Ways to Give

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Cash Donations Via personal check, credit card, money order, or bank draft. Online Donations Make a gift today through PayPal. Electronic Transfer Gift Program The easy way to make a gift that works with your budget. Employer Matching Many companies offer matching programs to double your charitable contributions.		Bequests Leave a legacy with the FarmHouse Foundation. Trusts Compare the benefits of a charitable remainder trust & a charitable lead trust. Memorial & Recognition Gifts Make a gift in honor or memory of someone to ensure their legacy lives on in FarmHouse. 100 Legacies in the Making Learn more about how you can be a part of the 100 Legacies in the Making Campaign. Gift Illustrator Explore planned giving with this interactive program. Click here for more information on planned giving		Stock Gifts Learn about the tax benefits of giving stock. Gift of Grain Build the future of young FarmHouse men with your agricultural gift. Real Estate Gifts Learn how you can donate real estate to FarmHouse. Insurance Policies Make a substantial gift to FarmHouse without removing assets from your portfolio. Donor Advised Fund (DAF) Use the DAF Direct widget to make a gift to the FarmHouse Foundation or learn more about DAFs.

Foundation Giving Programs & Recognition

All gifts and donations made to the FarmHouse Foundation are tax-deductible. There are three basic types of donations that can be made to the Foundation:

1. unrestricted gifts (no specific purpose specified for the funds)
2. restricted gifts (made in accordance with a given objective specified by the donor)
3. permanently restricted gifts (endowments)

The Foundation recognizes all donors in the Pearls & Rubies Annual Report each year. In addition, the Foundation has several recognition programs. A summary of each program can be found below.

Other Ways to Give Back to FarmHouse

1. Serve as an alumnus mentor – guiding undergraduates who are majoring in your field.
2. Help with New Member Education sessions – in areas such as scholarship/study skills, alcohol/risk management, Parliamentary procedure, etiquette/social skills, hazing prevention, sexual assault/rape, diversity, confrontation skills, resumes/interviewing, and personal finance.
3. Put on a parliamentary procedure workshop for underclassmen.
4. Serve as a contact for getting brothers from your era back for Homecoming, Founders Day, and other alumni events.
5. Put together a newsletter once a year for your pledge class – recapping what your pledge brothers are doing now.
6. Help edit and design the chapter-association newsletter.
7. Serve on the local Association Board.
8. Visit your chapter house regularly.
9. Assist your chapter with recruitment.
10. Recruitment Workshop facilitator.
11. Host summer chapter/alumni recruitment event.
12. Host chapter recruiters overnight when they are making personal home visits to recruits.
13. Help develop Recruitment Brochures/CDs/materials.
14. Volunteer to serve as contact for new chapter officers (if you were a past treasurer, volunteer to serve as chapter treasurer contact person).
15. Chapter fundraising assistance – help a chapter find work opportunities or other ideas for fundraising activities.
16. Organize and assist with an informal FarmHouse alumni club in your city.
17. Put on a Personal Finance workshop for juniors and seniors in your chapter.
18. Facilitate at a chapter total member education session.
19. If you see a lot of resumes, volunteer to put on a resume preparation workshop.
20. Assist by putting on a Career Networking workshop.
21. Serve as Association/Chapter volunteer legal counsel.
22. Serve as a chapter advisor.
23. Scholarship banquet coordinator/speaker.
24. Offer to be a chapter Bible study facilitator.
25. Volunteer to be a facilitator for a chapter retreat.
26. Host a chapter camping trip and/or retreat (farm/lake house).
27. Volunteer to conduct the annual chapter/association audit for no charge.
28. Consider working for FarmHouse International – either full-time or part-time in expansion.
29. Conduct mock interview with chapter members.
30. Help start a FarmHouse chapter on a campus near you.
31. Serve on the local FarmHouse Foundation Council.
32. Volunteer to put on a leadership training program.
33. Attend Conclave.
34. Volunteer to attend a chapter meal as the VIP Alumni and speak at the meal about your career and what FH means to you.
35. Help out with maintenance, repairs, and other house projects at your local chapter.
36. Help with a house project work weekend – an annual summer/spring Saturday event for alumni/chapter to tackle manual labor/work projects on the house or grounds.
37. Assist with a regional conference.
38. Serve on the International Board or Foundation Board.
39. Keep FarmHouse International updated on any address changes and where life has taken you.
40. Remember FarmHouse with a financial gift to the FarmHouse Foundation.