~ April 2023 ~
LAUNCHING our 2023 Cayuga lake community fund!
Dear Friends,
As we begin the 2023 cruise season, I’m looking back to 2018, when we first launched Teal on Cayuga Lake. There have be so many twists, turns and wonderful moments. It’s humbling to think we’ve introduced 25,000 visitors to Cayuga Lake, and provided educational programs and community cruises for, literally, thousands of friends and neighbors over the past five years.
This season, our schedule is packed with ‘Floating Classroom’ educational cruises and outdoor education programs. More children and families than ever before will experience the beauty and wonder of Cayuga Lake. Keeping these programs affordable and accessible requires continuing support from our community. We are setting an ambitious fundraising goal of $50,000 for our 2023 Cayuga Lake Community Fund.
I hope you will take a moment to explore the links below. Help us offer more opportunities for regional youth, build stronger partnerships, and open Cayuga Lake to more Finger Lakes residents. What we learn here at home, we will carry with us into the world. Let’s think globally and act locally in 2023!
Bill Foster, Executive Director, DCL April, 2023
the cayuga lake community fund
Tax deductible, open donations to support our mission
SPONSORSHIPS- Support an intern or a community cruise
Great for businesses, individuals and friend groups! Call us for information, or…
donate BY check, payable to “Discover Cayuga Lake, Inc”:
Discover Cayuga Lake, Inc.
110 N. Tioga St, Suite 303
Ithaca, NY 14850
Discover Cayuga Lake is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
Purchase a Gift Card or Season Pass
what have we accomplished?
We value partnership! Here are recommendations for Other watershed related causes to support!
Bill’s Personal Recommendation: Sustainable Tompkins Finger Lakes Climate Fund.
You can join DCL’s Carbon Race Team when you make your carbon offset. www.fingerlakesclimatefund.org,
Tom Vawter, Board member & Wells College Prof. Emeritus: Community Science Institute (CSI)
Laura Falk, Experience! The Finger Lakes & Board Member: Finger Lakes Land Trust
Lynn Leopold, Founding Board Member: Cayuga Lake Watershed Network
Steve Kress, DCL Board Member & Puffin Project President: Friends of Stewart Park
Astrid Jirka, Director of Tourism Initiatives: The History Center of Tompkins County
Felicia Ansty: Tompkins County Dog Park (TC Dog)! . www.lightlink.com/tcdog
Jacoba Taylor: Gayogoho'no Rematriation! (www.Gayogohono.org)
Vito Brancato: The Racker Center (www.racker.org)
Shelley Blackler: The Kitchen Theater (www.kitchentheatre.org)