Giving Tuesday, the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, is an international effort to celebrate the giving season with a day dedicated to giving back. The Parsons Area Community Foundation will host its eighth annual Parsons Area Match Day at the LCC Cardinal Event Center, 1306 Main Street in Parsons. A hybrid event will take place again this year allowing donors the option to make their charitable contributions either by curbside pickup or in-person. Online donations made by credit card are also an option.
On this day, community members have the opportunity to build the endowment of local organization funds through contributions to the Parsons Area Community Foundation. Thanks in part to a grant awarded from the Patterson Family Foundation, this year all donations are increased by the division of a $40,000 match pool provided by the Foundation. Contributions, plus any matched amount, will go into the participating organization's fund.
Each year, the annual giving event continues to grow. More than $950,000 has been donated at PACF #givingtuesday events since its inception in 2016! That is something to shout from the rooftops!
The EIGHTH annual Match Day on Giving Tuesday will be held on November 28, at the LCC Cardinal Event Center at 1306 Main Street in Parsons from 7am to 7pm.
2023 PACF Giving Tuesday Participants:
- Care Cupboard Hygiene Pantry Endowed Fund
- Celebrate Parsons Katy Days Endowed Fund
- Crosstimbers Food Pantry Endowed Fund
- Curious Minds Discovery Zone Endowed Fund
- Donna's Pet Food Pantry, a mission of First Presbyterian Church, Endowed Fund
- Eden Early Learning Academy Endowed Fund
- First Baptist Church of Parsons Lay Leadership Fund
- Historic Oakwood Cemetery Endowed Fund
- Labette Assistance Endowed Fund
- Labette Center for Mental Health Services Endowed Fund
- Labette Community College Endowed Fund for Arts
- Labette Community College Endowed Fund for Athletics
- Labette County Fair Endowment
- Labette Health Foundation Fund
- Oak Grove School Endowed Fund
- Parsons Arboretum Foundation Endowed Fund
- PACF Touch the Future Endowed Fund (PACF fund, not eligible for foundation match)
- Parsons Educational Foundation General Fund
- Parsons Educational Foundation Fund for Technology
- Parsons Pathways to Freedom Endowed Fund
- Parsons Public Library Endowed Fund
- Parsons State Hospital Endowment
- Parsons Senior Center Endowed Fund
- Proud Animal Lovers Shelter (PALS)
- Southeast KS Respite Care Endowment
- Stella Wells Christmas Basket Fund
- Wildcat Extension Education Foundation Fund
- 506 Foundation Endowed Fund for Education
To establish an endowed fund and join the group of participating organizations, a minimum $5,000 initial contribution is necessary. This amount, however, may be requested to be returned to the organization once outside contributions, along with the matching funds received from PACF, meet or exceed that initial contribution. Contributions from donors remain in the organization's permanent fund for the benefit of that organization. Only the interest from that fund is distributed each year. Another term for an endowed fund is a perpetual fund. It continues to give year after year to help that organization remain viable over time.
Please contact the PACF office for more information.
Phone: 620-421-0723
Email: director@parsonsareacf.org
Website: parsonsareacf.org
