From Curiosity to Community
At Upstate International, every conversation has the power to connect people across cultures, generations, and experiences. From language classes to community gatherings, our programs bring neighbors, newcomers, and lifelong residents together. They show us that even small interactions can create big change.
This #GivingTuesday, you can help these stories continue.
Building Bridges, One Story at a Time
$25
Your gift provides the materials used in our classes, workshops, and community programs. From conversation guides to cultural activity supplies, you help people connect and learn together.
$50
This level helps bring our international events to life. It supports music, food, demonstrations, and conversations that welcome newcomers and longtime locals into shared spaces.
$100
Your gift helps someone take part in language classes, cultural discussions, and community gatherings that build understanding, belonging, and confidence.
$250
This gift provides financial support for adults and families who want to learn a new language or engage more deeply with our community but cannot afford the cost. You help open doors that expand opportunity.
To Our Community of Changemakers,
At Upstate International, we believe a single conversation can change everything. It can turn strangers into friends. It can open a window into another culture. It can help someone feel seen, welcomed, and at home.
Every day at UI, conversations like these happen across classrooms, community events, and cultural programs. They happen between retirees and newcomers, international professionals and long-time locals, families who have lived here for generations and people who arrived only weeks ago. These moments remind us that language and connection are at the heart of what brings a community together.
This Giving Tuesday, we invite you to support the story that continues to grow inside our community. It is the story of diverse voices finding common ground. It is the story of people of every age learning from one another. It is the story of a region becoming more welcoming, more open, and more connected.
Your gift helps create the spaces where these conversations take place. It supports programs that bring people together. It opens doors for those who want to learn a new language or join a cultural event but need help to make it possible.
When you give, you help carry the story forward for someone who has not yet found their voice here.
Thank you for being part of this community. Thank you for believing in the power of connection. And thank you for helping build a more welcoming Upstate for everyone.
Warmly,
Upstate International
Thank You.
Any amount you choose to give makes a difference. Even a single dollar helps us create spaces where people can learn, connect, and feel part of a welcoming community. We are grateful for every gift that supports our mission.
