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Investing in the Retirement Center's Future

The Center is now moving into its second decade of providing stimulating programs, meaningful services and access to an array of campus discounts for retired faculty, staff and their current as well as surviving spouses or partners. Because of private gifts by retirees, the Center has been able to continue, grow, and enhance the robust programming it offers, even though its budget has been drastically reduced. Your gift to the Center enables us to navigate challenging economic times and ensure our continued success. And, your support magnifies the support we receive from the Vice Provost, Academic Affairs & Faculty Welfare, Professor Sheldon Zedeck, who has demonstrated great interest in Center activities and support of our programs.

The Center has accomplished far more than was even imagined by its visionary founders. In fact, it has become a model for universities in the United States and Canada and has assisted in the establishment of Centers at other UC campuses and other Colleges and Universities. The Center continues in a leadership role with AROHE, the international association of retirement organizations in higher education.

Though the Center gets its core funds from the campus, those funds do not fully support the Center’s activities. In 1997, the Center established an endowment to ensure its long-term continuation and an annual campaign to meet immediate programmatic needs. Donations from you and others enables us to leverage this support to maintain existing programs, develop program enhancements and new programs, and they help to build the endowment fund for future use. The endowment fund, when fully funded, will provide necessary income to sustain the Center during challenging times and to enable it to experiment with special offerings. Campus administration has stated that the Center uses its budget, dollar for dollar, better than any other unit on the campus. We hope that you too feel that the Center will make good use of your gift. To donate on line, click here.

To make a gift of cash, stop by the Center at 1925 Walnut Street, Berkeley (corner of University Ave & Walnut St) or send a check, payable to UC Regents and earmarked to either the Annual or Endowment Fund. Also, if you would like to make a gift of securities and/or from your individual IRA, please call us at 510/642-5461.
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