Greetings! It's scorching hot in San Jose and freezing cold in San Francisco. You guessed it - it's summer in the Bay Area! As the season rolls by, we wanted to catch you up on recent happenings here at Opportunity Fund and give you a preview of what's to come in the near future. Whether at home, behind your desk at work or, perhaps, enjoying some R&R, we hope this finds you well and look forward to connecting in the coming months. -Eric Weaver, Founder & CEO
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You're Invited! Taste of Microfinance
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Love food? Love microfinance? Celebrate with us!  |
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September 27th
5:30-8:30pm
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
201 Mission Street
San Francisco
Food festival & cocktail party celebrating
entrepreneurship & microfinance in the local food scene!
Join hundreds of Bay Area food lovers, microfinance enthusiasts, investors
and civic leaders for an evening of culinary delights, networking, cocktails
and live music, with proceeds benefiting Opportunity Fund's microfinance clients.
www.tasteofmicrofinance.eventbrite.com 
Tasting Menu
Enjoy cuisine from six up-and-coming culinary
entrepreneurs serving Ethiopian, Mexican and
Japanese bites, plus cupcakes and more!
Tickets
$40 in advance; $50 at the door
(includes entry, tastings & open bar).
Featuring
Benefiting: Opportunity Fund
Presented by: BBVA Compass
Special thanks: La Cocina
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Microfinance USA Conference Recap
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| Triumph! |
Microfinance USA - held May 23-24 in New York - was a rousing success! Over two days, more than 850 people joined us in our vision to build a microfinance movement in the United States that is high-impact, broad-reaching, and does right by the consumer. We debated; we celebrated; we learned; and new ideas were born.
Watch videos>>
You can watch video archives from the most popular plenary sessions online, including the much buzzed about debate: Balancing Act: Mission, Profit & Impact in Microfinance.
Keep talking>>
Microfinance USA 2011 heated up the blogosphere as never before! Catch reactions, recaps and debates that continue to sizzle online, including posts by: Timothy Ogden; Tom Murphy; Megan Fielding; Jonathan Morduch; David Roodman; Jonathan Lewis; Susan Davis ; and more!
Thanks for supporting us as we help to expand financial services and opportunities across America. See you next time!
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From Our Blog: Fiscal Year 2011 - That's a wrap (and we're in the black)!
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New Products, New Places
by Eric Weaver, Opportunity Fund CEO
Published July 27, 2011 |
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Our 2011 fiscal year ended on June 30th. During the year, Opportunity Fund launched new products to help working families, and we engaged audiences in new places in our efforts to build the domestic microfinance movement. As we close the books on another great year providing financial services to our community, we want to share highlights of our work that your investment helped us to achieve.
 We launched Start2Save, our new microsavings initiative that helps underbanked families build emergency savings. Start2Save gives hardworking people-like Felicia, who supports her husband and grandson on a job that was cut back to 15 hours a week-a chance to build their own safety net by matching their savings in a rainy day fund. Through Start2Save, Felicia is taking the first step toward long-term financial stability. Keep reading>>
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| Job Openings: Seeking Entrepreneurial, Committed People |
Join our growing team!
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A warm welcome to our newest staff members: Miguel, Young, Laura and Gerardo!
We are currently recruiting for four positions:
+ Senior Individual Giving Officer
+ IDA Account Administrator
+ Small Business Database & IT Project Manager
+ Small Business Outside Sales / Loan Consultant
Visit our Careers page to learn more - and please spread the word to your network!
p.s. Join our group on Linkedin to stay connected. 
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