Support the RCCO

The RCCO Endowment Fund

      The RCCO Endowment Fund supports the present and future work of the College. Income received from the Fund is used in various ways: to increase the effectiveness of existing programs, to expand services, and to prepare to meet new challenges in the future. Among the activities supported are the Travelling Clinician Programme ($4000), travel assistance for College officers ($4000), Publications ($10,300), Project Grants ($1000), Examinations ($1000), and various others, for a total of $24,500 annually.
      Although not supported by the Endowment Fund, the committee also manages the Muriel Stafford Memorial Fund which was set up to generate the second prize for our biennial National Organ Playing Competition. In 2011 this fund was sitting at about $13,900 towards a target of $35,000.
      All these plans and programs, new and continuing, require a robust and expanding endowment for their support, and members are invited to contribute. The suggested level is one wedding fee (around $150) per annum; many members have pledged such an amount over a five-year pledge period. It is worth noting that just one hundred members making such a pledge would add $75,000 to the Fund. Others have preferred to offer one-time donations; there is also a range of possible gifts through insurance policies, as bequests, or in kind. For further advice about these opportunities, please contact the National Office, or email me at fairbank@islandnet.com.

Nicholas Fairbank, Chair