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Senzeni Na:
Please join us for the 3rd annual Volunteer Opportunities and Poverty Awareness Fair on October 15-17. The theme of this year's Fair will be: Article 25 of the Declaration of Human Rights that poverty is a human rights issue, and the power of music in creating social change. We're calling the Fair Senzeni NA, as it is reflective of the Fair's mission: as in "What have we done" ...to cause poverty? ...to help those in need? ...and LOOK what we have done! The Fair is held annually to connect volunteers with nonprofits and to raise awareness of poverty.
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Zulu for "What have we done?" |
If you would like to help with any of the events, from baking cookies for the bake sale or closing reception to being a hostess at the Fair to donating a mystery item for the "Jelly Bean Auction" to planning and organizing, or donating a service such as printing, copying, sound equipment etc., please contact Cathie at 978-463-0507 or 2cents4change@gmail.com.
We are also looking for sponsors of the Senzeni Na Fair and are asking businesses and/or individuals to make a donation of just $10 to help us cover the costs of the fair. As you know, Pennies annual operating expenses for 2009 is just $2,000 so you know we will "penny pinch" and stretch your donations! Extra funds that are not needed for the Fair will fund Pennies 2010 budget and/or be donated to the 2 Cent Grant Fund. Please consider sending a check to Pennies for Poverty and note on the memo line: "Fair" and you'll be listed in the Senzeni Na program book as a sponsor! Thank you for your continued support!
For more information, please click here!
NONPROFIT SPOTLIGHTS:
Pennies for Poverty: 2 Cents 4 Change, Inc. is sponsoring "Nonprofit Spotlights" on Media One in order to increase public awareness of available services and programs as well as providing added visibility for local non-profits that may be looking for people/organizations for extra help to bridge the gap during budget short-falls. Let's get to know our area non-profits and the programs and people who work to make our neighborhood in the world a better place to live.
Non Profits: Would you like your nonprofit to be spotlighted for a half hour Media One "Non Profit Spotlight" in-depth look at what you do? Send Jay an email to arrange for a taping! Do you have a specific event that you would like advertised? Let us know and we will create a PowerPoint slide which will be displayed during the normal Channel 10 public service announcements. For more information or to sign up to be spotlighted, please contact Jay Jorgenson at: jorgensonj@aol.com.
New Common CENTS Programs - We call them Common CENTS because it just makes sense to work together:
A new program, the Common CENTS Garden in collaboration with the First Parish Church of Newbury, will grow vegetables for the local food pantries. Any group, organization, individuals, businesses who would like to help us launch this program for a garden in 2009 by donating a plot of land, money, seeds, or just be a part of the planning please contact Pennies for Poverty. A flyer with more information is available here.
Another exciting new program is a Common CENTS Resource Bank of individuals who have special skills that they are willing to donate to help individuals—from home budgeting to nutrition education to taxes to computers to resumes and work skills! The potential list of needs is as varied as the individuals who live in our community. Send us an email if you would like to sign up!
OTHER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:
Be a Pennies Presenter and help us spread the word by doing speeches and presentations! Write articles for the Pennies Newsletter. Bloggers, myspace & facebook: give us a shout-out and link! Join the Pennies Board! Host a Penny Party: Invite your friends and ask them to bring 2 cents & 2 cans to donate! Raise awareness about poverty. Help with an event. Have an idea for a new project? Send us an email!
Looking for a speaker?
Looking for someone to speak to your club, church, organization, board or other company group? We'd be happy to come out and talk about what the Pennies for Poverty: 2 Cents 4 Change is all about.
2 Cent Grant Funding:
Help us fund the 2 Cent Grant by donating just 2 cents a day or $7.30 a year! Just save your pennies; write a check and deposit at one of the 4 local banks that have 2 cent accounts (Institution for Savings, Eastern Bank, Provident Bank, or 5 Cent Savings Bank). Please help us fund books for literacy programs, fresh vegetables for the food pantries, and other programs and new initiatives! One hundred percent of the money donated to the grant is awarded to local organizations or individuals that work to reduce poverty here in Newburyport.
Pennies for Poverty Program Funding:
If 200 people donated just $10, we would have our annual budget covered! We are a program run by volunteers from the community, funded by the community, for the benefit of the community.