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MyCommitment.org - Pledge to make a difference
Posted by johndilbeck on Wednesday, October 3 2007 at 10:00 AM
Category: nonprofits
President Clinton recently announced MyCommitment.org and urges you to pledge to make a difference. Make a commitment to change something - big or small - and connect with others who share your vision for change.
I have been inspired by all the things President Clinton and Vice-President Gore have been doing to help our world after they left office and I am happy to pass along the word about the latest iniative of the Clinton Global Iniative, a project of the Clinton Foundation.
From the MyCommitment.org About page:
MyCommitment.org seeks to:
* Inspire Change. Provide information highlighting some of the world's biggest challenges, raise awareness and motivate others to take action.
* Build Community. Connect people with others who share the same vision for change and help them create networks to put plans into motion.
* Facilitate Action. Offer tools for visitors to make commitments to act and track their progress and results.
* Strengthen Engagement. Encourage citizen action around America and throughout the world.
MyCommitment.org builds on the success of the Clinton Global Initiative, a project of the Clinton Foundation, which has already inspired more than 600 commitments to action from some of the world's top thinkers and government and business leaders. Learn more about CGI member commitments.
Launched in 2007, MyCommitment.org reflects President Clinton's dedication to promoting citizen service. Throughout his life, President Clinton has met inspiring individuals and organizations taking innovative and unique approaches to solving some of the world's biggest challenges. These encounters also led him to write his second book, GIVING: How Each of Us Can Change the World, which was released in September 2007.
What will you do to help make the world a better place?
Act on your dream!
JD
REACH Celebrates 25 Years of Helping Women in Western North Carolina - Murphy, NC 28906
Posted by johndilbeck on Wednesday, June 6 2007 at 4:35 AM
Category: nonprofits
In 1982, Mary Ricketson, Sheryl Young, Robin Mauney, Eleanor MacCorkle, and Eleanor Wilson focused their talents and passion for helping abused women and formed the Task Force on Family Violence.
A quarter of a century later, and now commonly known as REACH, Inc., the organization has grown to have 10 employees, many volunteers, hundreds of clients, and has handled thousands of support and crisis calls.
On May 19, 2007, REACH celebrated their 25th Anniversary at John C. Campbell Folk School with friends, volunteers, staff, live music, guest speakers, and more.
Vicki Taylor, REACH Executive Director since 2000, thanked the five founders and presented them with an award in honor of their bravery and dedicated service.
For more information about REACH and the services they offer to victims of domestic violence and rape, or to learn more about volunteering, call 828-837-8064.
2006 Multi-cultural Women's Development Conference
Posted by johndilbeck on Sunday, March 19 2006 at 11:29 PM
Category: nonprofits
2006 Multi-cultural Women's Development Conference
April 7th and 8th, 2006, Hinton Rural Life Center, Hayesville, NC 28904.
You asked, and we listened! This year's conference features both one and two hour sessions! You wanted an outdoor event! We have that, too!
And take a look at this year's slate of dynamic presenters.
From California, Cherokee, Atlanta and Asheville.
Nationally known authors, news columnists, physicians, motivational speakers, and a host of home-grown local folks, are gearing up to make this one of our most memorable and exciting conferences.
The Multi-cultural Women's Development Conference has been described as the premier women's conference in the southeast.
It is a place where women from a variety of races, religions, educational backgrounds, and cultures come together to share, learn, teach, and to have fun.
And, the food is pretty good, to boot!
To see the full slate of events, visit our web site at:
www.odwc.org/mwdc/mwdc2006
The registration form is also available from the conference web site.
Something new and exciting this year! The names of the first 100 registrants will go into a drawing for a special gift! Don't miss out on your opportunity to attend this exciting weekend and to be in the drawing something special.
One Dozen Who Care, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) community development corporation. The annual Multi-cultural Women's Conference is offered at the lowest possible cost, in order for this opportunity to be available to the largest number of women. Some scholarships are available. Visit our web site for more information, or call our office at 828-321-2273.
One Dozen Who Care, Inc. and the Multi-cultural Women's Development Conference do not sell, share, or make available to other groups, your email address. Your privacy is important to us. Upon request, we will remove your name from our contact list.
Far West Mountain Economic Partners Receives Grant -- Western North Carolina
Posted by johndilbeck on Thursday, April 7 2005 at 3:13 PM
Category: nonprofits
(Andrews, NC) Far West Mountain Economic Partners, a regional non-profit economic development agency serving Cherokee, Clay, Graham, and Swain counties and the Qualla Boundary, has received a $150,000 funding grant as a Program for the Rural Carolinas site from the Duke Endowment.
The grant represents the third year of funding from the Duke Endowment, totaling $450,000 for Partners to initiate programs boosting local economies for those "left behind" and serve as a resource to help increase employment and income in western North Carolina. Partner's goal areas include heritage tourism, small-scale agriculture, and the Jump$tart Financial Literacy program. The initial two years of funding also created an affordable housing program, now sustained as a separate program at the Hinton Rural Life Center.
The organization's mission is to develop structures to create and sustain community partnerships and promote leadership for economic renewal.
"Partners is very pleased to enter a third-year relationship with the Duke Endowment and, once again, thank them for their commitment to our communities and residents," said Debra Sloan, Partner's newly-elected board president upon receiving confirmation of the grant. "We enter into this final year of funding as good-faith stewards of what has been entrusted to our organization."
Partner's executive committee includes:
- David Goldhagen, Clay County artist
- Pat Moretz, Cherokee County artist and retired teacher of exceptional children
- Austin Mott, Cherokee County resident and former executive director of the Florida Commission on Tourism and president/CEO of VISIT Florida
- Glenn Tatum, of the Andrews Chamber of Commerce.
Board members are:
- Gwen Bushyhead, Swain County Chamber of Commerce director
- Joan Furst, Office of Economic Opportunity program director
- Jim Holloway, attorney with Legal Aid of North Carolina Inc.
- Debbie Jackson, Clay County Chamber of Commerce executive director
- Esther Manchester, retired social worker
- Clay Smith, Hinton Rural Life Center executive director
Partner's corporate offices relocated to Andrews, NC, in January, 2005.
The Duke Endowment, one of the nation's largest private foundations, was established in 1924 by North Carolina industrialist and philanthropist James Buchanan Duke. Grants since 1927 have just passed the $2 billion mark.
The Program for the Rural Carolinas is the endowment's newest grantmaking effort to assist grantees, such as the Far West Mountain Economic Partners, in developing strong partnerships in local communities.
Co-manager of the Program for the Rural Carolinas initiative is Chapel Hill-based MDC Inc. They have worked for 33 years publishing research and developing policies/programs to strengthen the work force, fostering economic development and removing the barriers between people and jobs.
Board advisory liaison is Leslie Anderson Consulting in Asheville, NC. Partner's interim executive director and former director of development is Murphy resident Gwen Caeli.
Membership in the organization is free and involvement is encouraged in Partner's Heritage Tourism Roundtable, Small-Scale Agriculture Team, and Jump$tart Financial Literacy Program.
For membership information and more information on getting involved, call Far West Mountain Economic Partners at 828-321-2929 or toll-free at 877-321-2929.
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Non-Profit Creates Unique Online Exchange
Posted by johndilbeck on Saturday, March 26 2005 at 12:16 PM
Category: nonprofits
Small non-profit start-up, Oaktree.org, has launched an online exchange that facilitates financial help, prayers and encouragement between those in need and those willing to help. In short, they facilitate the exchange of hope for individuals.
(PRWEB) March 23, 2005 -- The sleepy coastal town of Pawleys Island, South Carolina, would be the last place you might look for the next big thing on the internet. Within the last week, a non-profit website with a completely unique concept has launched. Rather than new software that connects buyers and sellers or a website matching singles looking for a date, this start-up seeks to connect people seeking urgent help in many forms.
"We are a hope exchange," says Brady Stump, founder of Oaktree.org. Stump has founded Oaktree.org, which is an online exchange that connects people in need of financial help, prayers and encouragement to those willing to provide the help.
"Oaktree.org is different in three main ways. We are completely online, open source and fill a huge needs gap,” Stump says. “The best way to describe being completely online is that, instead of running some huge online exchange between buyers and sellers of goods, we have created an online exchange that facilitates prayers, encouragement and financial help between those in need and those willing to help. By putting the entire process online, we help people get help faster; and ultimately get hope faster!”
Stump also explained that the site is open source. By this, he means that the entire giving process is laid out for all to see and invites everyone to participate. Someone posts a public request for help in one of the three categories and anyone is free to volunteer to pray for, encourage or monetarily help out the person in need. The only thing that Oaktree.org asks of the person helped is that they post a public “thank you” and continue the generosity by pledging to help someone else out within the next 90 days.
Lastly, Oaktree.org seeks to fill a “needs gap.” “This is the ultimate goal of the site,” Stump says. He references many possible situations from a recent young amputee looking for encouragement, someone battling cancer that is asking for our prayers or a single mom in need of financial help with buying some winter coats for her kids. “Many times, the people in these situations may slip through this needs gap,” Stump explains. “Oaktree.org seeks to fill this gap.”
“I just hope that the site can speed up help and positive vibes to local people faster,” Stump exclaims. With the positive vibes flowing from Oaktree.org, Stump may start helping more than just the people from his local community. Positive words of encouragement, uplifting prayers and financial help may start flowing between people from coast to coast and that would be just fine with Oaktree.org.
Oaktree.org (www.oaktree.org) is an online exchange that facilitates financial help, prayers and encouragement between those in need and those willing to help.
100 Years of Rotary -- Murphy, NC 28906
Posted by johndilbeck on Tuesday, March 15 2005 at 8:19 AM
Category: nonprofits
Murphy Rotary Club members and guests celebrated 100 Years of Rotary on February 28, 2005, by presenting Cherokee County Sheriff Keith Lovin with a $4,000 check to be used for shelter and safe keeping of the new police dog.
A longtime Rotary member, Jay Gernert, presented a brief history of the Rotary Club.
Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards, and help to build goodwill and peace in the world. Paul P. Harris formed the world's first service club, the Rotary Club of Chicago, Illinois, USA, on February 23, 1905. The name Rotary is derived from the early practice of rotating meetings among members' offices. Today there are approximately 1.2 million Rotary club members of more than 30,000 Rotary clubs in 164 countries.
Among the many goals of Rotarians are promoting community projects and advancing world understanding and peace.
The Murphy, NC, Rotary Club meets every Monday at noon at Koo Koo's Buffet.
Economic Grants Applications Deadline -- Murphy, NC 28906 -- April 15, 2005
Posted by johndilbeck on Monday, February 28 2005 at 10:00 PM
Category: nonprofits
The Office of Economic Opportunity of Catholic Social Services is accepting applications for its Growing Opportunities Small Grants Program.
Grants are awarded from $500 - $3000 for the purpose of supporting sustainable economic development and/or systemic change.
Grants are available to community-based groups, non-profits, church groups, and organizations supporting business development in Cherokee, Clay, Graham and Swain counties.
The deadline for applications is April 15, 2005.
Sustainable economic development is defined as "using existing community resources to maximize the cultural and economic health of the region for current and future generations." Systemic change is defined as permanently altering those structures which perpetuate unjust economic conditions or removing the existing barriers to equal opportunity.
Previous grant rounds have awarded 42 grants throughout the four-county region.
Call the Office of Economic Opportunity in Murphy, NC, at 828-835-3535 for a full application and guidelines. Applicants with questions concerning the application and review process may call or email the office at oeocss@charlottediocese.org .
Multi-cultural Women's Conference -- Western North Carolina -- April 8-9, 2005
Posted by johndilbeck on Monday, February 28 2005 at 9:44 PM
Category: nonprofits
One Dozen Who Care, Inc., a community development corporation in Andrews, NC, will sponsor the sixth annual Multi-cultural Women's Development Conference on Friday and Saturday, April 8-9, 2005, at the Hinton Rural Life Center in Hayesville, NC 28904.
The conference is an opportunity for a diverse group of women from far western North Carolina and adjoining mountain states to discuss issues of concern to mountain women, including health and nutrition, education, community development, and women in politics, business and literature.
Two keynote speakers will address the conference: Dr. Bettie Sellers of Young Harris College and Sandra K. Barnhill of Aid to Children of Imprisoned Mothers from Atlanta.
Barnhill, an attorney and former defense attorney, has worked with children and women in prison for 18 years. She works to promote self development, responsibility, and a better way of life for troubled families.
Sellers, former Poet Laureate of Georgia and professor of English at Young Harris College, will speak on women writers from the South.
Other speakers include Dr. Patricia Beaver and a group of graduate students from Appalachian State University, who will report on an oral history project about the Allen School, a Methodist school of black women in Asheville, and talk about its impact on women in the region.
The conference is an opportunity for women to learn, network, and meet and talk with an ethnically diverse group of women about community problems and regional issues. it is a way to build bridges between cultures and races in the region.
Paula Nelson, singer and musician from Cherokee, will present a program of Cherokee culture and music and host the entertainment Friday evening.
Cynthia Brown, a community organizer, will lead a session on women's leadership.
One Dozen Who Care, Inc., was founded by Ann Miller Woodford, a community leader who was born and raised in Cherokee County, NC. She recruited a group of black women from western North Carolina who formed the organization to empower women in the region and build bridges of communication and understanding between people of different racial and cultural backgrounds. More than 100 women gather for the conference to explore their personal and professional development.
Hinton Rural Life Center is on Lake Chatuge. A limited number of scholarships are available.
To register, contact One Dozen Who Care, Inc., online at www.odwc.org or call 828-321-2273.
Humane Society Seeks Sponsors -- Marble, NC 28905
Posted by johndilbeck on Monday, February 28 2005 at 9:29 PM
Category: nonprofits
The Valley River Humane Society recognized Bruce Moore and Joe Walp on February 2, 2005, with an engraved plaque that reads, "In honor of your hard work in replacing all the fencing material on the kennel doors. We love you, The Shelter Animals."
Moore and Walp worked hard on the task of replacing the fencing material on the kennel doors at the shelter. These upgrades were important to ensure the safety of small puppies. They were dedicated to this project, and in recognition of their hard work, each plaque will be placed on one kennel to honor them.
The humane society is also looking for kennel sponsors to sponsor a kennel for $100 a year. Individuals are welcome to sponsor a kennel in honor of a loved one or beloved pet. Businesses can sponsor one with their names.
Call Cinde Taylor at 828-837-9687 if you're interested in supporting the Valley River Humane Society by sponsoring a kennel door. This sponsorship will help with the maintenance for each kennel, Taylor said.
Summertime Kids Grants Available -- Western North Carolina
Posted by johndilbeck on Saturday, February 19 2005 at 8:56 AM
Category: nonprofits
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina is offering "Summertime Kids" grants of up to $2,000 for nonprofit organizations to provide programs for children in need this summer.
Nonprofit organizations in the 18-county mountain region are encouraged to apply for 2005 Summertime Kids grants before the Monday, March 14, 2005. deadline.
The Community Foundation is interested in funding creative summer programs with an emphasis on teaching children of low-income families, living in remote areas, with disabilities or who have suffered from neglect or abuse.
"Each year more than 1,000 local children depend on the program funded by Summertime Kids grants," said Pat Smith, president of the foundation.
"These grants provide enriching activities for children who are without financial resources, have physical disabilities or don't have transportation or services because they live in rural areas. The charitable organizations offering summer programs to these children provide an invaluable service, and we are pleased to support them."
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina is a nonprofit organization that has served the mountain region since 1978 by professionally managing charitable funds created by individuals and families and using those funds to make grants to local charitable organizations.
A person may establish a fund at The Community Foundation using many different types of assets, and they can designate their fund to benefit a certain geographic area, specific nonprofit, or broad area of charitable interest, such as helping children in need.
The Community Foundation has awarded more than $70 million in grants since 1978.
For more information, or to apply for a Summertime Kids grant, visit www.cfwnc.org online or call Spencer Butler at The Community Foundation at 828-254-4960.
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