complete name of the tribute recipient and the complete address of the family member you wish us to notify.

Make a gift in honor of someone special or in recognition of a unique milestone. You may mail in a check or use our online giving form. Please provide the recipient’s complete name and address in order for us to notify them of your gift.

MAKE A GIFT ONLINE 
Or make checks payable to Catholic Charities and mail to 215 E. Church St., Elmira, NY 14901. Please indicate in the memo which program and/or county you would like your gift to go to.

You may also wish to sign up as a monthly donor using this online form.

Amazon

When you shop at AmazonSmile, Amazon donates 0.5% of the purchase price to Catholic Charities. Bookmark the link and support us every time you shop! 

Smilematic is a free Chrome extension that will automatically turn your everyday Amazon purchases into AmazonSmile donations.
Click the link to set Catholic Charities as your preferred charity & raise money while you shop!
 

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Create a lasting legacy of providing hope by including Catholic Charities in your will.
Make an unrestricted (for general purposes) or restricted (specific named program) gift that will meet the needs of our local community.

 Explore our current volunteer opportunities here.