SEPTEMBER TOPIC: EVENT-BASED FUNDRAISING Thursday, September 14, 2017 | 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Jericho Road Pasadena CLICK HERE TO RSVP GUEST PRESENTER: ANTHONY GUTHMILLER Meet Anthony: Fundraising Consultant Anthony was the Development Director, then the Executive Director…
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Free English and Citizenship Classes
The San Gabriel Valley Literacy Council (sgvlc.org) offers free English and Citizenship classes throughout our community; the fall semester starts Sept. 18. Visit their website or download the attached flier for more details.
Lagunitas Brewing is Accepting Grant Applications
Lagunitas Brewing Company has a Community Grants Project is accepting applications between Sept. 1 – 28. Get more information at https://lagunitas.com/grant-program.
Neighborhood Leadership Institute Starts Sept. 12
Collaborate PASadena (collaboratepasadena.org) is hosting the Neighborhood Leadership Institute, a 10-week, grassroots training opportunity for anyone wanting to become more involved in the community with 3 big take-aways: Knowledge, Tools and Relationships. Offered in English…
Baboons and Kangaroos and Foxes, Oh My!
Meet Chrissy, a precocious baboon who lives at a nonprofit called Animal Tracks, located near Agua Dulce. Chrissy is one of over 3 dozen exotic animals at Animal Tracks, including rare foxes, kangaroos, monkeys, porcupines,…
Thanks, Skilled Volunteers!
Between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017 (our fiscal year), Jericho Road Pasadena’s skilled volunteers provided 2,720 hours hours of pro time, worth $253,100 to local organizations! Our nonprofit clients in the past year…
Using Volunteers Strategically
Five Acres (5acres.org) promotes safety, well-being and permanency for children and their families, and they use lots of volunteers to provide these critical services. Their new Volunteer Coordinator, Sue, wanted to make sure she was…
Taste wine and transform lives with Flintridge Center!
Support Flintridge Center by joining us for socializing, wine tasting, and appetizers at the beautiful Oakmont Country Club. Flintridge has been working to break the cycle of poverty and violence in the San Gabriel Valley…
Do You Serve on a Nonprofit Board?
If you are currently a nonprofit board member, you are invited to Jericho Road Pasadena’s Effective Board workshop on Wednesday, September 20, 2017, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. This workshop will give you the orientation you wish you’d had before you joined a board!…
Help stop a bill blocking government contracts – act by Fri Aug 18
Jan Masaoka of CalNonprofits writes: I’m writing because we nonprofits are in a battle and your help is needed. Please join us in signing a letter opposing AB 1250. In June, we warned you about AB 1250,…
Nonprofits and Generation Z
Aside from youth-serving organizations, most nonprofits haven’t even started thinking about how to engage Generation Z, born after 1996. This is a great introduction to some of the values emerging from American’s youngest generation: https://trust.guidestar.org/nonprofits-and-generation-z?utm_campaign=GuideStar%20Newsletter%20-%20Nonprofits&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=54423996&_hsenc=p2ANqtz–gBQvAeOqRHAeceNiS-cQGu7OtmSidQYvQS3S2UCF51Yq9mIde_TwzAivfHRlvWlZfryrySVPy-saWP6JxOvwFYz2oBg&_hsmi=54423996
New Era of Civic Engagement
Individual giving rose to record highs in 2016. Thanks to Michael Stein for this great article in TechSoup about how nonprofits can sustain the high levels of civic engagement.