Charitable Activities
CUTCO supports the following charitable organizations:
 CUTCO & the American Heart Association's Go Red For Women movement
CUTCO is donating a minimum of $200,000 by March 2009 to Go Red For Women to help raise awareness about heart disease and encourage women to improve their heart health and live stronger, longer lives. Learn More
The CUTCO Foundation
Alcas Corp. and its subsidiaries, CUTCO Cutlery and Vector Marketing, established the CUTCO Foundation in 1996. Its mission focuses on education, community quality of life and support of key community organizations. Among the organizations that have benefited include:
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St. Bonaventure University
Friends of Good Music
Comstock Hospice Care Network
Olean General Hospital
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Southern Tier Catholic Schools
Jamestown Community College
Alfred University
Allegheny River Trail
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 The CUTCO Foundation sponsors the Annual Lecture on Entrepreneurial Leadership at Alfred University. In 2006 Corning Inc. Chairman of the Board James Houghton was the distinguished guest speaker. |
The Salvation Army
CUTCO has supported the local Red Kettle Campaign for more than 20 years. Employees volunteer hundreds of hours each year to ringing The Salvation Army bell in its hometown of Olean, N.Y. |
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Rebuilding Together
Since 1994, CUTCO employees have combined efforts to rebuild and repair homes of those in need in the Olean, N.Y., area as part of the National Rebuilding Together program. |
Children's Wish Foundation of Canada
Vector Canada has raised thousands of dollars to grant wishes to terminally ill children. Two senior-level management classes at Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary also contributed to the cause, based on the sale of CUTCO products as part of an experiential learning program. |
CUTCO also supports the following organizations
March of Dimes
Meals on Wheels
YMCA
United Way
Olean General Hospital
American Cancer Society
American Heart Association |
