Comm.UNITY Forum: Helping With Your TO DO List

• photographer for dinner
• redesign website
• poster campaign
• fliers for walkathon
• brochure design
• new newsletter template
• create promo video

Last year, comm.UNITY helped local nonprofits by providing communication solutions. Now, we want to know how we can help your organization. We are a student-run organization at Syracuse University. Our 70+ members aim to help local nonprofits design and implement sustainable communications plans. We want you to speak up.

What does your organization need? Last year, we designed fliers and brochures, developed fundraising posters, created promotional videos and even helped publish a book.

Come to the 2nd annual comm.UNITY forum, in partnership with United Way, to see how we can check a few tasks off your list.
visit us: http://comm.unity.syr.edu/
what can we do for your To Do list?

Join Us at the Gifford Community Room, United Way, 518 James Street on:
Wednesday, September 9 9-10:30 AM
OR Thursday, September 10 5-6:30 PM
Please RSVP by September 4 to commrelations@gmail.com

Have you ever thought about facilitating a workshop?

Presented by the The Children’s Consortium
2122 Erie Blvd. East Syracuse, NY 13224
www.childrensconsortium.org

Become a Ready, Set, Parent! Facilitator!

Ready, Set, Parent! offers an 8 week Infant & Toddler Workshop Series where parents can find
support and solutions to their parenting concerns.

Ready, Set, Parent! would like to offer workshops throughout Onondaga County and are in need of qualified facilitators!

If you are 18yrs. or older, enthusiastic, reliable, have relevant experience and have a flexible schedule where you are able to facilitate regularly, we welcome you to apply!

If you haven’t done so already, you will need to enroll in a FREE two-day, October 2nd and 3rd, EPIC facilitator training.
For more information, please call: Liz Sapio at (315) 471-8331

Bringing Deaf and Hearing Worlds Together

WHOLE ME, Inc. 6th Annual Dinner
A Deaf Awareness Week Event
Saturday, September 12th, 2009
6:00—9:00 PM
Located in the Empire Room at the NYS Fairgrounds
Syracuse, NY

The keynote speakers for the evening are seven Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing high school students that will present on the topic: “Learning from the Past, Living in the Present, & Building the Future.”

Tickets for the event are $40 each.
Please mail your reservations and payment to:
WHOLE ME, Inc. 1015 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse, NY 13209. For more information please call 315-468-3275 or e-mail info@wholemeinc.com

1st Annual WHOLE ME, Inc. 5K Walk/Run Fundraiser

Sunday, September 20, 2009
5K walk/run start: 11:00am
Registration begins at 10:00am
½ mile kids’ fun run start: 10:30am
Saw Mill Creek Shelter, East Shore Recreational Trail at Onondaga Lake Park
Parking at Willow Bay Parking Lot
• Race starts at the Saw Mill Creek Shelter, down and back race.
• T-shirts guaranteed for pre-registered 5Krunners/walkers.
• Register by September 13th: 5K walk/run $20 per person,
$25 after 9/13 and day of race. Kids’ ½ mile fun-run FREE.
WHOLE ME Inc.
1015 State Fair Blvd.
Syracuse, NY 13209
For applications go to www.wholemeinc.com

CNY Latino Resource

The CNY Latino is organizing and promoting three (3) significant events,that might be of interest for you:
SYRACUSE LATINO CRUISE August 29 and September 5
LATINO POLITICAL TOWN-HALL MEETING September 4
DOMINO TOURNAMENT September 19 & 20

All 3 programs are culturally based and will bring unique and affordable Hispanic entertainment to everyone in Central New York.

For information about these events (and many other upcoming ones), reply tothis email (promotions@cnylatino.com) requesting more details, or go to www.CNYLatino.com, or call HUGO at (315) 415-8593

Meet the Grantmakers Events

Join the Central New York Community Foundation, The Gifford Foundation and The Allyn Foundation at one of two informative sessions, featuring a new interactive format.

Attendees will learn about each of the featured funders, acquire a better understanding of each funder’s strategic approach to grantmaking and network with others in the nonprofit community.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009
8:00 - 10:00 AM
SUNY Oswego Metro Center
The Atrium
2 Clinton Square, Syracuse

Presenters:
The Central New York Community Foundation
The Gifford Foundation
The Allyn Foundation

Wednesday, September 2, 2009
3:00 - 5:00 PM
Oneida Community Mansion House
170 Kenwood Ave, Oneida

Presenters:
The Central New York Community Foundation
The Gifford Foundation

Reserve your spot now!
RSVP to Theresa McNeally at (315) 422-9538 ext. 218 or Theresa@cnycf.org

Getting A Foundation's Perspective

Looking for insight into what foundations will be talking about this year? Take a look at the following announcement for the Private Foundation Summit set for September 17-18.

The Private Foundation Summit, sponsored by PESI Law & Accounting, will take place on September 17th and 18th in Seattle, WA. At the Summit, eleven of the nation's leading experts on private foundations will present effective solutions and ideas to cope with the additional demands and burdens of tough economic times!

The Private Foundation Summit will feature true thought leaders in philanthropy, including the Keynote speaker, Mr. Alex Friedman, CFO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Also featured is Mr. Matthew Bishop, Chief Business Writer, The Economist and co-author of Philanthrocapitalism: How the Rich Can Save the World. Matthew Bishop is looking forward to being a part of the Summit and stated, "As the problems facing society grow, private foundations are needed - and needed to be effective - more than ever."

Jody Blazek, CPA and co-author with Bruce Hopkins of Private Foundations: Tax Law and Compliance 3rd Edition, welcomes the resurgence of private foundations, as advisors and philanthropists realize the former advantages of donor advised funds and supporting organizations that were removed by the Pension Protection Act of 2006.

This two-day summit promises to be practical, innovative and insightful for private foundation leaders, payout and investment strategists, management and operations officers, grant makers, grantee assessors, accountants, attorneys and financial institutions. Faculty from The Gates Foundation, Clark Nuber, Blazek & Vetterling, Adler & Colvin, Foundation Source, Polsinelli Shughart, The Seattle Foundation, the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, and Davis, Wright and Tremaine, will present current issues and offer practical solutions for private foundations. They will address complex strategic issues confronting private foundations during these tough economic times.

The Private Foundation Summit offers a unique opportunity to learn, network and gain the needed tools to strategically propel private foundations forward. Jane Searing, shareholder of Clark Nuber commented, "This summit is one of a kind. It is a rare occurrence to have access to this level of private foundation thought leaders at one event."

To register for the Summit visit www.pesilaw.com or call 800-844-8260 for more information. Please call for group rates.