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Keenan Hartman
Jordan Kennedy
Harrison High School
Jefferson High School
Shantaya Ley
Abigail McClure
McCutcheon High School
McCutcheon High School
Newsletter
Click
here
to view our Spring 2008 issue.
Training Opportunities in the
Community
If you are interested in seeing a list of
training workshops that have been publicized to The
Community Foundation of Greater Lafayette, click
here. If you
would like your training program listed, email the
information to
Cheryl Ubelhor, Program Director.
Not-For-Profit Board
Governance Series Launched!
This Series is currently SOLD OUT. Please
do not apply now; we will not be able to consider your
application. We will post information about future
education programs, when it is available, on this web
page.
A
continuing education series designed to improve the
effectiveness of nonprofit organizations by
strengthening boards of directors has been developed by
The Community Foundation and is being jointly sponsored by NCHS,
United Way of Greater Lafayette, and The Foundation. This series is especially
designed for the volunteer leaders on the Boards of Not-For-Profit Corporations.
Click
here for more
information.
Free Web Link to Community Information
and Referrals!
Thanks to funding by The Community
Foundation of Greater Lafayette, the Tippecanoe
Department of Child Services, and United Way of Greater
Lafayette, the Lafayette Crisis Center has launched
their comprehensive human service database on the web.
This service is free and, like all Crisis Center
services, available every hour of every day. Click
here to
check it out!
Stopping Child Abuse-Neglect
Initiative
The next Youth Workers Cafe is on
Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 11:30am - 1:30pm, Big
Brothers/Big Sisters in Lafayette. Event is free but you must RSVP in
advance to attend! Contact Jillian Miller at INRN
inrn@glvb.org or
(765) 413-6049. THANKS to Indiana
Youth Institute for funding the event!
For reports on activities in our
community, click
here.
The Our Kids Are Our Community!
Council
has been very active in our community. Visit
www.ourkidstippecanoe.org
for more info!
Community Alliances to Promote
Education (CAPE)
In September 2005, The Lilly Endowment approved The
Community Foundation of Greater Lafayette’s Community
Alliances to Promote Education (CAPE) proposal, awarding
$1.5 million for an early childhood education initiative
in Tippecanoe County. The grant administrator is the
Community and Family Resource Center. The goal of the
CAPE initiative is improved educational attainment for
under-served residents.
Click
here to read the press release.
The CAPE evaluation study has begun. Click
here to see the
informative poster.
Philanthropy Marketplace
Open for Business
Shopping around for a way to spend your
charitable dollars, but not sure what to fund?
Wondering what nonprofit organizations around the
Greater Lafayette area need? Wish there was a one-stop
shop to survey local needs?
Now there is – The Community
Foundation of Greater Lafayette ’s Philanthropy Marketplace.
Philanthropy Marketplace connects donors and local charitable organizations.
It allows donors to help in a very specific way by
linking them with projects that fit their interests.
The Marketplace web pages list area
organizations, projects, and contact information.
It’s easy to use: simply browse the listings; when you
find something they want to fund, contact the
organization or visit their website for more
information.
Check it out now – click
here
to start shopping!
Charitable Gift Annuities Offered
The Community
Foundation of Greater Lafayette has always offered a variety of ways for
donors to fulfill their charitable wishes. Now we have
added yet another alternative to our list of gift
options: the charitable gift annuity. For an
overview, click
here;
for more information
contact
the foundation
for details.
Annual Report
Click
here to view
the 2006 Annual Report.
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