Permanent Endowment Trust
The premise underlying the establishment of the WEMA Permanent Endowment Trust (PET) is to provide and ongoing amount of money to fund special, unique or urgent activities or projects that benefit the membership. The establishment of the trust was also done with the understanding that the trust com and should continue to grow and that only the interest from the
trust could be used.
These are funds that permit the institution to conduct much of the work that would otherwise require the leadership to either deploy funds earmarked for other purposes, or spend time and expense raising money from other venues. The beneficiaries of these well-intentioned donations and gifts are the members of the communities served, and the organization itself, in that these projects inevitably raise awareness of our other good works. Please make some effort to promote the cause. Gifts come to us from generous contributors who recognize the value of our organization. The community of contributors must be seen as the lifeblood of our cause.
WEMA members are encouraged contribute to the PET by adding a donation to the line on the membership renewal form, obtaining a Kwik Trip Rewards credit card with the donation going to WEMA PET, ordering items from iGive online program which provides a percent of purchases to PET, and donating or purchasing items at the PET sponsored raffles or silent auctions during WEMA spring conferences.
Members of the WEMA PET committee are:
Chair
Jim Klein
Ruth Ann Gilbertson
Mary Lou Zuege
Mike Weber
Kate Bugher
WEMA Secretary
Vicki Santacroce
WEMA Treasurer (ad hoc)
Sandy Heiden
For information or questions, please contact any of the PET committee members.
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