ARC Activity & Recreation Center

Green background & white tree design ARC Living Memorial Fund - Build the ARC then watch it bloom

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When you make a donation to ARC through the ARC Living Memorial Fund, a 501(c)3 organization, you are helping provide a comprehensive range of recreational activities and services to the 55+ community. By donating, you leave a legacy that helps to ensure that our mission to support whole health wellness and to enhance quality of life for the Bloomington-Normal seniors can be fulfilled. Read on to learn more about fundraising priorities for 2024 and all the ways you can give today!

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Support the ARC Living Memorial Fund

Build the ARC 2024 Fundraising Priorities

We have many goals for the future of ARC as we grow & evolve to best meet the needs of members and the community. When you give a gift to the ARC Living Memorial Fund, you can choose to designate that gift to the green space project, fitness programming upgrades, classroom updates, or general support.

Two of the ARC team’s goals for the next year are to expand the shaded area of our new green space and supplement maintenance of the condition and quality of our now 9-year-old equipment and facility, while also building a contingency reserve for unplanned future expenses not budgeted by Normal Township.

If each member made a gift of just $30 to the Build the ARC Campaign from September through the end of the year, they could help raise nearly $110,000 to support these goals.

ARC greatly appreciates your consideration of making a charitable gift to benefit local seniors. Contact ARC Communications Coordinator Samantha Scott at sscott@normaltownship.org or 309-888-9099 to discuss fundraising goals and ways to give, or see the information listed below.

2024 Build the ARC Campaign

The ARC Living Memorial Fund has determined the following priorities for charitable contributions to the 2024 Build the ARC Campaign.

Fitness Programming Upgrades & Additions – Replace aging equipment and provide options that meet ADA specifications and upgrade protective fitness dividers for Rec Room enhancement.

Classroom Updates – Replace and upgrade aging countertops and equipment used for art and craft-related programming including storage and organizational equipment.

Green Space Initiative– Support green space upgrades and additions such as a shade structure

to help make the space more usable and comfortable for presenters and participants.

If you’d like to give a gift but don’t have a specific priority in mind, you may choose to make a gift toward general support and ensure that ARC can continue to make a difference for local seniors now and into the future. If you'd like to make a monetary gift toward the purchase of a specific item that may or may not fall within the above listed priorities , you must receive approval from the ARC Management Team.

ARC's Giving Tree

Image looking up from right corner at Giving Tree with ginko leaf shapes engraved with donor names

The Giving Tree is a one-of-a-kind piece of art created by ISU professor, Randy Reid. The tree allows members, their families, and individuals and businesses in the community to show their support for local seniors by leaving a legacy at ARC. Obtaining a leaf on the tree requires a $500.00 contribution. Gifts can be made to any of the designations listed above, and you can choose between 3 message options:

In Honor of

In Loving Memory

Individual/Family/Business recognition

Other Ways to Make a Gift to the Living Memorial Fund

Mail donations to:

Samantha Scott at

ARC

600 E. Willow St. Normal, IL 61761

Cash Gifts: ARC can accept monetary donations by cash and check at the center. Credit and debit card gifts must be made here on our website or through Facebook. Please make checks payable to ARC Living Memorial Fund. Fill out the LMF Contribution Form below, and mail it with your gift.

Matched Gift: When you decide to support ARC with a monetary gift, make sure you check to see if you work for (or are retired from) a company that matches charitable gifts for employees and retirees. A matching gift company is one that will match your gift in a specific ratio. Matching gifts require that the donor completes a matching gift form obtained from his or her employer's Human Resources Department. Typically, all you need is a receipt of your gift to ARC for your employer to verify before obtaining the matching gift form. Return completed forms to your employer's Human Resources Department.

Life Insurance: Obtain a beneficiary designation form from your life insurance provider, and name ARC Living Memorial Fund as the beneficiary.

Bequest: Make a gift to the ARC Living Memorial Fund in your will.

Gifts of Equipment: Please contact Director of Operations Jess Ray or Director of Programming Molly Camper, if you have an interest in donating equipment to ARC. jray@normaltownship.org mcamper@normaltownship.org

Did you know? You can also support the ARC Living Memorial Fund through the Illinois Prairie Community Foundation.

Illinois Prairie Community Foundation, as a public charity, acts as fiscal sponsor for the ARC Living Memorial Legacy Fund. As a component fund of the Community Foundation, the ARC Living Memorial Legacy Fund is accepted as a nonprofit organization and entitled to use the Community Foundation’s IRS Income Tax EIN number. The EIN number is 37-1377415.

Support the ARC Living Memorial Legacy Fund and help provide funding for services and equipment through Normal Township Activity and Recreation Center.

Donations can be made to the ARC Living Memorial Legacy Fund in a variety of ways:

· Donate online by visiting https://bit.ly/ARC-LMLFund. When you do so, you will taken to Stripe, an online donation processor, to complete your online donation.

· Donate via check by making it out to Illinois Prairie Community Foundation and sending it to 915 E. Washington St., Suite 2, Bloomington, IL 61701. Please include the name of the fund to which you are donating on the check's memo line.

*The ARC Living Memorial Fund is a 501(c)3 organization. All gifts to the ARC Living Memorial Fund are tax-deductible. Anyone wishing to make a cash or check gift to the ARC Living Memorial Fund, must fill out the LMF Countribution Form and submit it to the staff at ARC.*

Mon. - Thurs.: 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM Fri. & Sat.: 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Help Our Cause

Support the ARC Living Memorial Fund

Build the ARC 2024 Fundraising Priorities

ARC's Giving Tree

Other Ways to Make a Gift to the Living Memorial Fund

ARC Living Memorial Fund Donation Form for Cash/Check Gifts

Mon. - Thurs.: 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM Fri. & Sat.: 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Help Our Cause

Support the ARC Living Memorial Fund

Build the ARC 2024 Fundraising Priorities

ARC's Giving Tree

Other Ways to Make a Gift to the Living Memorial Fund

ARC Living Memorial Fund Donation Form for Cash/Check Gifts

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