As we wrap up the first quarter of 2012 and embark on the second quarter of the year, I just want to say thank you to all of our members, friends, and family who have supported our first quarter charity-Second Harvest Food Bank. We were able to make three drops to the food bank and will also provide them with a monetary donation thanks to all who bought raffle tickets at either our CLE seminars or the Joint JA mixer.  We had our first all day seminar this past weekend and it was a HUGE success thanks to all of you.
 
As we head into Spring at full speed, please take a few moments to check out CFPA's calendar posted on our website for all the upcoming events.
 
Our Second Quarter Charity is the "Coalition for the Homeless". I am so excited about this project. I encourage you to come out and bring your children to these projects. We will be serving breakfast in the Center for Women and Families on a few Saturdays during this quarter. Stayed tuned for dates and contact our volunteer coordinator if you are interested in volunteering at volunteers@cfpainc.org. It is a great lesson not only to children but to each of us to count our blessings and help to build up those around you who are struggling.  We will be accepting monetary donations and items that we can provide to the Coalition to help assist those who use the facility.
 
I am very happy to announce our "Volunteer Corner" which will be a new addition to our newsletter. Although we as an organization have charities that we support quarterly, we are also aware that our members work with more than just the charities designated by CFPA. Therefore, if you have any charitable organizations, fundraisers, or would simply like to put a team together to support a charity in a walk/run we are providing you an opportunity to share it with us. It does not matter how you help your community or what organizations you are more inclined to donate your time, what matters is that you give and we want to support you. If you have any events or fundraisers you support and would like to have something posted, please provide those to me at President@cfpainc.org or Editor@cfpainc.org and we will add them to our volunteer corner.
 
 Our Bylaws Committee is working hard on revising and updating our current Bylaws. Please look for information to be sent out as we finish up working on these Bylaws revisions and gear up for voting this quarter.

If you are planning to take the CP Examination in May, please register now as the deadline is approaching. Our partnership with ITT Technical Institute has been a tremendous success and if you have not yet taken advantage of this deal to become Certified, now is a great opportunity. For more information on how to become Certified, please contact Nancy Jordhal at Nalaliaison@cfpainc.org. If you have questions regarding testing center registration, please contact Testing@cfpainc.org.
 
I hope you have enjoyed our CLE courses thus far. The CLE committee has been working hard to bring you CLE courses that are relevant to you and that will help you stay up to date and keep those skills refreshed! Stay tuned for April's seminar on Technology and Medical Presentations.

We appreciate The Presentation Group's sponsorship of our newsletter this month and as a supportive Patron Member of CFPA. If you wish to know more about The Presentation Group, please click on their logo below which is linked to their web site.

Have a great month! I look forward to seeing each of you!

   

Peonca Grier, CP, FRP
Certified Paralegal/Florida Registered Paralegal
CFPA President - 2012
President@cfpainc.org

 

CFPA will be serving Breakfast at the Center for Women and Families on the following dates: 

  

Saturday, May 19th @ 7:30 a.m.

Saturday, June 16th @ 7:30 a.m.     

 

      

 

Any monetary donations can be made payable to Coalition for the Homeless and mailed to Peonca Grier at CFPA, Inc., P.O. Box 1107, Orlando, FL 32802-1107 or you can email President@cfpainc.org  to make arrangements for pick up.      

   
To volunteer for this event please email Antoinette Braga at Volunteers@cfpainc.org. 

 

 

   

 

 

Nancy Jordahl, CP, FRP

CFPA NALA Liaison

Nalaliaison@cfpainc.org 

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