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Giving Tuesday

Update: Thank you for your interest in Giving Tuesday! We are incredibly grateful for all the support we’ve received over the last week. The window for matching funds has now closed.

This year we are partnering with Cumberland Community Foundation to participate in #GivingTuesday–a national day of giving that will take place on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024.

We are asking our donors to give local this year by donating through CCF’s Giving Tuesday catalog between November 25-December 4.

CCF has $525,000 in matching funds available, so donate and have your gift amplified! We would like to thank Cumberland Community Foundation, Fayetteville New Car Dealers Association, Elizabeth “Beth” Keeney, Carol and Sammy Short, Daphne and Ray Manning, Will Gillis, the CCF Board of Directors, and three anonymous donors for making this match possible.

Ways to give:

  • Credit card – Give $25 or more through the online catalog by clicking on the Donate Now button above between November 25th at 9am and December 4th at 5pm.
  • Check – Write your check payable to “Cumberland Community Foundation” with “GivingTuesday – FSO” in the memo.
    • Checks must be received by CCF no later than December 4th (5pm) to be eligible for a match. 
    • Mail checks to CCF, PO Box 2345, Fayetteville, NC 28302
    • Drop off checks at CCF, 308 Green Street, Fayetteville, NC 28301 using the secure mail slot located on the front, street-facing side of our building. This mail drop is accessed only by the staff of CCF.
  • Donor advised grant – Make your grant recommendation payable to Cumberland Community Foundation (Tax ID 58-1406831) and designated for GivingTuesday-FSO.
  • Stock gifts – Call Cumberland Community Foundation at (910) 483-4449 (Mary Holmes x103 or Mary Anne Brooks x106) for instructions.
  • Charitable IRA Rollovers – Donors 70.5 or older may make gifts directly from their IRA to Cumberland Community Foundation for GivingTuesday. (Your plan administrator must send the check directly to CCF. To ensure prompt gift acknowledgement, give CCF a call (910)483-4449 or send an email to Gifts@CumberlandCF.org to let them know the amount of the check, the name of your plan administrator, and which charitable organizations you wish to benefit.)

Contact our staff at info@fayettevillesymphony.org or (910) 433-4690 with any questions.

Please help us take advantage of this tremendous opportunity to amplify your generosity.

Featured Musician

Carey Sleeman, Second Violin Section

Carey Sleeman has been playing the violin for the past 28 years.  Starting when she was 7 and played throughout grade school.  She attended the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam in Potsdam New York where she studied violin with Professor John Lindsey and Nancy Peschko.  Carey received her Bachelors and Masters degrees in music education in 2011 and 2012 respectively.  After completing her degrees, Carey moved to Kenya where she would spend the next 5 years teaching and mentoring young string players and playing with the Nairobi Orchestra.  She then moved back to the United States with her Family and has been teaching in the public school system in Fairfax Virginia and now Fayetteville for the past 5 years.  She is now pursing a career as a curriculum developer and is looking forward to growing her private studio and spending time with her family.

To Educate. To Entertain. To Inspire.

The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1956 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and is a professional, regional orchestra whose mission is to educate, entertain, and inspire the citizens of the Fayetteville, North Carolina region as the leading musical resource.  Praised for its artistic excellence, the Symphony leads in the cultural and educational landscape for Fayetteville and the southeastern North Carolina region.

The Fayetteville Symphony typically performs 8 concerts during any given season performing both at Methodist University and Fayetteville State University. Partnerships with other agencies include collaborative performances with Cape Fear Regional Theatre, chamber concerts at St. John’s Episcopal Church, as well as the city’s annual Independence concert with fireworks. The Symphony brings music to the schools and the community by performing educational concerts, as well as having its own Fayetteville Symphony Youth Orchestra, after school strings and summer music camps.

This organization is supported in part by a space grant from the BB&T Term Endowment of Cumberland Community Foundation, Inc.


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