Giving to OLLI at TTU

By Shelby Crews, OLLI at TTU Director

Do you appreciate your local Texas Tech OLLI Class? Would you like to recognize a fellow OLLI member or honor an instructor or volunteer? If so, we invite you to consider a gift to the OLLI program at Texas Tech University. Your gift will enhance the program while fulfilling the original mission.

This is an excellent opportunity for you to give back, and your generosity will:

• Maintain low membership and class fees
• Provide scholarships for fellow OLLI members
• Supplement funds to attract and support OLLI instructors
• Provide additional member needs such as travel expenses and materials needed for classes

To honor a fellow OLLI member, instructor or volunteer, you can participate in a variety of ways:

1. Give a gift to the Texas Tech Foundation, designating the OLLI Fund for Excellence
   
   To make a gift:
   • Visit Texas Tech's donation site, and search for "Osher Lifelong Learning Institute"
   • Mail a check payable to the Texas Tech Foundation to:
       Texas Tech University System
       Financial Services
       Box 45025
       Lubbock, TX 79409-5025
   • Call: (866) 448-3888
2. Include OLLI at Texas Tech in your estate plan. By designating OLLI at Texas Tech in your estate, you ensure that our program will continue to grow and impact generations of future members. Gifts may be unrestricted to benefit the entire OLLI at Texas Tech organization or may be designated to support the area of your choice. To learn more about including OLLI in your estate or other options of generosity planning, call (806) 834-2424.

Make your gift now! An announcement of our fundraising progress will be announced at the Fall Kickoff events in all locations.

Did you know? Only half of the expenses associated with the OLLI program at Texas Tech University are covered by existing funding sources (revenue from OLLI classes, events and memberships and the interest earned from the Osher Foundation endowment).