Dear Vanderlyn Family:

As the calendar year winds down, so does the opportunity to take a 2012 tax deduction for your gifts to the Vanderlyn Elementary Annual Fund. If you intend to support the Annual Fund with your gift, please do not delay!

The PTA leadership has repeatedly stated that we are mindful stewards of all donations made to Vanderlyn. We continue to stand by this statement, and every financial decision we make is done with our commitment to you in mind.

While the Annual Fund has received enough support to maintain our operating budget, the Fund falls short of building to completion the first phase of the Science Lab. Additionally, we have failed to gain the support of EVERY Vanderlyn family. We believe that support from the entire Vanderlyn community will improve the education of every child at our award-winning school.

Corporate matching is a terrific way to make your gift even more powerful. If your company offers corporate matching, please contact PTA Second VP Randi Siegel at  vanderlynannualfund@gmail.com. She will handle all of the details for you.  It's not to late to obtain a match on gifts already given to the annual fund! Below is a partial list of companies who have made matching gifts to Vanderlyn in the past. If you do not see your company on the list, it does not mean they will not match your gift.

Abbott Laboratories
Accenture
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Akzo Nobel Inc.
American Express Travel
Related Services
Ameriprise Financial Employee
Atlanta West Carpets, Inc.
Automatic Data Processing
Bank of America
Bituminous Insurance Companies
BlueLinx Corporation
C. R. Bard Inc.
CB Richard Ellis Inc.
ChoicePoint
Chubb & Son Inc.
Cingular Wireless Matching Gift Center
Circuit City Foundation
Citigroup Foundation
Cooper Industries Matching Gift Plan
Equifax Inc.
FannieMae
Georgia Gulf Corporation  Georgia-Pacific Corporation  GlaxoSmithKline Foundation
Hewlett-Packard Company
IBM Global Services
ING Foundation
John Hancock Mutual Insurance Company
Johnson & Johnson MG
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Lexmark International Inc.
Macy's-Federated Department Stores
Meredith Corporation Foundation
Nordson Corporation
Norfolk Southern Corporation
Oracle Corporation
Pfizer Inc.  
Pitney Bowes  
RLI Insurance Company
Rockwell International Corporation
Safeco Insurance Company
SAP America, Inc.
Square D Foundation
SunTrust Bank
Telcordia Technologies
Tenet Healthcare Foundation
Textron Inc. 
The Coca-Cola Company and Foundation
The Freddie Mac Foundation Matching Gift Corporation
The Home Depot, Inc.
The McGraw-Hill Companies Community Partners
The Prudential Foundation
The St. Paul Companies
The UPS Foundation
Time Warner Inc.
Tull Charitable Foundation Inc.
Turner Entertainment Network, Inc.
Tyco Employee Matching
Verizon Foundation
Vulcan Materials Company
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc
WellPoint Associate Giving Campaign
Weyerheuser Company
Williams Benator & Libby
WXIA-TV, 11 ALIVE
Xerox Foundation
Yahoo! Inc./ YEF

If you have already supported the Annual Fund, we thank you again! If you have been delaying your support, we ask that you give thoughtful consideration! And we wish everyone a restful holiday break!

Julia LeDoyen and Courtney Kuriger

PTA Co-Presidents