Bassett House GivingTuesday

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On December 3, 2024, the Whitewater Federation of Women’s Clubs (“WFWC”) will join millions around the world participating in the global generosity movement of GivingTuesday. The WFWC will inspire generosity by reaching out to all who support historic preservation and Whitewater’s heritage – and Whitewater’s historic Bassett House in particular. GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement, unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and their world. GivingTuesday will kick off the generosity season this year by inspiring people to give back on December 3, 2024, and throughout the year. For almost 100 years, WFWC has been the custodian of the Bassett House, built in 1857 and one of the oldest buildings in Whitewater. For the last five years, the WFWC has been engaged in a comprehensive and necessary restoration of the Bassett House, from top to bottom and both inside and out. To complete this restoration, which will ensure the Bassett House’s conservation for the foreseeable future, the WFWC is seeking donations from supporters of historic preservation and of the Bassett House to secure the funds the WFWC needs for this essential work. "Since the Bassett House has been in our care since 1926, it has allowed us to connect with the past,” said Pat Blackmer, WFWC President. “Because it is of architectural, historic, and cultural history, it provides us with a sense of place and community. I have always believed that through our efforts of preservation, we save the future by rescuing the past." GivingTuesday was launched in 2012 as a simple idea: to create a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past eleven years, this idea has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. People demonstrate generosity in many ways on GivingTuesday. Whether it’s helping out a neighbor or stranger , showing up for an issue or people we care about, or giving to causes we care about, every act of generosity counts. GivingTuesday has raised billions of dollars for critical causes around the world and gets billions of impressions on social media from people and organizations speaking up for the causes that matter to them and encouraging others to get involved in their communities. “GivingTuesday inspires people all around the world to embrace their power to drive progress around the causes they care about, not just on one day but throughout the year,” said Asha Curran, GivingTuesday’s CEO, and co-founder. “With country and community leaders, millions of organizations, and countless givers of all kinds, GivingTuesday is creating a shared space where we can see the radical implications of a more generous world.” Those who are interested in joining the WFWC’s GivingTuesday initiative can visit www.bassetthousewww.org. For more details about the GivingTuesday movement, visit the GivingTuesday website (www.givingtuesday.org), Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/GivingTuesday), or follow @GivingTuesday and #GivingTuesday on Instagram.