BrickWays Hosts Movie Night Fundraiser
April 29, 2014
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Movie Night Fundraiser
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Monday, April 28, 2014
Challenge Helps Hungry
Grand Traverse Insider > News
Food Partners to benefit from Feinstein Challenge
BENZIE – For the 17th straight year, Rhode Island philanthropist Alan Shawn Feinstein is offering $1 million to nonprofit, anti-hunger agencies throughout the country and Benzie Food Partners (BFP) hope to again benefit from this special nationwide challenge.
The Feinstein Foundation will again divide $1 million among all those “Challenge” participating agencies that report their total donations received during March and April. The “Challenge” also will again recognize food product donations by crediting participating agencies $1 per item or pound donated during this time period.
Feinstein is founder of the Center For a Hunger Free America at the University of Rhode Island and the Feinstein International Famine Center at Tuffs University. Past Challenges have significantly raised awareness about hunger, and his on-going concern for the millions of hungry people in “the greatest country in the world” continues to make people aware of the need for change.
Challenge donors become a part of one of the most successful ongoing efforts ever to fight hunger.
This is the 17th year of participation for Benzie Food Partners and they are hopeful the 2014 challenge, March 1 through April 30, and their project to fight hunger in Benzie County will be as successful as in previous years.
“Our community has been very supportive of our efforts,” said Challenge Coordinator Linda Davis, and secretary/treasurer Jeffie Lynch-Jones.
“As we enter our 17th year of service in Benzie County with our user-friendly pantry, we are grateful for that support and shared concern,” they added.
The Food Partners pantry is located at 10907 Main St., at the southeast corner of Henry and Main streets in Honor. It is open from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the first and third Thursdays of each month. The pantry is also available in emergency situations.
Donations to the pantry are used in Benzie County and may be sent to Benzie Food Partners, PO Box 598, Honor, MI 49640. In 2013, BFP distributed 90,099 pounds of food and personal care/daily living needs items to a cumulative total of 2,088 families or 5,898 Benzie County residents, including 1,519 children and 1,281 seniors.
For more information about the food pantry or other suggestions on ways to help, please call 231-325-2936 or 231-882-5234. For information on the Challenge, call 231-325-2133.
The Feinstein Foundation will again divide $1 million among all those “Challenge” participating agencies that report their total donations received during March and April. The “Challenge” also will again recognize food product donations by crediting participating agencies $1 per item or pound donated during this time period.
Feinstein is founder of the Center For a Hunger Free America at the University of Rhode Island and the Feinstein International Famine Center at Tuffs University. Past Challenges have significantly raised awareness about hunger, and his on-going concern for the millions of hungry people in “the greatest country in the world” continues to make people aware of the need for change.
Challenge donors become a part of one of the most successful ongoing efforts ever to fight hunger.
This is the 17th year of participation for Benzie Food Partners and they are hopeful the 2014 challenge, March 1 through April 30, and their project to fight hunger in Benzie County will be as successful as in previous years.
“Our community has been very supportive of our efforts,” said Challenge Coordinator Linda Davis, and secretary/treasurer Jeffie Lynch-Jones.
“As we enter our 17th year of service in Benzie County with our user-friendly pantry, we are grateful for that support and shared concern,” they added.
The Food Partners pantry is located at 10907 Main St., at the southeast corner of Henry and Main streets in Honor. It is open from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the first and third Thursdays of each month. The pantry is also available in emergency situations.
Donations to the pantry are used in Benzie County and may be sent to Benzie Food Partners, PO Box 598, Honor, MI 49640. In 2013, BFP distributed 90,099 pounds of food and personal care/daily living needs items to a cumulative total of 2,088 families or 5,898 Benzie County residents, including 1,519 children and 1,281 seniors.
For more information about the food pantry or other suggestions on ways to help, please call 231-325-2936 or 231-882-5234. For information on the Challenge, call 231-325-2133.
Dockside launches Grass River fundraiser
April 27, 2014, Traverse City Record Eagle
Dockside launches Grass River fundraiser
TRAVERSE CITY — Business owner Gordon Schafer knows how important
Antrim County’s natural environment is to tourism and commerce.
Schafer owns the Dockside-Torch Lake restaurant in Bellaire and said that’s why he will — for the 15th year running — lead fundraising efforts for the county’s Grass River Natural Area during a special event at the restaurant May 6.
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Schafer owns the Dockside-Torch Lake restaurant in Bellaire and said that’s why he will — for the 15th year running — lead fundraising efforts for the county’s Grass River Natural Area during a special event at the restaurant May 6.
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Children's Museum Fundraiser
April 26, 2014, Traverse City Record Eagle
Great Lakes Children's Museum fundraiser tonight
TRAVERSE CITY — Tickets remain available for tonight’s Great Lakes Children’s Museum Gala Fundraiser.
This year’s fundraiser kicks of at 6 p.m. at The Inn at Black Star Farms.
Matt Missias, president of the museum’s board of trustees, described the event as a “cocktail formal fundraiser” that includes a gourmet meal, wine and beer, and a live auction and silent auction.
Missias said the museum’s new executive director and new exhibits coming to the museum will also be revealed.
Tickets can be purchased at greatlakeskids.org.
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This year’s fundraiser kicks of at 6 p.m. at The Inn at Black Star Farms.
Matt Missias, president of the museum’s board of trustees, described the event as a “cocktail formal fundraiser” that includes a gourmet meal, wine and beer, and a live auction and silent auction.
Missias said the museum’s new executive director and new exhibits coming to the museum will also be revealed.
Tickets can be purchased at greatlakeskids.org.
Click here for source
US Charity Donations Suggest Growing Confidence
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 10:30
--Biggest Growth Seen for Major Gifts; Community Donations Show Signs of Decline
PHILADELPHIA (MNI) - Charitable giving by U.S. individuals, foundations,
and corporations gained in the first quarter as stock prices rose and the job
market improved, but donations have not fully recovered to their pre-recession
level, fundraising professionals said.
Anecdotal reports from philanthropic trade groups and the leading academic source of data on the U.S. charity sector indicate that improving economic confidence among donors, especially those giving $1 million or more, is boosting the income of universities, hospitals, arts organizations and other recipients of charitable gifts.
There is some evidence that donations from those much lower on the income scale is declining, perhaps as a result of greater competition for limited funds, in a trend that could disrupt fundraising strategies in future, experts said.
But overall giving so far this year has continued the solid gains seen in 2013, according to preliminary indications ahead of the industry's annual data that are not published until mid-year.
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Reality Check: US Charity Donations Suggest Growing Confidence
--Biggest Growth Seen for Major Gifts; Community Donations Show Signs of Decline
Anecdotal reports from philanthropic trade groups and the leading academic source of data on the U.S. charity sector indicate that improving economic confidence among donors, especially those giving $1 million or more, is boosting the income of universities, hospitals, arts organizations and other recipients of charitable gifts.
There is some evidence that donations from those much lower on the income scale is declining, perhaps as a result of greater competition for limited funds, in a trend that could disrupt fundraising strategies in future, experts said.
But overall giving so far this year has continued the solid gains seen in 2013, according to preliminary indications ahead of the industry's annual data that are not published until mid-year.
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Local Crisis Services to Hold Telethon
Local Crisis Services to Hold Telethon
April 28, 2014
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Friday, April 25, 2014
Great Quote
Never
doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world.
Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.
- Margaret Mead
This thought is at the core of all philanthropy. - Dave Eitland
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