Thursday, July 09, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Help! Do You Know These Not For Profits?
Help! I had the recent pleasure (with a little luck in there) of a nomination to become part of a Board of Directors. Below are my choices. The problem is, I know little about any of these and I need to pick just one.
If you know anything, it would be great if you fill me in.
Thanks in advance! (also, if you think one is neat or favor one for some reason I'd love to hear your opinion on why)
Adoption Network of Cleveland
Mission: We connect and empower individuals, organizations and communities impacted by adoption and foster care, and provide a source of healing for those in need.
Budget: $2.5 million
Meeting Times: 6 times a year, 6:15 pm, East 40th Street
Giving: Average gift: $500 to $1,000 (also ask for corporate sponsors)
Website: www.adoptionnetwork.org
Adult Guardianship Services
Mission: Adult Guardianship Services enhances the quality of life of indigent, incompetent adults in Cuyahoga County by providing legal guardians to serve as concerned, caring advocates and surrogate decision-makers.
Budget: $1.1 million
Meeting Times: 6 times a year, 5:30 p.m., 3rd Wednesdays of the month
Giving: No Minimum - 100% Participation
Website: www.agscleveland.org
Birchwood School
Mission: To provide an educational setting where challenging academics build solid work habits, an achievement culture nurtures healthy attitudes, and a caring environment forges social responsibility.
Budget: $900,000
Meeting Times: 4 times a year, 7:00 p.m., Tuesdays
Giving: No minimum
Website: www.birchwoodschool.org
Broadway School of Music and the Arts
Mission: BSMA is dedicated to enriching the lives of people by providing access to high-quality, diverse arts and music instruction and programming.
Budget: $320,000
Meeting Times: 11 times a year, 8:00 am, 4th Thursday, Slavic Village
Giving: No minimum - 100% Participation
Website: www.broadwayschool.org
Entrepreneurship Preparatory School (E Prep)
Mission: E Prep is dedicated to providing a premier educational experience to students throughout the city of Cleveland, Ohio.
Budget: $3.5 million
Meeting Times: Monthly, Wednesday evenings
Giving: No minimum
Website: www.eprepschool.org
Friends of Cleveland School of the Arts
Mission: Friends of Cleveland School of the Arts is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to create an environment that empowers children with the opportunity to achieve excellence through an arts education.
Budget: $850,000
Meeting Times: 6 times a year, 4:30pm, Tuesdays or Thursdays
Giving: $1,000
Website: http://www.clevelandschoolofthearts.org
Middleburg Early Education Center
Mission: to serve children and families in a loving, caring environment. MEEC provides preschool education for children with special needs and typically developing children in classes featuring full inclusion. Speech-language therapy and early intervention services are available onsite.
Budget: $275,000
Meeting Times: 4 times a year, 7:00 pm, 2nd Tuesday of the month
Giving: No Minimum
Website: www.meec.us
If you know anything, it would be great if you fill me in.
Thanks in advance! (also, if you think one is neat or favor one for some reason I'd love to hear your opinion on why)
Adoption Network of Cleveland
Mission: We connect and empower individuals, organizations and communities impacted by adoption and foster care, and provide a source of healing for those in need.
Budget: $2.5 million
Meeting Times: 6 times a year, 6:15 pm, East 40th Street
Giving: Average gift: $500 to $1,000 (also ask for corporate sponsors)
Website: www.adoptionnetwork.org
Adult Guardianship Services
Mission: Adult Guardianship Services enhances the quality of life of indigent, incompetent adults in Cuyahoga County by providing legal guardians to serve as concerned, caring advocates and surrogate decision-makers.
Budget: $1.1 million
Meeting Times: 6 times a year, 5:30 p.m., 3rd Wednesdays of the month
Giving: No Minimum - 100% Participation
Website: www.agscleveland.org
Birchwood School
Mission: To provide an educational setting where challenging academics build solid work habits, an achievement culture nurtures healthy attitudes, and a caring environment forges social responsibility.
Budget: $900,000
Meeting Times: 4 times a year, 7:00 p.m., Tuesdays
Giving: No minimum
Website: www.birchwoodschool.org
Broadway School of Music and the Arts
Mission: BSMA is dedicated to enriching the lives of people by providing access to high-quality, diverse arts and music instruction and programming.
Budget: $320,000
Meeting Times: 11 times a year, 8:00 am, 4th Thursday, Slavic Village
Giving: No minimum - 100% Participation
Website: www.broadwayschool.org
Entrepreneurship Preparatory School (E Prep)
Mission: E Prep is dedicated to providing a premier educational experience to students throughout the city of Cleveland, Ohio.
Budget: $3.5 million
Meeting Times: Monthly, Wednesday evenings
Giving: No minimum
Website: www.eprepschool.org
Friends of Cleveland School of the Arts
Mission: Friends of Cleveland School of the Arts is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to create an environment that empowers children with the opportunity to achieve excellence through an arts education.
Budget: $850,000
Meeting Times: 6 times a year, 4:30pm, Tuesdays or Thursdays
Giving: $1,000
Website: http://www.clevelandschoolofthearts.org
Middleburg Early Education Center
Mission: to serve children and families in a loving, caring environment. MEEC provides preschool education for children with special needs and typically developing children in classes featuring full inclusion. Speech-language therapy and early intervention services are available onsite.
Budget: $275,000
Meeting Times: 4 times a year, 7:00 pm, 2nd Tuesday of the month
Giving: No Minimum
Website: www.meec.us
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Why Your Texts Are 160 Characters
Ha! Cool!
If you have ever wondered about the 160 character limitation on traditional text messages, you might be glad to know that it wasn't an arbitrary figure that was plucked out of thin air. Well, not entirely anyway.
In figuring out the number of characters to be allocated for text messages, Friedhelm Hillebrand sat at his typewriter in 1985, typing out random sentences and questions on a blank sheet of paper. Tallying up the characters in the various blurbs, as well as the numerals and punctuation marks, Hillebrand concluded that 160 characters would be perfectly adequate to fit most short messages.
And hence, one of the most popular forms of electronic communication was born. Of course, today's mobile phones are capable of transparently spreading a lengthier message across multiple text messages--albeit at a higher cost to customers on most mobile phone plans.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Map Widgets Are Fun
Yea, I'm packed and bored........soooooo, I figured I'd try out this map widget thing. I guess whenever I Tweet my location it will show up on the map below. We'll see.
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
My Two Favorite Bands (currently)
How is this possible? My two favorite bands are so far apart it's ridiculous. Which one do you like better? (I bet I can guess. Haha) The first band is Mastodon. The second is Kings Of Leon.
The best part, I'm going to see both of them in May (On different dates in different venues, of course)!!!!
Enjoy.
The best part, I'm going to see both of them in May (On different dates in different venues, of course)!!!!
Enjoy.
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Teachers, thoughts?
One of my team members at work passed this video to me. I forgot about how good the TED presentations are. This one is excellent and I'd be curious to hear comments from all the teachers out there (but don't worry, I haven't changed my mind too much).
Monday, March 30, 2009
This Can't Be True??!!??
Poverty in Our Cities
City, State, and % of People Below the Poverty Level
1. Detroit , MI
32.5%
2. Buffalo , NY
29.9%
3. Cincinnati , OH
27.8%
4. Cleveland , OH
27.0%
5. Miami , FL
26.9%
5. St. Louis , MO
26.8%
7. El Paso , TX
26.4%
8. Milwaukee , WI
26.2%
9. Philadelphia , PA
25.1%
10. Newark , NJ
24.2%
U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey, August 2007
What do the top ten cities (over 250,000) with the highest poverty rate all have in common?
Detroit, MI (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961
Buffalo, NY (2nd) hasn't elected one since 1954
Cincinnati , OH (3rd)...since 1984
Cleveland , OH (4th)...since 1989
Miami , FL (5th) has never had a Republican mayor
St. Louis , MO (6th)....since 1949
El Paso , TX (7th) has never had a Republican mayor
Milwaukee , WI (8th)...since 1908
Philadelphia , PA (9th)...since 1952
Newark , NJ (10th)...since 1907
This quote was at the end of the email. I like it a lot (sorry, I know it's wrong to quote without checking resources but it's late).
"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves."
Abraham Lincoln
City, State, and % of People Below the Poverty Level
1. Detroit , MI
32.5%
2. Buffalo , NY
29.9%
3. Cincinnati , OH
27.8%
4. Cleveland , OH
27.0%
5. Miami , FL
26.9%
5. St. Louis , MO
26.8%
7. El Paso , TX
26.4%
8. Milwaukee , WI
26.2%
9. Philadelphia , PA
25.1%
10. Newark , NJ
24.2%
U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey, August 2007
What do the top ten cities (over 250,000) with the highest poverty rate all have in common?
Detroit, MI (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961
Buffalo, NY (2nd) hasn't elected one since 1954
Cincinnati , OH (3rd)...since 1984
Cleveland , OH (4th)...since 1989
Miami , FL (5th) has never had a Republican mayor
St. Louis , MO (6th)....since 1949
El Paso , TX (7th) has never had a Republican mayor
Milwaukee , WI (8th)...since 1908
Philadelphia , PA (9th)...since 1952
Newark , NJ (10th)...since 1907
This quote was at the end of the email. I like it a lot (sorry, I know it's wrong to quote without checking resources but it's late).
"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves."
Abraham Lincoln
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