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The Vision of Value: Campaign for
Angus, the first capital campaign launched by the Angus
Foundation and American Angus Association® to support Angus
education, youth and research projects, has now raised more than
$5.5 million – toward its $11 million goal set to be raised by
Dec. 31, 2011.
With a significant gift of $25,000 to the Angus Foundation, the
Iowa Junior Angus Association helped bring the campaign to the
half-way mark. Through the establishment of a permanent Iowa
Junior Angus Association Scholarship Endowment Fund, the Iowa
juniors have designated the funds be used for scholarships
through the Angus Foundation’s Scholarship Program. Earnings
from the fund will support one scholarship to be received by
Iowa Junior Angus Association members, and one scholarship
designated for members of the National Junior Angus Association.
“After the completion of the 2008 National Junior Angus Show in
Iowa, we had a sum of money left over and we knew we wanted to
use that money to make a difference in the lives of junior Angus
members. After some research, we found out that the Oklahoma
Junior Angus Association had also established a scholarship
endowment fund with some of their remaining funds from the 2007
National Junior Show, and we decided to donate a portion of our
funds to the Angus Foundation as well,” stated Austin Brandt,
Iowa Junior Angus Association president.
“It’s profoundly meaningful and even symbolic that Angus youth
took us over the half-way milestone as this campaign is about
the future of our Angus breed. Investments today in our Angus
youth, education and research will help tomorrow’s Angus
breeders be the leaders of the beef cattle industry,” said
Milford Jenkins, Angus Foundation president. “It’s even more
humbling when junior members see the benefit in giving back to
their fellow junior members through the Angus Foundation.”
“Indeed, this investment by Angus youth in Iowa believing in the
future of the Angus breed is very humbling. I encourage Angus
breeders across the country to accept this as a challenge to
also believe in the future of the Angus breed and make a
contribution to the campaign,” said Phil Trowbridge, president
of the Angus Foundation Board of Directors.
“Through this fundraising effort, the Angus breed will be
empowered to continue its prominence in the beef cattle
industry,” says Howard Hillman, who serves as chairman of the
Angus Foundation’s campaign leadership cabinet. “Educational
programs will grow, youth opportunities will expand and research
will advance.”
The Campaign for Angus aims to raise $3.5 million to fund
educational programs, $6 million to further support Angus youth
and $1.5 million to bolster research activities. Cash gifts and
planned giving commitments made to the Angus Foundation since
Oct. 1, 2004, count toward fulfilling these campaign goals.
Now nearing the end of the third year of the campaign, the Angus
Foundation continues to look for ways to advance the Angus
breed. Through the support of past, present and future donors
the mission of the Angus Foundation will be fulfilled.
“The American Angus Association and Angus Foundation truly
appreciate the generous financial support from our members and
friends to Vision of Value: Campaign for Angus, especially in
these challenging economic times. For Angus youth to step up to
the plate and take us over the half-way mark toward our $11
million goal, we as parents and adults can only have enormous
pride and confidence in the future of the Angus breed, our
country and our Association,” stated Bryce Schumann, CEO of the
American Angus Association.
The Angus Foundation, the not-for-profit affiliate of the
American Angus Association, secures and stewards charitable
gifts to foster the advancement of activities benefiting the
agricultural industry and the Angus breed. |
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