Senior Expo draws large crowds, awards cash to nonprofits - Grand Traverse Insider - Morning Star Publishing

Published: Saturday, May 23, 2015

By Kyle Kaminski
Lead Writer

The Annual Ideas for Life Senior Expo took place
last week at the Grand Traverse County Civic Center. More than 1,200
guests visited over 100 exhibits during the event.
Photo by Kyle Kaminski

TRAVERSE CITY — More than 100 exhibits lined the Grand Traverse
County Civic Center for the annual Ideas for Life Senior Expo, last
Wednesday. Vendors offered information on health services, housing
placement, medical alert systems, assisted living, home improvement and
much more.

“The expo is designed for seniors who want to
celebrate their lives,” said event organizer and owner of the Alliance
for Senior Housing Connie Hintsala. “It’s meant for them to find
resources and for us to educate them on what’s out there, whether that’s
medical equipment or just housekeeping.”

The expo has been a
staple of senior life in Traverse City for 14 years. Since its inception
in 2002, the group’s organizers — BASA, or Bay Area Senior Advocates —
have been on a mission to educate and advocate for the needs of the
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Redesigning The Professional Fundraiser - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times

Refusals. Being cut off in the middle of a conversation/phone call. Insults. And, with all that comes pressure from above to show even better results.

Yes, what could be better than the job of a nonprofit fundraiser?

During the Association of Fundraising Professionals International Conference, the plight of fundraisers was raised, as was the plight of nonprofit organizations. For example, studies show that organizations incur direct and indirect costs of more than $127,000 to replace a departing fundraiser.

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New Humane Society Director Named : News : The Ticker

May 9, 2015

Heidi Yates is the new executive director of the Cherryland Humane Society in Traverse City. Yates replaces former director Mike Cherry, who retired in March after 26 years of leading the organization. Yates brings more than 15 years of animal welfare experience to her new post. She has been the executive director of Humane Society & Animal Rescue of Muskegon County since late 2011. Under her leadership the shelter was recognized in 2013 for its improvements by The Michigan Pet Fund Alliance. Prior to joining the Muskegon Humane Society, she was at Harbor Humane Society (in West Olive, Mich.) for seven years serving as its development director and four years as its executive director. Permalink

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Lighthouse Development Opportunity - Part-time

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - LIGHTHOUSE MANAGER

The Peninsula Township Park Commission is seeking a Manager for Mission Point Lighthouse operations.  For more information click HERE.  Application deadline is May 14, 2015 at 4:00 PM local time.

DUTIES: Administrative and management position with oversight of all lighthouse operations. Manage all aspects of the following: lighthouse gift shop, keeper program, volunteer program, lighthouse museum and artifacts, historic restoration and preservation, maintenance, long- and short-term planning, advertising, marketing, website maintenance, and event planning and management.

It looks by the description there is also fundraising part of the responsibilities. 

Nonprofit Periodicals Say They Will be Hit Hard by Postal Increases

From the Chronicle of Philanthropy

EWS AND ANALYSISMAY 08, 2015

By Holly Hall

The Postal Regulatory Commission approved higher nonprofit postage rates Thursday that charity magazine publishers say will impose onerous new financial burdens. The new rates take effect May 31.

Charities that send out letters and small pieces such as postcards, a category known as nonprofit standard mail, will pay about 2 percent more in postage under the new rates. However, publishers of well-known magazines such as Consumer Reports, Guideposts, andNational Wildlife will see much higher increases.

Guideposts, for example, will spend 8 percent more for postage, while its companion magazine, Angels on Earth, will cost more than 5 percent more to mail, said Jim Asselmeyer, the publisher’s vice president of operations. The two periodicals will cost an additional $420,000 more to mail per year, and the organization will spend another $140,000 annually on the standard mail it uses to promote the publications and recruit new subscribers.

Charity publishers fought hard to hold down the hike for nonprofit periodicals. It appeared they were making headway when the Postal Regulatory Commission sent the proposed rate increases back to the U.S. Postal Service twice — a move that experts said was unprecedented.

But in the end, the Postal Service made only minor adjustments to its initial rate proposal. For example, Consumer Reports and three related publications, which have 4.7 million subscribers, would have cost $1 million more annually to mail under the Postal Service’s initial proposal. Under the rates approved Thursday, the increase will be about $900,000, to about $13 million annually.

"I was hoping for something more meaningful," said Meta Brophy, director of procurement services for Consumer Reports. "We just have to live with it."

Send an e-mail to Holly Hall.

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Less May Be More - Inheritance to Children

Saturday, May 2, 2015

Less May Be More

By Gerry W. Beyer

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A new report from Merrill Lynch Wealth Management shows that about half of wealthy families feel that giving their children too large of an inheritance could prove injurious.

Advisors have the opportunity to lead discussions with wealthy families regarding how to divide the estate and working to educate the younger generation on creating a forward looking plan.  The most common approach to discussing wealth is the “balance sheet approach,” with families sitting down during the estate planning process and revealing to children their net worth.  Families should then have ongoing conversations about what constitutes good financial decision-making in their family and parents must model that behavior.  “When you have money like that, it’s really important to get really clear on your values and form a framework for your financial estate lifestyle decision making.”

See Megan Leonhardt, How Much Is Too Much to Give the Kids? Wealth Management, May 1, 2015.

Special thanks to Jim Hillhouse for bringing this article to my attention.

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With the proper contact and marketing, this provides the opportunity for charity to communicate its values and how they aline with their planned giving prospects values and life-time giving. Bequest giving is a way for donors to fulfill their goals.

Three Named 'Outstanding' NMC Alumni : News : The Ticker

Three Named 'Outstanding' NMC Alumni May 7, 2015

Three alumni of Northwestern Michigan College are the 2015 recipients of its Outstanding Alumni award, recognized for professional achievement and community and professional leadership. They are: Sally Rogers, class of 1981 – Took her first NMC class at 15 and found her passion in the visual arts; earned her associate's degree and then went on to earn both bachelor's and master's degrees in art. Her career took her to North Carolina, where she built a studio and still lives and works today, focusing on large-scale sculptures of steel, glass, stone and wood. Her sculpture "Nexus" can be found on NMC's main campus near the Health and Science building. She is also the daughter of the late Joe Rogers, a former instructor and namesake of the Joseph H. Rogers Observatory. Gary Seabrook, class of 1972 – After NMC, Seabrook attended the University of Michigan and Wayne State University Medical School; he is chief of the department of vascular surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. In his mother's memory, he has created a scholarship for business students at NMC. Al Zelinski, class of 1983 – A part of the commercial lending team at Honor Bank, Zelinski has served on NMC Foundation Board's Scholarship Open committee since 2005. He chaired the event, the college's largest single-day fundraiser, for two years and more than doubled its net profit. He joined the Foundation Board in 2014. Permalink

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Open House For New Bryan Crough Dressing Rooms

May 1, 2015: TC Ticker

The City Opera House and Todd McMillen are hosting a Community Open House to tour the new Bryan Crough Dressing Rooms on Tues., May 5, 6:30-7:30pm. Crough, a longtime supporter of the arts and the restoration of the City Opera House, long advocated for new dressing rooms to better accommodate performers and also to allow it to present Actors Equity Association performances and touring companies, which require separate male and female dressing rooms. Following Crough's death in 2013, McMillen and the City Opera House launched a campaign to build new dressing rooms in honor of Crough. The project was made possible by many donors, including the Consyumers Energy Foundation, Herrington Fitch Family Foundation, Marty & Olivia Lagina, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts. The Oleson Foundation, Rotary Charities of Traverse City, Todd McMillen and many community donors. Permalink