Gifts to the CARE Fund are always welcome. For information about donating, visit the fund's website.

The annual Cornellians Aiding and Responding to Emergencies (CARE) Fund auction, held online this November, raised $8,000.

The funds will help Cornell faculty and staff who have experienced a non-recurring sudden or emergency-related financial hardship due to an unforeseen or unavoidable event. More than 450 people bid on the 215 items that had been donated by Cornell employees, departments and area businesses.

Department donations that were particularly effective in raising CARE funds include those from Cornell Dining and Cornell Athletics and Physical Education. Cornell Dining pulled in numerous bids for such items as a private dinner party at the winning bidder's home with chef Jason Haus and events with chefs Anthony Kveragas and Harold Evans. Cornell athletics teams competed in donating the best items, including private rowing lessons, tickets to many Cornell sporting team events, and a variety of high-quality team attire and sporting goods, such as a signed Cornell hockey stick.