NON PROFIT BOARD LEADERSHIP TRAINING

2010 Higher Education

Program Excellance Award Recipient 

For the second year in a row, the Butler County United Way will work in collaboration with Miami University's Corporate Community Institute to develop the Nonprofit Board Leadership Certificate Program.  This program is designed to provide individuals with the foundation and comprehensive knowledge base needed to be an outstanding nonprofit board member.

Board Members are responsible for managing fiscal and legal related issues, addressing current and future challenges, and help create the vision of the non-profit. 

This year's program is generously sponsored by Clark Schaefer Hacket and Graydon Head.

For more information about the training program visit the program's web page or call (513)863-0800.  

Support America's Day of Service

and Remembrance by kicking off

our United Way Campaign and

taking part in our Community-Wide

Day of Caring- Fall 2011!

Friday, September 9, 2011

7:30a.m. - 9:00a.m.

Wingate by Wyndham

7500 Tyler's Place Blvd.

West Chester, OH 45069

Breakfast:

$20, or $15 for Day of Caring Team members

RSVP by September 2nd by calling 513-863-0800

Well, these are clearly the Dog Days of Summer - a phrase whose origin I don't know. But it sure has been hotter than almost all of us would like it to be. At home, my own air conditioning was out for a week or so, and I don't ever remember being so uncomfortable, as the temperature hovered in the mid-90s day after day, even though I grew up in a home in Wichita without air conditioning! ("It's a DRY heat," we used to say.)

Anyway, this heat is on my mind so much because at some point during my week without air conditioning, I was reminded there are many families in our community who face each hot summer without air conditioning, or who may have air conditioning but don't run it because of the impact on their utility bill.

That's why it was so nice to get a call Friday morning from our friend Tim Abbott at Duke Energy, who was calling me in response to an email he had received from Stephanie Raker in our office. Tim wanted us to know that Duke had decided to make $20,000 available for fans and air conditioners to those in need, $2,500 of which would be set aside for folks in the Butler County United Way service area.

We quickly contacted SELF, the Salvation Army and Mercy Franciscan at St. Raphael's to ask for their help and they all started reaching out to their sources to find as many fans and air conditioners as they could. We enlisted 2-1-1 as the contact point for families in need, and prepared a press release, so people could learn about the opportunity.

I am unsure whether all of the fans and air conditioners have been claimed yet. If they haven't been, they certainly will not be available long. I am sure there are many thanks owed:

• To Stephanie for initiating the inquiry,
• To Tim Abbott and our friends at Duke for making the funds available,
• To SELF, Salvation Army and St. Raph's for making the acquisition and distribution happen,
• To 2-1-1 for spreading the word.

This is really what we do every day at the Butler County United Way - we connect resources to critical community needs. We do it quickly, efficiently and in a way designed to achieve as much as possible with the resources available. When you want to address a critical community need, we hope you will think of the Butler County United Way as the best vehicle to make good things happen.

 Bruce