TEEN DAY Ithaca is a nonprofit organization that strives to provide creative, quality, educational opportunities to homeschooled teens in Central New York and the Southern Tier. It wasn’t very long ago that TEEN DAY Ithaca sprouted and bloomed, and it’s already hard to imagine our lives without it. We’ve built an incredible center of learning and community, and we’ve done it all on a shoestring budget.
After four years, though, our shoestring is fraying.
During these past four years, we have prided ourselves in offering a high-quality educational experience for less than $26/week. That’s classes led by local experts, professors, and artists—all enthusiastic instructors thrilled to be a part of our program!
An active scholarship fund enables families with limited resources to take advantage of programming for even less.
But we need your help to make that happen.
With the changes we’ve had to institute due to COVID-19, this year is costing more than projected—more than the tuition we’ve collected will cover. We deliberately chose not to retroactively raise tuition to make up for these costs so as not to create a financial impediment for participants. However, this arrangement is unsustainable.
Help us continue to provide the academic and social resources teens and their families are asking for by making a donation to TEEN DAY Ithaca today.
To help us avoid online processing costs, you can mail a check to TEEN DAY, 166 Crescent Place, Ithaca, NY 14850.
There are several ways you can support TEEN DAY Ithaca at this time:
- Make a direct cash donation. Your one-time donation of $25, $50, $100 or more OR a recurring monthly donation of $20 or more would go a long way toward securing the continued programming families depend on.
- Encourage others to donate. Do you have friends or family members with a desire to support and empower teens following their own educational path? We would appreciate your sharing our message with them.
- Make connections. Do you know any businesses or individuals who might like to sponsor a class at TEEN DAY? Those who value self-education, empowering teens, instruction in STEM and/or the arts, could easily find TEEN DAY an appealing investment.
For questions about TEEN DAY, contact Gina Varrichio or explore our website (teendayithaca.org).
Thank you so much for supporting TEEN DAY Ithaca. Your donation at this unprecedented time is the sunshine helping us continue to grow.
With warmest regards,
Jen Meyers,
on behalf of the TEEN DAY Ithaca Board of Directors
TEEN DAY Ithaca 