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Issue 27, 5/28/13
A Great Investment
There's excitement in the air for children as school winds down for summer and their parents begin looking for activities to keep their children safe and engaged.
In every community there are several organizations that host summer programs for youth, such as Boys and Girls Clubs, YMCAs and the Parks and Recreation Centers, to name a few.
If you're looking for a worthy project to support this summer, how about a facility that provides educational, creative, and athletic activities for boys and girls? Two very important aspects of kids attending these centers is that they are fed three healthy meals per day, which they might not otherwise receive at home, and, they are in a supervised environment. These programs teach so many things: cooperation, values, character, nutrition, team spirit, collaboration - the list goes on and on.
For you, it's a great investment because your donation contributes positively to the present and future of a community. Anything we do for kids now, to further enhance their development, is an investment in everyone's future.
So please, take a look in your community to see where children go to have an enriching summer experience, then take action by supporting youth registrations, and watch your investment flourish!
Please note: For your convenience, I'm in the process of adding "Donate Now" buttons to each proposal which will take you direct to the nonprofit's website.
Best wishes,
Jennifer
Jennifer Durand, Founder
jdurand@impactgrantmaking.com
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EarthShare Oregon - Outreach
Programs in the Workplace
Support for outreach programs into the workplace to engage employees in environmental events and "green teams". Goal: $300,000 Read Proposal
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ORCO Arts - Sound Equipment Upgrades
The sound equipment currently used to support our program is outdated, large and too heavy to move easily. Upgrading our equipment so that youth can perform more frequently and with greater ease allowing them to perfect skills both as performers and technical crew. Goal: $3,900 Read Proposal
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Cobb Children's Learning Center
Child Care Furnishings
CCLC provides childcare for low-income families and/or women going through the Crossroad's residential drug/alcohol treatment. CCLC is the only childcare provider in Douglas County offering care to families where parents are in the six-month long residential treatment program. Need funds for toddler tables, shelving, easels and mirrors. Goal: $5,200 Read Proposal
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Rogue Opera - Enhance Marketing
Seeks funds to retain a marketing consulting firm to develop and implement social media strategies, brand awareness advertising in the programs of our cultural partners in the Valley and beyond, and specific marketing campaigns. Goal: Matching challenge grant of $10,000 Read Proposal
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Womenspace, Inc.
Walk-In Advocacy Services
To raise funding to revive their Emergency Walk-In Advocacy Services for intimate partner violence victims. Funding will support a full-time, bilingual advocate to serve survivors.
Goal: $50,000
Read Proposal
Sponsors, Inc. Crisis FundTheir "Crisis Fund" needs funding to pay for bus passes, identification cards, emergency medical assistance, prescriptions for residential clients recently released from correctional institutions. Goal: $10,000 Read Proposal
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Pearl Buck Center
Program/Operating Support
Current focus is on program's quality, efficiency, sustainability, and remaining a valuable community resource for people affected by developmental disabilities. Need general program support rather than restricted funds to allow us the flexibility to adapt quickly, and to allocate support to the areas of greatest need. Goal: $40,000 Read Proposal
ARC of Lane County
Respite Program
To add 12 Saturdays per year for their Take-A Break respite program. Gives parents a break from their child with an intellectual development disability. Goal: $25,000 Read Proposal
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Parenting Now! (formerly Birth to Three) Program Support
Parenting Now! is close to achieving our goal for the year for funding our Children's Program. Donations and grants of any and all sizes will help provide fun and developmentally appropriate programs for up to 400 children while their parents participate in our critical parenting programs. Revised Goal: $4,500
Eugene Public Library Foundation
The Homework Center & Live Homework Help
Need funding for the Homework Center programs serving students from 4J and Bethel school districts. In 2012, over 6,600 students received help. Goal: $40,000 Read Proposal
Eugene Education Foundation
BEST After School Program
Seeks community support to sustain and grow BEST After School Program which serves over 300 students and families in need at little to no cost. Of the 300 students currently being served, 50% are students of color and 81% are students who receive free and reduced lunch (indication of family living in poverty).
Goal: $65,000 per school (4 schools) to leverage the academic investment of Eugene School District funds. Read Proposal
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PARENTING NOW!
(formerly Birth To Three)
Parenting Now! strengthens families and promotes the well-being of children through parent education and support. Since 1978, Parenting Now! has provided direct services to more than 93,000 parents and children. They tell us:
"We got so much useful information from our parent educator and other parents. It gave me a lot of tools to help raise my son."
"Now I can take 3 deep breaths instead of yell at my child. I will finish high school and our daughter will have a good life."
One of our exercises makes the point that parenting is a lifelong commitment. Parents are told to imagine their child as a young adult leaving home. The parent educator then asks, "What kinds of experiences, skills and values do you want to pack in your child's suitcase when they move out into the world?"
One parent says, "With big life decisions my husband and I have had to make, I always think of [the suitcase exercise]. Our experience in the group had a huge impact on all of our lives."
Research shows that effective parenting is linked to decreased rates of child abuse and neglect; better physical, cognitive and emotional development that adds to kindergarten readiness; and increased parental knowledge of child development and parenting skills. Parenting Now! also sells its curricula and trains parent educators so more families around the world have a foundation for raising children who are healthy, happy adults.
Our mission is that all children will be raised by nurturing, skilled parents. Visit Parenting Now! at http://www.parentingnow.org.
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Boys & Girls Club of the Greater Santiam - Summer Adventures
The B&G Club seeks funds to provide an enhanced summer program for East Linn County children. The Summer Adventure is designed to engage elementary age children in fun, educational, well-supervised activities that they might not otherwise experience due to lack of affordable care options suitable for this age range, summer learning loss, lack of family resources to pay for "summer fun activities. Goal: $52,786
Sweet Home Emergency Ministries (SHEM) - Front Door Replacement
Needs funds to replace the current front door as it does not provide a weather-tight seal, and safe, secure access to enter and exit the building. The proposed replacement door will provide durable, secure protection of the premises. Comes equipped with a commercial grade lever entrance lock-set. Goal:$975.00 Read Proposal
Little Promises Children's Program - Security System
Seeking to install a comprehensive security system, to ensure that all who enter building are authorized and/or cleared to enter. Exterior cameras will assist in keeping grounds secure from unwanted visitors (as well as the occasional cougar sighted in the area). Goal: $45,237 Read Proposal
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Friends of Buford Park & Mt. Pisgah -
Sponsor a Plot!
Want to have a bit of IMPACT for the good of the greater Mt. Pisgah area? Look no further than the Friends' Native Seed Nursery at Buford Park. As a Seed Plot Sponsor, you'll help restore our natural heritage, provide beauty for people and food for wildlife, and create a future filled with flowers instead of weeds in our backyard wilderness! Goal: 89 plots available to sponsor!
- $250 (10' x 10' plot)
- $500 (10' x 40' plot)
- $1000 (10' x 100' plot)
Read Proposal
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Community LendingWorks -
Fund A Farmer or Food Business
Your gift will support a seasonal loan for a farmer or seasonal market vendor through their Market Loan program. Goal: $500 per Farmer Read Proposal
NEDCO - Sprout! Kitchen Supplies
Support for local food by purchasing kitchen supplies for the entrepreneurs who will use the Sprout! Regional Food Hub. Goal: $10 to $500+ Read Proposal and Donate Now
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South Willamette FFA Foundation - Increase Awareness and Expand
The South Willamette FFA Foundation seeks support for raising awareness, garnering public interest and support, building consensus among regional schools, and helping a Creswell High School teacher receive the required endorsement to teach technical assistance and establish an FFA chapter. Goal: $10,000 Read Proposal
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WellMama 24/7 Online Support Project
To expand 24/7 Online Support Program to include bi-lingual volunteer, handle social outreach programs and written materials to increase awareness of services. Goal: $20,400 Read Proposal
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The Trauma Healing Project - Services to Traumatized Individuals
Need funding for trauma sensitive body-based therapies in a safe environment for people who have experienced emotional trauma and are making efforts to heal. Goal: $20,000 Read Proposal
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The Register Guard and United Way of Lane County are requesting volunteer of the month nominations for June and July.Your volunteers deserve the honor and praise of being recognized--here is the form to fill out! PDF of Form
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