Community Voice Mail (CVM) is a program that provides low-income families and individuals with access to telephone voicemail service to encourage job attainment and stable housing.

 

Submit a 4-8 line poem for a chance to raise fund$ for Community Voice Mail.

The CTK Foundation is having a nationwide contest asking people to describe the heart of their favorite nonprofit's mission in a poem. Community Voice Mail needs your help to find the perfect poem. How would you describe the heart of Community Voice Mail's mission in 4-8 lines?

Who can submit a poem?
Anyone can participate. To be valid, your poem entry must include your full name, phone number, city, and state. Poems must be 4-8 lines, and emailed to info@cvm.org

Need inspiration?
Find out why Community Voice Mail is worth waxing poetic about. Visit our web site at www.cvm.org to read about our mission, and learn more about us. Go off to a quiet beautiful place. Contemplate phonelessness and what it means to get reconnected. Get friends involved. Be deep, be zany, rhyme, don't rhyme. Poetry, like Community Voice Mail, is versatile!

How do I participate?
It's easy. Just email your poem along with your contact information to info@cvm.org

by July 13th, 2009. 

 

What if we win?
We will select our favorite poem and submit it as CVM's official entry. If Community Voice Mail's poem is selected by The CTK Foundation, we will receive a $10,000 grant. If the winning poem is submitted by a CVM user, staff or volunteer of a local Community Voice Mail program, the grant will be split between the CVM local host agency of the winning region and the Community Voice Mail National Office. The winning poem will become the basis of a song, written and produced by Los Lonely Boys and presented, along with a video of the performance of the song, for non-commercial, community education and awareness.

Newest Inland Empire CVM partners:
Inland Empire CVM is now in the High Desert! Please welcome the newest members of the CVM network:

Desert Manna
Moses House
Victor Valley Domestic Violence Shelter
High Desert Homeless Shelter
High Desert Center
Desert Communities United Way
Salvation Army of Victorville
Mojave Valley United Way

If your organization is interested in participating, please contact the CVM manager at 909-980-2857 ext. 243.