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Issue 37, 8/6/13
Invite Participation
Every Tuesday, from the optimistic view of my vision, readers of the Collective Impact newsletter diligently share the information with their friends, colleagues and relatives. Gradually and effectively, the problems of a community are resolved.
There is no question in my mind that if we support the nonprofits that are on the ground working hard to solve problems in the community, we will all reach a better level of health and security. It's really up to us. We can we rise to the challenge, open our hearts with compassion and trust, and the health of our community will improve.
I invite you to join the dedicated staff and volunteers whose unrelenting focus is to make life better. Their efforts affect us all, whether we use their services or not, because we are a community. We have capacity to support them, to solve problems, and to create sustainability. To quote Jesse G. Jennings, PhD. in SOM magazine, "Responsibility is knowing that we have what it takes because we are what it takes."
Participate today, forward the newsletter to five or more of your friends and colleagues, ask them to donate and to forward the news on to their connections. Wouldn't that exponentially be worth your effort?
Best wishes,
JenniferFounder jdurand@impactgrantmaking.com
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ORGANIZATIONS COVERING MULTIPLE COUNTIES
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HIV Alliance - Care Packages
Support for care packages of hygiene products for their clients with this devastating disease. Service area includes: Lane, Douglas, Josephine, Jackson, Klamath, Lake, Coos, Curry, Lincoln, Clatsop, and Marion Counties. Goal $10,000
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Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon - Breast Health Initiative
Funding for free breast examinations, professional screening, and diagnostic care, and outreach for uninsured women. Goal $36,000 Read More
Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon - Electronic Health Records Seeks funding to purchase EHR equipment and provide comprehensive staff training in order to improve patient care. Goal: $75,000 Read More
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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
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 More
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Womenspace - Safe House
Funding for the Safe House project to improve access and safety of the environment around the facility. Goal: $4,950
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Huerto de la Familia
There is a need for Latino immigrants to have a long-term solution to food security. Seeking funding for their Organic Garden Education Program. Impact 60 families and 260 children. Goal: $6,000
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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 More
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 More
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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 More
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WellMama - Grant WriterSeeks support to hire a part-time Grant Writer to help increase funding for their clients who experience pregnancy and postpartum depression and anxiety issues.
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Boys & Girls Club of the Greater Santiam (Lebanon and Sweet Home)- 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
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 More
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Willamette Farm and Food Coalition
The Willamette Farm and Food Coalition (WFFC) has been connecting farmers and consumers in Lane County for the past decade. With a mission of facilitating the development of a secure and sustainable food system, we work to promote locally grown and raised foods and to educate consumers about the benefits of eating locally.
WFFC envisions a secure and sustainable food system as one in which:
- our farms and food businesses are both ecologically and economically viable;
- our agricultural lands are supporting a larger percentage of our food needs;
- and all members of our community have access to locally produced foods.
WFFC is widely recognized as an essential community resource. In our role as "benevolent broker" we have provided connections and convenience to consumers at all levels (households, businesses, and institutions). The 10th anniversary issue of our popular Locally Grown Guide to Sourcing Local Foods was published this year.We distribute 25,000 free copies of this consumer resource annually. Locally Grown is also available online with a fully searchable farm and product index.
WFFC's Farm to School Program serves as a model for the state and has successfully assisted four school districts in increasing their purchases of Lane County and Oregon grown produce, in addition to educating hundreds of elementary school children about where their food comes from. WFFC serves as Oregon's lead agency for the National Farm to School Network, providing technical assistance and support to Farm to School programs throughout Oregon.
Over the next two years, WFFC will implement a collaborative consumer education and marketing campaign called Lane County Food makes Dollars and Sense. The campaign will use strategic relationships, consistent messages, and coordinated media to increase the demand for locally produced foods on a county-wide scale. We are confident that increasing consumer demand for Lane County products will not only keep more dollars circulating close to home, but will increase food sector job growth as well as our long term food self-reliance.
Visit our website: www.lanefood.org
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Willamette Farm & Food Coalition
Educational Programs
Funding for the Farm to School and Family Outreach educational program to improve students and their families nutrition and health. Goal: $30,000 Read More
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St. Vincent de Paul - La Pine
Food Drive Campaign
Funding needed to develop and implement neighborhood food drives with other local social service agencies.
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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 More
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ARC 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 More
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.
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Science Factory Children's Museum
Science Factory's goal is to bring in PreK children during the 2013 through 2015 school years for enrichment and educational programs. Goal: $5,000 Read More
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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 More
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