President’s Award 2022

e*Train Issue: Jun 2023 | Posted in: TCA Adventures

Past President Joe Fanara, Past President Katie Elgar, Award Winner Bruce Greenberg, Past President Stu Rankin, Past President Carol McGinnis

2022 President’s Award

By Stu Rankin, TCA #87-25191 Summer e*Train 2023

The President’s Award is one of the highest honors TCA bestows on any of its members. You can find the official criteria in section 200-8 of TCA’s Rules and Regulations: “D. The National President may, during his/her term, confer a President’s Award upon a member in good standing, recognizing the member’s contribution and/or outstanding service to the Train Collectors Association. This award shall be placed in the public atrium area of the National Toy Train Museum.”

“1. Any member may petition the TCA President to nominate any member in good standing to be the recipient of the President’s Award for outstanding activities and actions that benefit the TCA. The President shall present the request to the full Board of Directors for approval. The Award Certificate shall be presented to the member at the Annual Banquet if the member is present or at a local Division Meet. The Award will be a plaque with room for nameplates and be compatible with the boards/plaques currently in place in the atrium.”

Outgoing President Stu Rankin honored three members this past year: Chris Allen (HE95-40580), John DeSantis (75-7885), and Bruce Greenberg (68-2249, pictured). Chris and Bruce received plaques commemorating this honor, and John’s posthumous plaque was given to his son, Mark.

Gentlemen, thank you for your service!

Bruce Greenberg, TCA# 68-2249 accepts the President’s Award from Past President Stu Rankin.

Shop Amazon and Help TCA

TCA members who shop at Amazon.com can have each of their normal purchases generate a modest payment to TCA! And it won’t cost you anything!

The Train Collectors Association is now a participant with AmazonSmile, which is a special website operated by Amazon that lets customers enjoy the same wide selection of products, low prices and convenient shopping features as on Amazon.com.

The difference is that when customers shop at AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), the AmazonSmile Foundation donates 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to the charitable organizations selected by customers.

The process is simple. Just search for and select Train Collectors Association when you sign up and shop at smile.amazon.com.

You use your regular Amazon.com username and password, but when you log in to smile.amazon.com, you’ll see that you are supporting TCA with your purchases:

Note that if you just log in to the regular amazon.com, this benefit does not operate.

There are no costs to either you or TCA, but TCA benefits!

This is a great way for TCA to earn extra cash to offset costs, so sign up today to help support TCA.

* Note: TCA is not a party to any of your Amazon transactions, and does not endorse any products or vendors.

Helping TCA with your ebay purchases when you use PayPal

If you’re an ebay user and have a PayPal account you use to make payments, you can designate a donation for TCA when you’re checking out — any amount, small or large.
If you’re a regular seller on ebay, you can pre-designate a percentage of your sales to be donated automatically in your name to TCA as long as the purchaser pays with their PayPal account.

In both cases, you will receive a donation receipt from the PayPal Giving Fund, and enjoy applicable tax advantages.

How to do it:

Click on the image above, or use this link. This will take you to ebay, where you will see the following page (log in to ebay if you are not already):

This offers TCA as an option. Click on the “Add to My Charities” button where indicated with the red arrow. Thereafter, when you make a purchase, at checkout you will be offered the option to make a donation to TCA in any amount of your choosing. Small amounts add up, larger ones are great! It’s always up to you!

The option will appear at the lower part of your checkout page, something like this:

If you’re a regular seller on ebay, you can allocate a portion of your sales proceeds to be donated to TCA. Look at the green arrow marked “Optional” above to see how to do it. Details on how ebay calculates the donation may be read here. This is a wonderful way to share the financial benefits of your hobby with the organization that promotes it!

An added benefit to TCA is that these donations are not subject to normal processing fees, so that makes your donation work harder!

* Note. TCA is not a party to any of your eBay transactions, and does not endorse any products or vendors. PayPal issues the receipts to you for your donation, not TCA.

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