Your Support Matters
For over three decades The Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum has been providing educational and recreational opportunities to citizens of San Diego County and Southern California. Our volunteers are our valuable resource because unlike most museums and non-profit organizations, our volunteer group (over 850 strong) provides the expertise and manpower for all of our programs and activities. These folks restore and maintain our antique equipment and staff our historic reenactments, concerts, and other events throughout the year. It is through their committed effort and loyalty that we have consistently grown our collections and increased program offerings. Your tax-deductible donations, large and small, are critical to helping our volunteers meet the increasing costs of operating our antique equipment, machine and repair shops, blacksmith and weaving barns, and food concessions during our demonstrations and events. Your tax-deductible donations, large and small, enable our volunteers to provide affordable educational and recreational experiences for our visitors. It is through the supporting contributions of people like you that our volunteers are able to keep history alive in northern San Diego County. Please donate to The Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum because your support matters.
Ways to Support the Museum
Annual Fund Campaign Each year we highlight a different special project to which the Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum Annual Fund Campaign will be directed. This year’s goal is to finish upgrading the food service facilities along the museum’s parade route. Our current facilities along the parade route which were built in 1986 have been worked hard and are worn out. They are no longer adequate for our need. Please send $75, $100, $250 or any other amount to AGSEM Food Court Building Fund Annual Giving Campaign. Please mail your donation to: AGSEM Food Court Building Fund/Annual Giving Campaign Antique Gas & Engine Museum Vista, or bring it to the museum office Our museum accepts cash, checks, credit cards and PayPal. Please call the office at (760) 941-1791 or contact Fundraising Chairperson, Marion Francis at mdfrancis@socal.rr.com for in-kind donations and payment information.
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Your Remembrance Program "Your Remembrance Program" was created and currently chaired by Board Member, George Bohn to help support the Museum's Endowment Fund. The program provides members and friends of the Museum a way to recognize or honor individuals who are or have been important in their lives and in the history of the Museum. All donations towards the Remembrance Program are placed in the Museum's Endowment Fund with only the interest generated being used to support the Mission of the Museum. All those being recognized or honored and their donors will have their names permanently inscribed in a "Remembrance Book" on display in the Museum Office, names listed in The Ignitor and will receive a recognition card. |
Partnering with Business to Bring History Alive The Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum actively seeks the support of the area business community in fulfilling our mission of preserving California’s rich agricultural history. We accept corporate donations to our museum’s collections. We accept grants of monetary and in-kind contributions as well as event, trade area, and food booth sponsorships for our semi-annual harvest and tractor shows and other events during the year. We invite business and community leaders to participate in our museum through our Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum Advisory Board. We also appreciate corporate donations of items and gift certificates that can be auctioned or used in drawings during events. Please contact AGSEM Director, Rod Groenewold at rod_agsem@yahoo.com, AGSEM President, Jack Lester at jacklester@losangelescascade.com, or Board of Trustees Fundraising Chairperson, Marion Francis at mdfrancis@socal.rr.com for information regarding corporate donations. Thank you. | Include The Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum in Your Philanthropic Activity The Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum actively seeks major gifts from individual philanthropists and private or family foundations. We gratefully accept monetary or in-kind gifts in the areas of collections expansion and restorations, general operations, capital campaigns, and endowments or other designated giving. We invite individual philanthropists and private or family foundations to participate in our museum through naming opportunities and memberships on our Antique Gas & Steam Engine Advisory Board. Please contact AGSEM Director, Rod Groenewold at rod_agsem@yahoo.com, AGSEM President, Jack Lester at jacklester@losangelescascade.com, or Board of Trustees Fundraising Chairperson, Marion Francis at mdfrancis@socal.rr.com for information regarding your philanthropic activities. Thank you. |
The Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum, Inc. (AGSEM) is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code and contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Our IRS tax identification number is 33-0205333
