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Community Service
Each year, DAM supports a number
of projects and programs that benefit swimming and swimmers in the
community. A partial list of those is listed below. PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING
A TAX DEDUCTIBLE CHARITABLE DONATION TO SUPPORT DAM'S COMMUNITY SERVICE
FUND. The letter that was sent to all DAM members tells how to make a
donation. Thanks in advance for making a generous gift.
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YEAR
END FUNDRAISING APPEAL
Dear Davis
Aquatic Masters Club Member,
Now is the time
to support our year end fundraising appeal, to fund work that benefits swimmers
of all ages, by making a tax-deductible charitable donation to DAM's
Community Service Fund.
As you probably
know, DAM set an impressive number of national records in 2011:
- We won the U.S. Masters Club of the Year
award;
- We won the One Hour Postal Swim National
Championship;
- We remain the largest, single city masters
swim club in the nation;
- We are proud that Head Coach Stu Kahn won a
national award for setting the standard for coaching masters swimmers;
- We made our mark on the national competition
scene with our Brute Squad and long course races;
- We raised nearly $40,000 for Swim Across
America to provide cancer research for the University of California
San Francisco and the Oakland Children's hospitals.
Those are records
that made the headlines.
Here's what
didn't make the headlines. DAM's seven-member board of directors worked to
expand the way the club raises money for projects in the community. That
work includes successfully winning tax exempt status under Section
501(c)(3) of the IRS Code, which means that DAM members and others can make
tax deductible charitable donations directly to the club.
DAM has a long
history of generosity. Revenue from your past donations and Berryessa Open
Water Swim race helped to build the Brady Family Aquatics Building at Civic
Center Pool, subsidize local youth aquatic programs by enabling them to pay
a reduced pool rental rate to the city, provide reduced dues to students
and seniors over age 64 and free membership for seniors over 79, and make
grants to local nonprofit groups.
With our new tax
exempt status, DAM's board is seeking to expand efforts to provide
financial support for these swimming-related projects:
DAVIS
POOLS -- Support expansion or improvement of
swimming facilities in Davis , such as construction of a 50-meter pool or
making improvements at Civic Center Pool.
SENIOR
SWIMMING -- Expand efforts to promote swimming as a
way to maintain long-term health in seniors.
RACE
SCHOLARSHIPS -- Provide scholarships to encourage
juniors, seniors and needy master club members to take part in DAM's Lake
Berryessa and long course races.
SUPPORTING
SWIM GROUPS -- Continue to provide support for swim
groups, such as the Davis High School water polo and swim teams, the Davis
Aquadarts and others.
You can help make
DAM an even better club by continuing its leadership role in funding swim
programs and facilities in the community. Please make a generous tax
deductible donation to support this important work.
There are two
ways to make a cash donation:
Write a check to
Davis Aquatic Masters and put it with the enclosed information sheet in the
drop box at Civic Center Pool;
Or donate using a
credit card through WePay.com by using the following link: https://www.wepay.com/x38o3ok/donate/137657
. Click on the link to access “DAM's Community Service Fund. Click the
donate button, the next screen allows you to specify an amount to be
donated. Clicking the donate button then brings up the screen for your
credit card and billing address information. Inputting your email address
allows a receipt to be sent to you. If you have any questions regarding how
to make the donation, please contact Valerie at admin@damfast.org
On behalf of the
DAM Board of Directors and coaches, thank you for supporting DAM's work to
benefit swimming in the community.
Sincerely,
Dan Sperka,
President
DAM Board of
Directors
p.s. These
donations are tax exempt to the extent allowed by law. DAM's Employee Tax
ID is 94-2412714. DAM accepts donations of cash gifts (cash, checks),
appreciated stocks and bonds, real property, insurance policies or gifts
made as part of estate plans. If you have questions about donations,
contact Tom Martens at tmartens@tommartens.net
or 530-304-8557. Please note that DAM monthly dues, entrance fees to
races or the purchase of shirts and other items CAN NOT be considered tax
deductible contributions.
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P.O. Box 921 ,
Davis , CA. 95617 530-757-7946
E-mail: admin@damfast.org Web:
http://damfastg.org
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See a copy of this letter and form for making charitable donations
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Community Service Projects
Each year, Davis
Aquatic Masters conducts a number of large and small community service
projects. Here are some of them:
Supporting Community Work
DAM was
recently successful in winning tax exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of
the IRS Code. That means that member can make tax deductible charitable
donations to support DAM’s community service work.
For many years,
DAM has had to funnel donations for such community projects through other
nonprofit surrogates, such as the Davis Sports Foundation. The most recent
of these fundraising efforts was “brick sales campaign” that raised funds
to build the Brady Family Aquatics Building at Civic Center Pool.
Revenue
from member donations and Berryessa Open Water Swim supported DAM’s
community fund, which was used to pay for:
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Subsidizing local youth aquatic programs by enabling them to pay a reduced
pool rental rate to the city;
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Providing reduced dues to students and seniors over age 64 and free
membership for seniors over 79, which promotes a healthy activity for these
age groups;
-- Making
grants to nonprofit groups, including a Berryessa Trails organization, City
of Davis Disabled Swimming Program, Davis Firefighters, Yolo County Court
Appointed Special Advocates, Firefighters Pacific Burn Institute, Boy
Scouts, Yolo Hospice, Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Center, American
Red Cross, Davis Sports Foundation, Davis High School Water Polo and Swim
Teams and Davis Aquadarts.
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Supporting free community health and education programs, including those on
women’s health issues, stress and relaxation techniques and fitness
alternatives for the elderly.
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