The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service County Development Campaign Draft Strategic Plan

Mission

County Units of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service seek to solicit friends and funds from the private sector to provide fiscal resources for program support of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences and 4-H Youth Development Programs. Further, these units will seek to establish support for privately funded positions to carry out the work of the local Cooperative Extension Service.

The North Carolina Agricultural Foundation, Inc., a 501©3 nonprofit corporation, and its entities, the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Foundation, the North Carolina 4-H Development Fund, North Carolina Landscapes of Opportunity Foundation, and the North Carolina Foundation for the Family (proposed).

Values

This Strategic Plan values empowering individuals and families, businesses and corporations, and foundations to make informed decisions about charitable giving and support of the local units of the Cooperative Extension Service.

Goals

The County Development Strategic Plan seeks to enhance current and establish enhancement and/or endowment funds to provide support of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Services and 4-H Youth Development Programs in local County Extension Centers in the following ways:

• County Agricultural Program Enhancement Funds to provide unrestricted support of local agricultural programs;
• County 4-H Youth Development Program Enhancement Funds to provide unrestricted support of local agricultural programs;
• County Family and Consumer Science Program Enhancement Funds to provide unrestricted support of local agricultural programs;
• County Endowments that provide targeted support for a specific program of the local Cooperative Extension Center (i. e., a _________ County Family and Consumer Science Endowment or a Jane Doe 4-H Scholarship Endowment for __________ County
• Named Endowments that acknowledge and highlight the service of current and former County CES employees to their county and district, the state of North Carolina, and the nation.
• Endowments to provide private support to fund a staff position for the County Cooperative Extension Center
• Restricted funds to accept a targeted grant(s) for one or more components of the County Cooperative Extension Center

Objectives

To strengthen and enhance to scope and outreach of the programs of the county centers of the Cooperative Extension Service

To bring old and new friends of the local centers of the NCCES and of NC State together; helping them recognize their heritage and provide support for their future

To acknowledge the contributions and service of current and former local employees of NCCES and to inform the public of opportunities to honor these contributions

To increase community awareness, appreciation and support of the programs provided by county centers of the Cooperative Extension Service and to inform the public of the value added by these programs

To emphasize the sense of commitment, sacrifice, leadership, and professionalism displayed in employees of the county centers of the Cooperative Extension Service.

The Campaign Committee

The Campaign Committee will be led by tri-chairs, with representatives from the components of the Cooperative Extension Service.

The State Campaign Committee will be supported by co-chairs of each District Campaign Committee to provide continuity to the campaign between the district and the state. These positions may be held by employees, retirees, or volunteers of the Cooperative Extension Service.

The Presidents of each of the Professional Associations acknowledged by the Cooperative Extension Service shall serve as ex officio members of the Campaign Committee.

District Campaign Committees will be established to provide leadership to the Campaign in each district and to help guide the Campaign for maximum efficiency in counties within the district. Each county will have an opportunity to nominate an employee, retiree, or volunteer to serve as their representative on the district committee.

See Campaign Organizational Chart (proposed)