Support VIPS
VIPS' annual budget consists of three major expense categories:
- volunteer program support and training
- administration
- volunteer recognition
Financial support for the VIPS program comes from the Falmouth Public Schools, fundraising events organized by the board of advisors, and donations and grants.
Are you a business owner or employee interested in learning more about how your company or organization can support VIPS? We'd love to hear from you! Perhaps you would consider.
- sponsoring a VIPS volunteer program, volunteer recognition event, or fundraising event
- donating products or services to a school, program, or event
- encouraging volunteerism in your employees
- becoming a Partner in Education
The VIPS Business Partner in Education program is a way for a business or organization to enter into a partnership that supports a school, classroom, or volunteer program. VIPS helps create and/or facilitate a process through which a business' resources-knowledge, skills, time, space, or materials-can be shared.
Photo Credit: Dan Brown/The Enterprise
Examples of successful partnerships include:
- local bank branches partnering with a school to help students learn applied math
- local scientific organizations partnering with a school or classroom to provide career and topic-specific speakers
- local elder care facilities partnering with a neighborhood school to foster inter-generational relationships.
VIPS recognizes the following local businesses for their generosity and support. These "Partners in Education" include:
Allied Cesspool
Balloon Creations
Bank of America
Carpet Barn
Cape Cod Bagel
Cape Cod Dining Club
Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank
Carpet Barn
Cavossa Companies
Citizens Bank
Coffee Obession
Colony Insulation
Coonamessett Inn
Crane Appliance
DFM Insurance Agency
Ed Heylin, CPA
Elizabeth Hathon Photography
Enterprise Newspapers
Falmouth Academy
Falmouth Chamber of Commerce
Falmouth Country Club
Falmouth Harbormaster's Office
Hallsmith-Sysco Food Service
Hamilton Tree and Landscape
Island Queen
Kosta's Pizza
La Cucina Sul Mare
Lawrence- Lynch Corp.
MA Grand Lodge of Marine Masons
Nimrod Restaurant
Pie in the Sky Bakery
R.F. Morse
Roche Bros.
Rotary Club of Falmouth
Sister Spin Entertainment
Slade Mortgage
Starbucks of Falmouth
Taylor Rental
U.S. Geological Survey
Video Paradise
Wal-Mart
White Tie Limousine
Woods Hole Foundation
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Are you an individual interested in volunteering or contributing your time and/or talents to a classroom? school? teacher? student? project? event? Please contact us and we'll help match your interest with a need!
Interested in making a tax-deductible contribution to VIPS?
Have ideas for new programming?
Know of a fundraiser that is innovative, fun, and community-oriented?