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Your investment makes a difference. For tomorrow's chefs, managers, operators and foodservice educators, your donation to the NRAEF unleashes opportunities that can inspire lifelong passions.
With more than 13 million people currently employed and nearly 2 million more expected to join the workforce in the next ten years, the restaurant and foodservice industry needs an educated and trained workforce to lead it into the future.
Your support has an immediate impact. The NRAEF awarded nearly $2 million in scholarships in 2008 - and more than $11 million since 1987 - all through the generosity of donors like you. The NRAEF also hosts a number of events throughout the year that showcase the wealth of career opportunities available in the restaurant and foodservice industry.
Your generous, tax-deductible contribution will directly support students and teachers, while helping ensure the continued growth of our industry.
Help us address a growing need for support - give today.
How to make your gift:
This is the simplest way to support the NRAEF. Your gift is fully tax deductible, and the funds are immediately available to the NRAEF to help develop the NRAEF Scholarship Program and NRAEF events. You can contribute at all levels; any amount helps to further the NRAEF mission.
Make an immediate impact on students and educators through your support of the NRAEF Scholarship Program and help us reach our goal of awarding nearly $2 million annually in scholarships. Last year, we saw a 44 percent increase in the number of applications for financial support. Your contribution is essential to their success.
Interested in reaching nearly 80,000 high school students learning the fundamentals of culinary arts and foodservice management? Then look no further than the Association's ProStart program, which is taught in 1,650 high schools in 47 states, territories and districts. Your support provides a these future industry professionals with the tools to excel and explore making our industry a career of choice.
By sponsoring a National Restaurant Association or NRAEF event, your company not only reaches your target audience but gives back to the industry. You can choose from premier events like Salute to Excellence, the Ted J. Balestreri Leadership Classic and the Association's National ProStart Invitational among others. Proceeds raised at NRAEF events go back into the NRAEF Scholarship Program or help support the students participating in the event. Sponsorship of the National ProStart Invitational supports the students and educators attending the event.
Honor the past and promote the future. When funds are received for an individual's memorial or tribute, the NRAEF promptly notifies the person or family of the gift. Gifts to our memorials and tributes go directly toward the NRAEF Scholarship Program.
Your planned gift provides an exceptional investment in the NRAEF and is a wise fiscal decision for you. Giving options include endowments, bequests and annuities. These options may reduce your income taxes, help you to avoid capital gains tax, increase your spendable income and achieve no-cost, worry-free asset management. Most of all, your ongoing gift also aids the NRAEF in planning for the future.
The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Donations to the NRAEF qualify for most corporate matching grant programs.
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