Clorox Announces New Grant Initiative to Fund Youth Programs

Clorox Announces New Grant Initiative to Fund Youth Programs

Clorox Clean-Up, a product of the Clorox Company , has announced that its new Power A Bright Future program will award five grants of $10,000 each to kids' programs in hopes of enriching the lives of youth across the United States.

The program invites individuals to nominate nonprofit youth programs for a Power A Bright Future grant by submitting a photo and short essay about the project. A panel of children's advocates will review all submissions and select fifty finalists. From December 7 to January 17, 2010, the public will have the opportunity to vote online for their favorite finalist's program. The final five will be announced by the end of January. Each winner will receive a $10,000 grant to help the project grow.

For more information about the Power A Bright Future grant program, including official contest rules and entry guidelines, visit the program's Facebook page.

Contact:

http://www.facebook.com/cloroxcleanup

 

 

Fred G. Andrews

Planning & Grants

Economic Opportunity Foundation

www.eofkck.org

913-371-7800

 

IBSA is in America's Giving Challenge—Let's win $50,000!

Hi everyone, Our cause just entered in America's Giving Challenge, which gives us a chance to win $50,000! Please donate today: http://www.causes.com/donations/select_donation_method?cause_id=93992 To win, between now and November 7th we have to get the most donations to our cause (every person can donate once per day and have it count as a unique donation). We can also win daily awards of $1,000 and $500 if we can get the most people to donate in any 24-hour period. The great thing about this Challenge is that it doesn't matter how much you give, but instead how much you do to encourage friends and family to get involved in our cause. We all need to come together and start promoting the cause if we want to win. Each of us has tons of friends on Facebook who we can ask to donate to our cause. But let's think big too—can you put our cause in your email signature, can you throw a party and get people to donate through the cause when they enter, can you organize other people to go out and fundraise from all of their friends? As you reach out to your friends be sure to tell them why this cause matters to you. The possibilities are endless so let's talk about what we can do to win on the Wall of the cause or by replying to this bulletin. I think we can do it! But it's going to take all of us. Check out the Giving Challenge ( www.causes.com ), then visit our cause to see how we're doing so far and get involved. Donate right now by going to http://www.causes.com/donations/select_donation_method?cause_id=93992 Let's win $50,000 for our cause!

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IBSA, Inc.
President/CEO
(913) 735-4272 KC Metro
(785) 422-0761 Topeka Office
lazoneg@ibsa-inc.org


"With confidence, you have won before you have started." ~ M. Garvey

Funding Opportunities

 

 

Target Corporation Accepting Applications for Target Field Trip Grants.  The Target Corporation will award 5,000 field trip grants of up to $800 each for the coming K-12 school year.  Eligible applicants must be 18 years old and employed by an accredited K-12 public, private, or charter school in the United States that maintains 501(c)(3) or 509(a)(1) tax-exempt status.  Educators, teachers, principals, paraprofessionals, or classified staff of these institutions must be willing to plan and execute a field trip that will provide a demonstrable learning experience for students.  To obtain additional information and an application, visit: http://sites.target.com/site/en/company/page.jsp?contentId=WCMP04-031880.  Deadline: November 3.

Topeka has a local plant !

 

The Sprint Foundation Invites Applications from Community Organizations. The Sprint Foundation is accepting unsolicited proposals from community organizations for requests related to K-12 education, arts and culture, youth development, and diversity.

501 (c)(3) charitable organizations are eligible to apply.  For more information, visit:
http://www.sprint.com/responsibility/sprint_foundation/index.html.  Deadline: Unsolicited proposals are accepted and reviewed January 2 through November 21 annually.

Brokers for Charity Offers Home Buyers and Sellers a New Way Support Their Favorite Nonprofit --- Without Spending Money

Brokers for Charity Offers Home Buyers and Sellers a New Way Support Their Favorite Nonprofit --- Without Spending Money

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Regional Recovery and Reemployment Report

A lot to read, but very relevant to workforce training needs and funding opportunities to come.

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"To reinforce the importance of reemployment services, the Employment and Training Administration just wrapped up a series of Regional Recovery and Reemployment Forumsthat were geared at providing timely and regionally-customized technical assistance to the system. The Forums were a follow-up to the ReemploymentWorks! Summit held January 27-29, 2009 in Baltimore.

All of the Regional Forums focused on immediate and effective implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and enhancing the effectiveness of system-wide Reemployment efforts.  Green jobs and summer youth programs also received significant attention at all Forums.

The Regional Forum Final Report was developed to provide an overview for ETA leadership and to provide ETA regional and national office staff with "actionable" data and information that can be used to continue supporting the State and local area staff who are on the front lines of recovery and reemployment efforts."

Click here to access the Final Report 

Webinar Invitation: Weatherization 101: All You Ever Wanted to Know about the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)

Webinar Invitation
Weatherization 101: All You Ever Wanted to Know
about the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)

The purpose of the Webinar is to share information with the workforce
system on the Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program
(WAP) as well as industry expertise on the technical and training
aspects of weatherization including the process, types of tools, job
types, and a training overview.




Presenters:

Katie Bolcar, Weatherization Assistance Program, Department of Energy,
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Bob Scott, Director, NASCSP, Weatherization Services


Moderator:

Jennifer Troke, Industry Engagement, Business Relations Group,
Employment and Training Administration


Date:

08/07/09


Time:

2pm Eastern (1:00pm/Central, 12:00pm/Mountain, 11:00am/Pacific)


Length:

90 minutes

The purpose of the Webinar is to share information with the workforce
system on the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), as well as
industry expertise on the technical and training aspects of
weatherization including the process, types of tools, job types, and a
training overview. The Webinar will features speakers from the National
Association of State Community Services Programs (NASCSP) and the
Department of Energy (DOE) who will discuss the history and mission of
the WAP program, the distribution of Recovery Act funds, how to connect
with the WAP network, and how standards are currently being developed.
The goal is to leverage DOL and DOE's current Recovery Act resources
around weatherization and ensure that our regional, state, and local
networks are connected and actively building community partnerships.

Register Now!!!
Registration for this Webinar is limited and seating is on a first-come,
first-served basis. Please click the link below to login to Workforce3
One and register today!

http://www.workforce3one.org/view/5000920957666793985/info


 <http://www.doleta.gov/> U.S. Department of Labor Employment & Training
Administration


Please click the following link to perform a simple system diagnostic
before you attempt to join the live Webinar:
http://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm

If you are deaf, hard-of-hearing, or have speech disabilities and
captioning would facilitate your participation in this Webinar, you can
register for captioning service through the Federal Relay Conference
Captioning. Please note the Federal Relay Service requires at least 48
hours notice (2 working days) to guarantee coverage. For more
information, visit http://www.workforce3one.org/page/webinarcaptioning
<http://www.workforce3one.org/support/index.cfm?id=940> .

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