Nonprofit Network May 10, 2013

BRIEFS

Niwot-based Community Food Share is seeking volunteers to assist with the national Hunger Study. Taking place through August, study volunteers collect electronic surveys from clients at local pantries, shelters and meal programs that receive food donations from Community Food Share. Most volunteering will occur during weekday business hours. For more information, email Rebecca Bisping rbisping@communityfoodshare.org.


FUNDRAISERS

The I Have a Dream Foundation presents its 11th Annual Golf Tournament Monday, June 3, at the Fox Hill Country Club in Longmont. The four-person scramble begins at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start. Teams will compete for various prizes on almost every hole. Breakfast and lunch will be provided and teams will have an opportunity to purchase mulligans and raffle tickets before play begins. A blind auction will run throughout the morning and a live auction will follow play during the awards luncheon. For registration and sponsorship information visit www.ihaveadream.golfreg.com.

Laura Fixler will present Creating Sustainable Funding for Your Nonprofit, an overview of the Benevon Model - a process for engaging and developing relationships with mission-focused individual donors, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, June 6, at the Action Center, 8755 W 14th Ave., Lakewood. Learn how to make your organization more visible in your community; how to identify and cultivate individual donors who are passionate about your mission; how to convert existing donors into major donors and how to engage your board in the fundraising process without requiring that they ask for money.


GOOD DEEDS

Xcel Energy Inc. donated $4,000 to the Aging Services Foundation of Boulder County for the nonprofit organization’s Project Hope. The project helps keep frail, low-income elders in their homes through a combination of rental assistance, care coordination and basic support services.

GRANTS

WOW! Children’s Museum in Lafayette received a $2,000 grant from the Boulder Flatirons Rotary Club. WOW! will use the grant to support the display of Go Figure!, a traveling exhibit on display at the museum, September through November. Go Figure! is a national traveling exhibit created by Minnesota Children’s Museum and the American Library Association. The exhibit introduces early math concepts, such as sorting and measuring, through kid-size environments inspired by familiar children’s books.

The Latino Task Force of Boulder County received at $50,000 grant from the Colorado Latino Age Wave, to develop a plan, in collaboration with agencies and community groups in Boulder County, to provide information to help aging Latinos connect with services and resources in the county.