Donations to pep band

[ugarte]

In my donation to the school this year I earmarked a portion for the Pep Band.  I recently received a thank you note from the "conductor" (in quotes because I fear that I am messing up the title) of the Big Red Marching Band.  Was my donation directed incorrectly by the university, or is the Pep Band a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Marching Band?



Post Edited (04-07-03 16:06)

[Tub(a)]

If you specifically said "Big Red Pep Band," the money should have gone to the Pep Band only. The Marching Band and Pep Band are separate organizations. If you can e-mail me off list and tell me who the letter was from, I could give you a better idea.

[Paul Husserl]

While I can't say for sure about your specific donation or who your thank you letter was from, I can say as the Pep Band Manager that any donations specifically earmarked for the "Pep Band" or "Big Red Pep Band" will go directly to us.  Should a donation be earmarked for the "Big Red Band" or something similar without saying "Pep," it will be given to the Marching Band rather than us.  Despite consisting of most of the same members, we are considered two independent organizations.

Hope that clarifies things!

P.S. - Any and all donations to the pep band are greatly appreciated.......especially now, as trying to find funding for the band for everything taking place right now is not as easy as you might imagine!!  :-)

[RedJeff]

How would you like us to send donations?  That is, to whom should we send them, in what form, etc.?

[Tub(a)]

I don't mean to step on my manager's toes here, but he's pretty busy so I can give you an address.

You can send donations to:

Big Red Pep Band
Teagle Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853

This should be correct, but you may want to e-mail Paul to confirm.

[schoaff]

Disclaimer, I may not know what I'm talking about, and made my gift using the form I was sent in the mail. However...

There's a donation form at https://www.alumni.cornell.edu/giving/giftcard.taf?function=giftform

with a space to indicate a specific entity where, apparently, you should put "Big Red Pep Band."

I made a donation this year and received a thank you note from them, so it appears directed donations work for them at least some of the time.

Back in the dark ages when I was in school I do know that all directed donations to the Cornell Lunatic did make it to us (at least all the ones the alumni ever warned us/asked us about).