The UWTC Offices will be open during regular business hours now through Friday, December 29th. We will be happy to see you in person or take your phone call to (607) 500-GIVE to receive your year-end gifts at the UWTC office! You can also donate anytime online at https://www.uwtc.org/give and gifts online timestamped before midnight (11:59pm 12/31/23 ET) will be credited to 2023.  Alternatively, you can mail us a check or drop it off in our secure mailbox and as long as it's postmarked by December 31st, 2023, we will apply it to 2023. Every gift matters as we work every day to ensure a brighter future for our community!

313 N. Aurora St. Ithaca, NY, 14850

Park for free when dropping off your gift in person by using our driveway and parking around back!

Dear Friends of United Way of Tompkins County,

With gratitude for over four years’ cumulative service to United Way of Tompkins County, and with great anticipation of the impact she will have as she combines her nonprofit leadership skills with her passion for the arts, I share with you that Megan Omohundro will be departing to lead as Executive Director of Community School of Music and Arts, located in Ithaca, NY.

Please join me in thanking Megan for her years of ebullient service with UWTC. I celebrate that Megan will have the opportunity to combine her leadership and artistic passion and contribute in her new role to the flourishing of our community. She will be deeply missed at UWTC – we are stronger for the joyful connectivity she has fostered during her time with us.

Megan joined the UWTC team in September 2018 as Director of Resource Development and, after a year with Foodnet Meals on Wheels, rejoined us as Chief Development Officer. In her roles she has been a key leader and driven our impact by raising funds of between $1.7 and $2.1 annually. She has also served as a representative of UWTC at Chamber of Commerce and other community events. 

Megan shares, “It has been my pleasure to support philanthropic efforts in Tompkins County through United Way. Working alongside staff, volunteers, donors, local partners, and corporations has been the highlight of my career. My ‘heart smiles’ with gratitude and appreciation to everyone who has supported mobilizing resources to help people live the life they want to lead. In my new role, I look forward to continued and creative collaboration with the arts sector.”

Megan’s last day with UWTC will be January 26, 2024. Please join us in congratulating and supporting Megan in her new leadership role with CSMA.

Michael Ramos

UWTC President & CEO

Please register for one of the following to learn more about UWTC’s United Tompkins Impact Fund and Volunteer Tompkins:

Monday, January 8, 1 – 2:30pm at Open Access Detox and Rehabilitation Center, 2353 N. Triphammer Road

Tuesday, January 9, 2:15 – 3:45pm at Lifelong, 119 W. Court Street

Onboarding for VOLUNTEER TOMPKINS: We also have an invitation to share with you for your calendars or to register now for an in-person onboarding and social event that you and/or your volunteer coordinator can register for below. UWTC will also be holding several onboarding sessions after this initial one, so if you cannot attend but want to engage with VOLUNTEER TOMPKINS please email back and we will get you on your way! Please see the link below the Cornell invite and register your volunteer coordinator point person there, and the UWTC staff will reach out with future updates.

If you have any questions, please email Allison Hartman at ahartman@uwtc.org

The David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement at Cornell is excited to invite you to our next community partnership gathering!

Thursday January 11, 2024 3-4pm, location TBD (with additional mingling 4pm-?)

RSVP here.

We hope you’ll join us!

In addition to connecting with each other, you will have the opportunity to build relationships with other Cornell staff who are interested in finding a partner for their students to serve with. We also will offer preliminary information on the GivePulse platform – to launch at Cornell on February 15 – which allows you to post your volunteer opportunities so that they are visible to the Tompkins County and Cornell communities.