Accepting Nominations for the Serve Indiana Awards for Excellence
We
are proud to announce the annual Serve Indiana Awards for Excellence. These
awards recognize the outstanding volunteer contributions to causes that include
health care, neighborhood revitalization, youth and senior activities, the
arts, education, justice, housing, nutrition and social services. If you know
someone that should be recognized as a volunteer in one of our eight categories (Corporate Service, Exemplary Service Learning, Faith-Based Volunteer,
Lifetime Achievement, National Service, Volunteer Program, Volunteerism, and
Youth Volunteer), please nominate them!
For more information, click
here.
Save the Date
Serve Indiana Awards for Excellence Ceremony
November 9, 2017
Indiana State House
200 W. Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Farewell Sharvonne Williams!
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Serve Indiana would like to thank Sharvonne Williams for
her nearly two years of service! Sharvonne has accepted a position with
the MLK Community Center as Director of Operations in Indianapolis, her last day with Serve Indiana will
be June 5th, 2017. Sharvonne has been a strong member of our
team exhibiting a passion for service, volunteerism and improving her
community. She has built strong relationships with her Program Directors
and other community partners that has helped create a strong Serve Indiana!
Her dedication will be missed but we wish her the best as she moves on to a new
adventure. Please send your thoughts and thank you to Sharvonne before
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Day of Service Grants Recap
The goal of Mini-Grant program is to demonstrate the power of service as a solution to community needs. Serve Indiana encourages Day of Service projects that (1) demonstrate community connections and use of local resources, (2) build capacity of local volunteer centers and national service programs through regional networking and co-planning of activities, and (3) increase national service participant and volunteer understanding and commitment to national service and volunteerism.
Spiceland Cares Day
This past cycle, Spiceland Cares Day engaged individuals and families as they spruced up the town of Spiceland with painting projects, cleaning sidewalks, planting flowers and partnering with Habitat for Humanity and local churches and troops to build a wooded stage, adding railings to a park bridge and a wall build.
Steuben County United Way
In April, Steuben County United Way, engaged in 40 different service projects over a two-day period which included, local parks and waterways clean up, building wheelchair accessible ramps, small home repairs for under-resources and low-income families and provided service hours at local food banks.
World Refugee Day 2017- Celebrate and Serve
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Serve Indiana has awarded the Center for Interfaith Cooperation to create a Day of Service project for the community in collaboration with the Burmese American Community Institute, Inc., Indy Urban Acres, and the Immigrant and Refugee Service Corps this summer.
The goal of the day is to help fulfill the mission of Indy Urban Acres of ending hunger in Indianapolis through outdoor gardening. The day will also consist of facilitated activities, a poster contest on civic engagement and a presentations on healthy eating and nutrition education. Join them on June 20th from 10:00am-1:00pm at the Indy Urban Acres (7700 E. 21st Street, Indianapolis, IN 46219)
For more information, click here.
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Now Accepting
Applications for AmeriCorps VISTA Programs
The Corporation for National and Community
Service (CNCS) Indiana State Office welcomes
applications from high performing Indiana nonprofits, agencies, organizations
and institutions who share the VISTA mission of alleviating poverty at the community
level.
Each year VISTA (Volunteers in
Service to America) deploys over 7,000 high quality, full-time volunteers
nationwide to help develop solutions to local community needs. VISTA
members serve in the community for a year to achieve sustainable results by
helping organizations expand their reach, develop new programs, secure grants,
develop evaluation systems, increase capacity, etc., all which directly benefit
the local poverty community.
CNCS invites interested
organizations to apply to sponsor a VISTA program of 3 or more members. To acquaint
yourself with the VISTA Program and determine if VISTA is right for your
organization, please go to Understanding
VISTA . Please submit a notice of
intent to apply by June 30, 2017 to llopez@cns.gov
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For further information please contact:
Louis Lopez, M.P.A., State Program Director
Office (317) 226-6726
Volunteer Engagement Round Table
Do you recruit, manage, or otherwise work with volunteers, perhaps along with other staff roles? Are you looking for ways to engage volunteers and donors so they have strong experiences with your organization? If you work for a Volunteer Center, a city or town which allocates resources to volunteerism, a college or university, a United Way or HandsOn Network affiliate, an RSVP, or an agency which matches volunteers to nonprofit partners, this roundtable is for you.
Friday, June 2, 2017
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
American Red Cross, 1510 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202
Register here.
Questions
Contact: Bea Northcott, bea.northcott@iauw.org or (317) 441-5295.
Creating Sustainable Funding For Your Nonprofit
 Benevon trains and coaches nonprofit organizations to
implement a mission-based system for raising sustainable funding from
individual donors. On June 12, 2017 they will host a free workshop for "Creating Sustainable Funding For Your Nonprofit." Learn how to make your organization more visible in your community, and how to identify and cultivate individual donors who are passionate about your mission.
Monday, June 12, 2017
2 :00 – 3:30 PM
Bloomerang, 5724 Birtz Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46216
Register here.
Questions: Contact Bianca Galam at 206-428-2150 or bianca@benevon.com
Engaging Volunteers for Impact & Success Webinar
Verified Volunteers is offering a free webinar on "Enhancing the Volunteer Lifecycle, Part 3: Engaging Volunteers for Impact & Success" on June 15th. Presented by Beth Steinhorn, President of JFFixler Group. In the session you will learn:
- New trends in measuring and defining success
- Using work plans for documenting impact and success; and
- presenting ways to measure volunteer impact
Thursday, June 15, 2017
2:00 PM
Click here to register!
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