Corporate Opportunities - Green Chimneys

Green Chimneys School bulletin board displays the message, "This school is better because you are in it."

Classroom as Community

September 30, 2019

Corporate Opportunities

Green Chimneys cherishes its many corporate relationships and always welcomes new ones. Some of our corporate partners provide in-kind product donations, others financial assistance, and still others, sponsorship support. Increasingly, companies are looking for long-term partnerships with nonprofit organizations that engage their employees and reflect their corporate social responsibility agenda. We are committed to providing our corporate friends with a meaningful experience that motivates their employees and positively positions them with key constituencies.

How Companies Can Get Involved

1Corporate Service Days

Each year, employees from companies both large and small volunteer their time to Green Chimneys through a Corporate Day of Caring. Leaving their high-pressured jobs behind, these spirited employees don a pair of jeans and get to work. They do everything from plowing, planting or painting to planning “gee whiz” projects for our children. Last year, our corporate volunteers gave us more than 3,180 hours of “free labor” – a huge benefit to us. Help us top that number this year!

For more information or to set up a volunteer activity please contact
Josh Lipshitz at jlipshitz@greenchimneys.org or 845.279.2995 x286.

2Corporate Sponsorships

Sponsor one of Green Chimneys’ exciting, high-traffic annual events. Showcase your products or services, create corporate goodwill and engage your employees.

Spring Gala: Our annual charity event attracts up to 500 guests from the New York metropolitan area and offers corporate sponsors a myriad of ways to highlight their involvement.

Executive Golf Challenge: An ideal way to reach business professionals, this upscale event includes a full day of golf, many amenities and numerous opportunities for corporate exposure.

Birds of Prey Day: Our most visible event draws more than 3,000 visitors each June to celebrate the environment and raptors. Festivities include celebrity guests, a stage show, presentations by animal experts and free-flying bird demos.

Little Folk Farm Day: Reach parents and young children through this fun-filled one-day event offering little ones a chance to see more than 200 animals on our 200-acre campus – including newborns – and enjoy hayrides, farm tours, games, crafts and more.

3Program Funding/Corporate Grants

Green Chimneys is fortunate to receive funding from numerous corporate donors through grants and corporate giving programs.

4Employee Giving Programs

Green Chimneys would like to be a part of your annual employee giving campaign and/or matching gift program.

Brook Lyn the Sheep

Found abandoned in a box with her brother in Brooklyn, NY, this sheep was rescued as a newborn. After she was stabilized by a wildlife rehabilitator, she was driven up to Green Chimneys Farm where the children hand fed her with bottles of warm milk. The responsibility of becoming a caretaker for a little animal like Brook Lyn gives students a chance to recognize their own ability to make a contribution. Many of the children have been “taken care” of all of their lives by caring parents, concerned teachers and mental health staff, but stepping up and holding a bottle for this little orphan lamb transforms them from service receivers to service providers.