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李-加塔（Lee Gatta）和她的丈夫乔-雷迪克（Joe Reddick）为他们多年来从锡拉丘兹和纽约州中部获得的支持而感到幸福。正是社区的支持激励他们通过社区基金会建立慈善捐赠计划，回馈社会。 对于李和乔来说，他们在家庭护理方面的亲身经历是爱的劳动，也是未来奉献的催化剂。在李的母亲埃莉诺-W-加塔（Elinor W. Gatta）第三次中风致盲并造成部分瘫痪后，他们成为了她的护理者。李发现，照顾者需要得到帮助，以了解为亲人提供的各种服务，并找到时间照顾自己。 “李说：”我们希望为那些肩负着照顾他人重任的人提供减轻负担的机会。 在乔的母亲多萝西-戴尔-雷迪克（Dorothy Dale Reddick）、姐姐乔安妮-雷迪克（Joanne Reddick）和弟弟马克西-雷迪克（Maxi Reddick）分别与癌症作斗争期间，这对夫妇与家人和朋友一起发挥了重要作用。 “许多组织一路上提供信息，为我们和我们的亲人提供情感支持。这是我们表达谢意的方式，”乔说。 在李加入纽约州中部妇女基金会的过程中，家人的怀念同样起到了关键作用。她的嫂子乔安妮-雷迪克（Joanne Reddick）去世后，她应邀参加了领导委员会，以此来纪念她的嫂子。妇女基金会是社区基金会的附属基金，支持促进妇女和女孩自给自足的计划，并对妇女和女孩进行慈善教育。 “李说：”如果生活中没有人鼓励和指导我们，我们都不可能取得今天的成就，而我们社区的许多年轻人却没有这样的机会。”妇女基金正在帮助填补这一空白，我们致力于帮助他们实现自己的目标。 李和乔的慈善捐赠目标远大于他们现在所能接受的捐赠额，因此他们决定利用人寿保险来实现他们的目标。李去世后的人寿保险收益将用于资助李-M-加塔和乔-雷迪克基金（Lee M. Gatta and Joe Reddick Fund），该基金将为纽约州中部社区提供资金，用于解决对他们来说最重要的问题：通过妇女基金（Women’s Fund）的工作支持妇女和女孩、老年人护理和癌症护理协调以及护理人员支持。 他们选择了一份条款符合其目标的保单，社区基金会同意同时作为保单的所有人和受益人。他们用于支付保单保费的持续捐赠可享受减税。人寿保险的灵活性使这一选择适合每位捐赠者的独特情况。他们的基金将世代相传，旨在照顾照顾他们的社区。 李和乔的无私慷慨将在他们去世后的很长一段时间内对他们所关心的事业产生重大影响，留下一笔持久的财富，改变他人的生活，并激励社会各界也这样做。

It is commonplace for many of us to avoid estate planning for a whole host of reasons, including avoidance or procrastination, the belief that it is strictly for older adults or those with lots of money or property, or simply because we don’t know where...

When Bob Vitkus passed away last year, his estate named the Community Foundation the recipient of $10 million to support outdoor parks and recreation areas, a cause that had significant importance to him.

Through their work in the fields of medicine and education, Jef Sneider and Gwen Kay have spent their lives teaching and caring for adults. When the couple began giving charitably together, they both agreed on one thing: they wanted to advocate for children.

Thanks to the generosity of former Cayuga County resident Donald Trufant, a $3 million scholarship fund will award annual scholarships to graduates of Auburn and Union Springs high schools.

The generosity of this brother-sister team will now carry on into perpetuity. Already it has provided meaningful grants to programs in Syracuse and surrounding communities.

Visiting Idaho and Montana every year to fish, the Spanfelners felt a strong connection to nature and sought to honor it with their field-of-interest fund.

Don Ryder lived a very private and quiet life in Baldwinsville, NY. But when he passed away, he left an indelible mark on our community by leaving his entire estate to benefit CNY charities.

Those who knew Dorothy Riester knew that she was a talented artist and sculptor. Dorothy was the founder of Stone Quarry Hill Art Park in Cazenovia, one of the world’s first art-in-nature parks, and created a fund at the Community Foundation to ensure the long-term...

Gale Owen was a smart, caring and giving woman with many talents, including her signature whistle. Now her legacy is carrying on her support for organizations that empower the lives of local women and girls.