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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
What did CTCC do for our community in 2012? KIDS CASTLE. By 2012, following 22 years of steady use and continuous maintenance, Cranberry Community Park’s muchloved wooden Playtime Palace play structure had fallen into serious disrepair. Plans for a bigger, better, safer replacement playground culminated in 2013 with the design for Kids Castle, a joint project of Cranberry CUP, Cranberry Township, and CTCC, along with thousands of students and hundreds of volunteer laborers and fundraisers. THE ARTS. Strengthening Cranberry’s fine arts community and establishing public venues for both the temporary display and permanent installation of artwork took some major steps forward in 2012. An alliance with the Arts Association of Butler County led to several high-quality exhibits in the Municipal Center. Cranberry’s competition for artwork created from recycled materials entered its fourth year. Musical concerts, Art in the Park, and an Outdoor Art Contest, along with ‘yarn bombing’ of park trees and fencing all contributed to building the Township’s engagement with the arts. CRANBERRY ALLIANCE. A group of 15 people, representing each of the Four Pillars of Cranberry Township, has begun meeting every other month. Their agenda: to discuss Cranberry’s current and future needs with a view to building a stronger community. The Cranberry Alliance was created through a partnership of CTCC and The CHAMBER. THE CRANBERRY LEGACY ENDOWMENT. A new community foundation was launched by CTCC in 2010. Its mission is to benefit local nonprofit/civic groups by establishing dedicated endowments to provide a perpetual source of income for specific community organizations. We have already established more than a dozen endowments with assets exceeding $900,000. This new source of financial support will have large impact on Cranberry and its nonprofit/civic groups going forward. To learn more, go to: www.cranberrylegacyendowment.org. PILLARS of CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP CTCC’S ANNUAL REPORT. The report is sent to every Cranberry home and business in June prior to CTCC Community Days. It provides them with an opportunity to find out about dozens of nonprofit groups and how to support or join them. We also recognize more than 600 residents nonprofit members who volunteered at least 50 hours to our nonprofit/civic groups during the prior year. CTCC COMMUNITY DAYS. This celebration of Cranberry’s nonprofit and civic groups saw more than 50 organizations raise over $155,000 during our three-day event. More than 20,000 people attended and 600 others volunteered. BUILDING COMMUNITY CTCC 2012-2013 ANNUAL REPORT 5
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