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Alice Paul Leaders Circle
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The Alice Paul Leaders Circle
"I am
involved in several charities that help people-especially women- to help
themselves. That's why I think the work of the Alice Paul Institute is
very exciting, particularly API's programs to train young women to
become leaders."
-Nan
Hall, founding member of the Alice Paul Leaders Circle
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BECOME A MEMBER OF THE ALICE PAUL LEADERS
CIRCLE
Launched in June 2004, the Alice Paul Leaders Circle (APLC) was
formed in response to a challenge gift offered by API Board of
Trustees Chair to find 15 individuals who would each give $1,000 or
more. In 2007, the APLC has 42 members who have donated
more than $100,000. You can pledge your donation now and pay in
quarterly or monthly installments. However you decide to pay, your
unrestricted gift of $1,000 will help to expand the Alice Paul
Leadership Program into new communities as well as introduce new
programming, maintain the recent restoration of Paulsdale for
educational use, and enhance the ability of API's staff to carry out
the organization’s mission and vision for the future.
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2009/2010 Alice Paul Leaders Circle Members |
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Lucienne Beard* |
Chris & Art Borget** |
Robert Clarke** |
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Jane Crosby* |
John & Dian Dabek** |
Rhonda DiMascio* |
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Diane Dooley** |
Michele Dorris* |
Ellen Ferreira* |
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Dottie Fresco** |
Dacia Haddad** |
Elaine & Gordon Jacoby |
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Allen Laskin* |
Barbara Lawrence* |
Janet Moore Lindman* |
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Nancy Mirfin** |
Kim Moon* |
Connie O’Brien* |
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Dottie Schindlinger* |
Libby Schwartz* |
Kathleen DeFrees and Richard
Shank* |
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Marie Thompson* |
Susanne McKnight Weaver** |
Patricia & Harley Williams** |
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Janet Ziegler** |
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*Renewing
Leaders Circle members
**New Leaders Circle members |
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IMPACT OF GIVING
Your gift will help the
Alice Paul Institute promote the work and legacy of Alice Paul and
ensure that our programs have a lasting impact. Your support and the
contributions of others enable API to provide educational and
leadership development activities that are affordable and open to a
diverse constituency. And, it also allows API to maintain and preserve
Paulsdale, Alice Paul’s birthplace and family home as a
historical and community resource for future generations.
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Thanks to the
generous support of our donors, in 2008 API: |
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conducted more than 41
Meeting Alice
programs for 750 students from eight schools
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conducted
25 open house and special tours for more than 1000 visitors
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held its second triennial
Alice Paul Equality Awards for more than 200
people to celebrate the
life and achievements of five outstanding women
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received its first grant from the American
Association for State and Local History (AASLH) to hire an
intern to research and write lessons plans for elementary,
middle and high school teachers for the
New Jersey Women’s History Website
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conducted two
Looking At Careers
panels for 250 high school students in Winslow
Township and Willingboro
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presented
Girlblazers Summer Camp
for 25 girls
from St. Joe’s Pro and LEAP Academy
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presented the Girls Share Their Voice Report at the
Freedom on Our Terms
Conference at Hunter College, New York City, in collaboration
with Delaware Valley Grantmakers and PNC Bank in Philadelphia,
and at the Mid-Atlantic Women’s Studies Association’s Annual
Conference at Penn State University, Abington and shared the report at the 18th
annual Women’s Studies Conference at Southern Connecticut
State University
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hosted six “Days of Discovery” programs for
more than 100 Elderhostel attendees (adults 55 and older)
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piloted
Alice Paul and the Leadership Parade,
a history/character education program for 1st -3rd graders for 50
students at Ridge Park Elementary School in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
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conducted four GOLD (Girls Overnight Leadership
Development) programs for 80 girls at
Paulsdale
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NEWS
IRA ROLLOVER EXTENDED!
If you are 70 ½ or older (or know someone who is),
you can roll over your IRA distribution for this year to charity
This October, President Bush signed the $700 billion economic
bailout bill (H.R. 1424, The Financial Rescue Package), which
includes a two-year extension of the IRA rollover provision. The
provision, originally enacted as part of the Pension Protection Act
of 2006 (PPA), permits IRA owners starting at age 70½ to make
tax-free charitable gifts totaling up to $100,000 per year from
their IRAs directly to eligible charities. The provision will be made
retroactive to January 1, 2008, and will apply to gifts made from
that date through December 31, 2009.
The
provision exempts from taxable income any funds transferred (“rolled
over”) from and Individual Retirement Account (IRA) to a charitable
organization such as the Alice Paul Institute. Here is how it works:
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The donor
requests his or her IRA plan administrator to transfer funds to
the Alice Paul Institute (donor-advised funds, supporting
organizations, and private foundations are not included under the
provisions).
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The IRA
administrator transfers funds directly to the API.
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This
“qualified charitable distribution” is excluded from the donor’s
adjusted gross income.
By
transferring your IRA distribution to the Alice Paul Institute, you
will become a member of the Alice Paul Legacy Society, a
group of individuals who are supporting API beyond their lifetimes,
enabling us to continue our work in developing future “Alice Pauls”
in years to come. You can also help support API by making us the
beneficiary of your IRA. Doing so can eliminate the income tax,
estate tax and generation-skipping transfer tax that could otherwise
consume nearly 80% of your retirement account before it goes to
your heirs. For more information consult your lawyer.
If you are
interested in knowing about other planned giving opportunities, please contact Rhonda
DiMascio, President, at 856-231-1885.
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METHODS OF
GIVING
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Online |
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By Phone |
856-231-1885 |
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By Mail |
P.O. Box 1376, Mount Laurel, NJ
08054 |
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