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What to Give
From gifts of cash to gifts of real estate, Oberlin College is pleased to be the charitable recipient of a wide array of assets. Your gifts of appreciated assets and tangible property enhance the Oberlin experience by providing direct financial support or instructional materials for our students and faculty. They also provide you with valuable tax benefits.
Cash, Marketable Securities, Real Estate, Retirement Assets, and Life Insurance can be transferred to Oberlin with minimal paperwork. We will assist you and your financial advisors every step of the way.
Oberlin also accepts Artwork, Instruments and Collectibles as long as the property can reasonably be used in our educational mission.
Taking the next step:
To learn more about transferring assets to Oberlin College, please contact the Gift Planning staff at gift.planning@oberlin.edu or 440-775-8599. We also encourage you to fill out the request for more information form so we may better assist you.
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Children at the St. Andrew's
Refugee Ministry in Cairo, Egypt |
Making a Difference :: The Oberlin Alumni Fund
The St. Andrew’s Refugee Ministry is an oasis of calm amid the noise and confusion of downtown Cairo. In summer 2007, St. Andrew’s attracted displaced men, women, and children who had fled from Sudan, Ethiopia, Iraq, and other countries in an attempt to start new lives. And it was also the destination for 19-year-old Amina Hassen, who, weeks after completing her freshman year at Oberlin, had come to help.
In a little over a month at St. Andrew’s, Hassen taught English to children and adults, who in turn helped her with her Arabic. She breakfasted on foods popular with the locals, like batatis,which essentially are sandwiches of French fries and ketchup on pita bread. She listened to stories of conflict, persecution, and violence as her new acquaintances recounted tales of life in their homelands.
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