Three Ways to Donate Financially
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food and materials for FOT work weekends. May not be tax deductible. |
Click here to donate to GSWNY.
Specify if donation is for FOT project fund or Timbercrest Capital Projects Fund. GSWNY is a 501(c)3. Your donations may be tax deductible. |
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GSWNY Maintenance Fund. Benefits Timbercrest and the Jamestown Service Center --- Click here for Virginia Tener Campership Fund. Help send girls and troops to Timbercrest. Your donation may be tax deductible. |
See more complete details below, including where to mail a check, if you prefer not to give online.
1. Contribute Directly to Friends of Timbercrest
Contributions to Friends of Timbercrest are applied to expenses such as food for volunteers at our work weekends, and the purchase or rental of equipment, supplies, and materials for completing projects at camp.
Full disclosure: While the Friends of Timbercrest does have a federal ID number and its own bank account, it is not a non-profit organization. Your contributions to FOT may not be deductible for tax purposes. If you still want to contribute in this way, you may:
Full disclosure: While the Friends of Timbercrest does have a federal ID number and its own bank account, it is not a non-profit organization. Your contributions to FOT may not be deductible for tax purposes. If you still want to contribute in this way, you may:
- Contribute by mail: Make checks payable to Friends of Timbercrest and mail to Friends of Timbercrest, c/o Jennifer Schlick, 35 Marvin Avenue, Lakewood, NY 14750.
- Contribute online: CLICK HERE to make an online contribution to the Friends of Timbercrest to be used for food and materials related to FOT volunteer projects and work weekends.
2. Donate through Girl Scouts of Western New York
The Girl Scouts of Western New York is a registered non-profit. Your donations to GSWNY may be deductible for tax purposes. You can designate that your donation be used for Camp Timbercrest in general, or for specific projects we may have in place. When you make your donation by mail or online, be sure to indicate how you want to designate your donation. (See list below.)
- Donate by mail: Make checks payable to GSWNY. Mail to Girl Scouts of Western New York, Buffalo Service Center, 4433 Genesee St., Suite 101, Buffalo, NY 14225.
- Donate online: There is a question on the donation form "Any additional information you'd like to share about your designation." Type your designation in that box (See list below). CLICK HERE to go to the donation form.
Phrases to use when you designate your funds:
- Timbercrest Capital Reserve Fund: Money from this fund is applied to large capital improvements at camp. For example, in 2019, the capital improvement list included an updated water filtration system, a concrete floor in the pump house, replacement of roofs on the cabin-tents, improvements at the horse program area, and much more. These projects are determined and executed by the Girl Scouts of Western New York.
- Friends of Timbercrest Project Fund: Money from this fund will be used for projects suggested by the Friends of Timbercrest, and approved by Girl Scouts of Western New York. NOTE: if this fund grows beyond our current projects, the group may choose to transfer sums to the Timbercrest Reserve Fund or wherever it is needed.
3. Donate through Chautauqua Region Community Foundation
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Girl Scouts of Western New York Maintenance Fund Established in 2019 by former Timbercrest Director Joanne Nelson, this fund will provide annual income to the Girl Scouts of Western New York for outdoor maintenance or enhancements at the Jamestown Service Center on Horton Road and/or Camp Timbercrest in Randolph.
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Virginia Booth Tener Timbercrest Campership Fund
The family of Virginia Booth Tener, chair of the community fund drive that contributed to the creation of Camp Timbercrest, has set up another fund at the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation. It's purpose is to provide camperships to girls and financial assistance to area Girl Scout troops to enable them to experience Camp Timbercrest. Camperships and troop assistance will be determined in accordance with the Girl Scouts of Western NY existing process.
You may donate to this fund by mail or online:
Girls or troops can request assistance through customercare@GSWNY.org.
The family of Virginia Booth Tener, chair of the community fund drive that contributed to the creation of Camp Timbercrest, has set up another fund at the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation. It's purpose is to provide camperships to girls and financial assistance to area Girl Scout troops to enable them to experience Camp Timbercrest. Camperships and troop assistance will be determined in accordance with the Girl Scouts of Western NY existing process.
You may donate to this fund by mail or online:
- Donate by mail: Make checks payable to CRCF with a memo of Virginia Tener Campership Fund and mail to CRCF, 418 Spring Street, Jamestown, NY 14701
- Donate online: To donate to this fund online, click here.
Girls or troops can request assistance through customercare@GSWNY.org.
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Friends of Timbercrest preserve, enhance, and promote Camp Timbercrest in partnership with the Girl Scouts of Western New York.
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