brings us together
As the only television station within a 75-mile radius of Cookeville, WCTE provides educational tools to those who would not have access otherwise.
WCTE’s educational programming and engagement efforts INSPIRE and CONNECT lifelong learners, readers, teachers, scholars, creators, leaders, innovators, and givers throughout our community and world.
10,992 children out of 74,778 in the Upper Cumberland live in poverty.
SOURCE: Upper Cumberland Development District
Your investment means we can help more children be school ready and we can foster more lifelong learners. This helps parents, teachers and community partners have the tools and resources they need to help those who need it most, building both families and a stronger future for our community.
WCTE public television has served as an education partner in Tennessee’s Upper Cumberland region for more than 40 years. The region consists of 14 rural and isolated counties with above-average poverty rates. More than 20 percent of the Upper Cumberland students are economically disadvantaged, and 40 percent of incoming kindergarten students in some regions perform below the skill level needed for kindergarten readiness.
WCTE is a nonprofit organization that receives over 70 percent of its funding through federal and state funds. These funds are not guaranteed and can fluctuate from year to year.
WCTE engages and connects at-risk and economically disadvantaged families to need-based services, giving a voice to the people and the region it serves. This region has a rich and distinctive way of life, but many residents are culturally isolated, economically disadvantaged and underserved. The need-based services offered by WCTE are extremely important to these communities, and in some cases, they can change the lives of those most at-risk. Without the services from WCTE, these families would not have what is needed for school readiness.
A quarter of WCTE's budget — which includes all of the federal and state funding WCTE receives — goes toward providing educational content and services.
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During the last year, WCTE’s Ready To Learn Initiative, through our collaboration with Community Partners for Early Learning Media (CC-ELM) was able to reach 19,000 children with outreach services. That’s enough kids to fill 263 school buses!
Your donation will help provide permanent funding to ensure that all people have access to quality educational programming, hands-on learning tools, community and engagement initiatives and a host of other enriching and entertaining programs.
WCTE’s endowment will sustain our educational mission of growing lifelong learners, thus improving the future prospects for our youth in a way that will change the landscape of our region.
There are no limits to the ways you can give, including annual gifts, appreciated stock, retirement assets, IRA retirement, insurance policies, real estate, personal property and many more options, either now or through a charitable bequest. Giving can be easy and might be tax deductible. Ask for our gift information today if you are interested in knowing more about the various ways to give and how your gift will be used.