To the College Community
For those of you who are new to the College, let me take this opportunity to tell you about the program instituted here at the College to recognize significant life cycle events such as births, deaths, weddings and serious illness.• Three Rivers Cares Fund is an account at the College that is managed by the President’s Office and Purchasing to disburse funds for acknowledgment of life cycle events.
• Full-time employees are asked to make a voluntary contribution, usually once a year, in order to maintain a sufficient balance in the account to respond to these types of events. If the account balance becomes severely depleted it may be necessary to request a second contribution. Again, I emphasize that this is strictly voluntary and no one other than the person collecting the money will know who has or has not contributed.
• Responses may range from flowers or plants – sent in the event of births to the employee or spouse of the employee, or for a serious illness or extended hospitalization. A gourmet basket is sent when the event is a wedding. In the event of a death of a spouse, child, or parent, there are three possibilities. One option is a plant or flowers, the second is a donation to the designated charity and the third is a donation, when there is no designated charity, to the Three Rivers College Foundation.
• A concern is whether the staff member wishes the event to be made public. If that is the case, the staff member or person reporting the event, should contact the respective Dean who will take responsibility for notifying the President’s Office. The President’s Office will send a notice to the college community and initiate the appropriate response. The response from the college community is not dependent in any way on whether the individual has contributed to the fund.
Contributions may be delivered to the President’s office (Room C209). Checks should be made payable to Three Rivers Community College. Thank you for your contribution and for helping to enhance our sense of community.
