COMMUNITY

Over 600 volunteers expected for
2013 CTCC Community Days!
Some people ask how much of their sponsorship and donations go to staff and other administrative expenses instead of going
back to the community? Here are our staff and staff-related expenses:
We are a true 100 percent volunteer organization with $0 going
to pay staff and office expenses. In fact, it’s just the opposite;
in addition our board members putting in over 2,000 hours of
volunteer time in 2012, they also contributed more than $15,000
of their own money!
So when you sponsor or donate to CTCC, the CTCC
Community Days, or the Project of the Year, know that every
dollar you donate goes back to our community to make it that
much better.
How CTCC benefits our community
CTCC’s primary goal for Community Days and its Community
Project of the Year is to encourage residents and businesses
to support and become involved with one of the many nonprofit
and civic groups that help make our community better. Many
of our nonprofit/civic groups have increased their membership
since this effort began.
CTCC promotes the nonprofit and civic groups via Community
Days, the Community Sign, The Cranberry Eagle Volunteer
Spotlight, the Holiday Tree Gallery, etc.
CTCC seeds new services and projects that improve our
community such as the Project of the Year. But we have also
used tens of thousands of dollars to seed other worthy causes
and projects.
CTCC helps to build a sense of Community, which is one of
the main drivers of successful communities. It creates the
connection of individuals and businesses to their communities.
CTCC started the Cranberry Legacy Endowment, a community
foundation that allows donors to support many of our nonprofit
groups indefinitely. We are closing in on almost $1 million in
assets in the four years since the Endowment was started.
CTCC helped start the Cranberry Alliance, a group that meets
regularly, representing our Four Pillars: businesses, faith
communities, nonprofit/civic groups, and local government/
schools.
CTCC has expanded Community Days from a one-day event
which has been 95 percent funded by the Township, to a threeday
festival of artists, carnival, and concerts that draws tens
of thousands of people and over 600 volunteers. Last year
we raised over $150,000 for more than 50 nonprofit and civic
groups and helped get more members and volunteers for many
of these groups. It is a true celebration of Cranberry’s nonprofit
and civic organizations.
4 CTCC 2012-2013 ANNUAL REPORT BUILDING COMMUNITY