Support Discover Cayuga Lake
Support & Donations
Support for Discover Cayuga Lake
Donations, Volunteering,
& Fundraising
WINTER 2025
Dear Friends,
We are excited to be gearing up for another great season on Cayuga Lake, providing affordable Floating Classroom field trips, internships and youth employment experiences for 1000s of regional students, and free community access cruise programs for 1,500 of your friends and neighbors around the lake!
Our entire community access program, and over $50,000 in scholarship funds we offer to schools and community organizations each year, is made possible by revenue from our public eco-cruises, matched with your donations to the Cayuga Lake Community Fund.
DCL’s 2025 CAYUGA LAKE COMMUNITY FUND GOAL = $60,000
Every donation received, be it $10 to $10,000, makes a difference. And, your choice to contribute affirms not only your love for our beautiful lakes and waterways, but also your commitment to making that love and understanding of these special places a real possibility for every young person living here, regardless of financial means or abilities or background.
Follow this link to make an online donation at a level of your choice.
Alternatively, there are specific program support opportunities available that may be of particular interest to you:
- You can adopt a Trout in the Classroom aquarium at a school in your neighborhood, for a $250 donation! Learn More Trout in the Classroom Here!
- Your individual or group donation of $3,500 can sponsor a paid summer internship for a local young adult. Learn more about our Watershed Internship Program here.
- We also offer a limited number of corporate sponsorships, great for community-minded local businesses.
I hope you can support our work this year, cultivating the relationship between our region’s two most important resources – people and water.
Spread the word!
Bill Foster, Executive Director, DCL
Discover Cayuga Lake
look WHAT WE’VE acCOMPLISHED!
Great ways to support DCL!
Help us provide year-round programming and “A Boat for Everyone”!
Tax Deductibility
Discover Cayuga Lake is a 501(C)3 non-profit organization.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Businesses and individuals ready to support DCL’s mission at a higher level, can sponsor interns, community cruise series, or even elements of Teal, itself.
Donate by Credit Card
Donations at any level can be made to our Cayuga Lake Community Fund, which supports programming, materials & improvements for Teal.
Donate By Check
Make checks payable to “Discover Cayuga Lake, Inc.”
Mail to:
Discover Cayuga Lake, Inc.
110 N. Tioga St, Suite 303
Ithaca, NY 14850
Other ways to donate
Purchase a Gift Card or a Season Pass!
DISCOVER THE CAYUGA LAKE REGION
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OTHER WATERSHED RELATED CAUSES TO SUPPORT
Bill Foster, DCL Director’s Personal Recommendation:
Sustainable Tompkins Finger Lakes Climate Fund
– You can join DCL’s Carbon Race Team when you make your carbon offset. www.fingerlakesclimatefund.org
Tom Vawter, Board member & Wells College Prof. Emeritus:
Community Science Institute (CSI)
Laura Falk, Experience! The Finger Lakes & Board Member:
Finger Lakes Land Trust
Lynn Leopold, Founding Board Member:
Cayuga Lake Watershed Network
Steve Kress, DCL Board Member & Puffin Project President:
Friends of Stewart Park
Astrid Jirka, Director of Tourism Initiatives:
The History Center of Tompkins County
Felicia Ansty, Crew Member:
Tompkins County Dog Park (TC Dog)!
www.lightlink.com/tcdog
Jacoba Taylor, Crew Member:
Gayogoho’no Rematriation!
www.Gayogohono.org
Vito Brancato, Crew Member:
The Racker Center
www.racker.org
Shelley Blackler, DCL Volunteer
The Kitchen Theater
www.kitchentheatre.org
We’d Love to hear from you!
Connect
with Us
For Cruises & Charters:
booking@discovercayugalake.org
For Educational Programs:
education@discovercayugalake.org
HOME DOCK:
1000 Allan H. Treman Marina Rd.
Ithaca, NY 14850
OUR OFFICE:
110 N. Tioga St., Suite 303
Center for History & Culture
Ithaca, NY 14850