The Laura Kate Winterbottom Memorial Fund is a Vermont non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation and all donations are tax deductible.
What We Fund
Contributions made to the LKW Fund are directed towards our two primary purposes:
1. Programs to help survivors of sexual assault and domestic abuse, including affected children, get the services and assistance they need so that their suffering is alleviated and the cycle of violence is not perpetuated.
2. Scholarships and other resources to help disadvantaged children and/or children affected by sexual assault.
LKW Fund Events:
Laura's March: a 5K Walk/Run against Sexual Violence
Laura’s March takes place every September. If you wish to donate in support of Laura’s March, please visit the Laura's March page for more information. 2012 beneficiaries have not yet been selected. 2011 beneficiaries were Vermont Works for Women Dirt Divas (for a self-defense program) and Parallel Justice (for alternative healing opportunities for sexual assault survivors).
Silent Auction/Wine-Tasting
Each spring, we have an event to raise money for children’s programs. In April, 2012, we will be raising money for an artist-in-residence at the King Street Center. In 2011, we raised money for the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Pediatric Program of Vermont Children’s Hospital. If you wish to donate in support of our 2012 event, please visit the Silent Auction Page for more information.
Donations to the LKW Fund can be made in two ways:
1. A credit card donation through First Giving. (Please click link on this page.) www.firstgiving.com/Process/donatechannel/default.asp
2. A cash contribution to the Fund mailed to PO Box 65176, Burlington, VT 05401
Other Kinds of Donations:
1. A gift to honor or acknowledge a specific person or occasion, such as a wedding, anniversary or birthday. We would design a congratulatory card, announce a gift has been made and by whom, and send it to the party for whom it is intended. In accordance with your wishes, we would either include or exclude the amount given.
2. An in-kind donation of goods or services to support Laura’s March or another Fund event.
3. A matching gift made in conjunction with an employer’s matching gift program.
4. A legacy in the form of a bequest of cash, securities, a charitable annuity or another form of a bequeathal of a specified item.
End of Year 2011 Donations
Here’s a list of the organizations we assisted and the community programs in which we participated at year’s end:
Burlington City Arts “Art from the Heart” pediatric program
Children’s Advocacy Center
Children’s Literacy Foundation
Girls on the Run
Green Mountain Animal Defenders
Lund Family Center
Outreach for Earth Stewardship
Rosie’s Girls
SafeArt
SafeSpace
Save Our Strays
The Sexual Assault Crisis Team
The Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program at Fletcher Allen Health Care
Vermont Farm Disaster Relief Fund
WomenSafe
The LKW Fund again participated in Women Helping Battered Women’s “Children’s Wish List” holiday program by providing “wish list” items for 2 children.
We also purchased 4 family memberships to ECHO, Lake Champlain Science Center and Lake Aquarium. These memberships were matched by ECHO so a total of 8 deserving and in-need families will visit the Center and participate in its many enjoyable and educational programs.
