We are entering that time of the year when most Americans take the extraordinary step of making contributions to charitable organizations and many charities receive the majority of their annual revenues. Making a charitable donation to the CEFPI Foundation & Charitable Trust is a powerful act that allows us to create a positive, personalized impact on the places where children learn and on the world around us.

We realize that there is a growing demand from our members and the public to provide help in making better and wiser decisions in their planned giving and charitable donations.

Listen to your heart! Remember, this is your chance to have your say in how we can improve the built environment for students and teachers and the communities they serve and, indeed, make the world a better place.

Use your head! Visit the Foundation Web site and explore the goals and visions of the Foundation. Get the facts on the Foundation's programs, such as the Foundation Center for Research, School Building Week, the Dale Scheideman Merit Scholarship Program and the Paragon Schoolhouse Project, working in concert with the CEFPI Katrina-Rita Taskforce assist the Katrina-ravaged St. Bernard Parish Public Schools in rebuilding their schools and community.

However you choose to make your voice hear this giving season, please find a way to support the CEFPI Foundation's work that you so strongly believe in. For many of us, making a year-end charitable contribution has become something of a tradition. Why not make it your tradition?

Your involvement with the CEFPI Foundation & Charitable Trust, however great or small, will make a profound difference in the lives of children and communities everywhere. You may make an unrestricted gift or designate your funds to a specific Foundation fund.

To make a contribution download the Contribution Form, complete and fax or mail to CEFPI Foundation & Charitable Trust 9180 East Desert Cove Drive, Suite 104, Scottsdale, AZ 85260.

Thank you for your generosity. The CEFPI Foundation & Charitable Trust is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, tax-exempt organization. Upon request, a tax receipt will be issued for tax-deduction purposes. Federal ID# 76-0713996.