Preservation Conversations: Beekeeping, Urban Farming and Raising Chickens in Little Rock

Enjoy a glass of wine or beer from 5-5:30 p.m. tonight at Curran Hall followed by a conversation with Larry Kichler, President of the Central Arkansas Beekeepers Association and Nao Ueda on urban farming and raising chickens in Little Rock. This event will be held at 615 E. Capitol Ave, Little Rock at Curran Hall.

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City Connections
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
2:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Arkansas Studies Institute
401 President Clinton Ave.
Little Rock, AR 72201

• Cost to attend: FREE
• Speaker: Evan Mendelson, Vice President, Donor Relations and Program Services at the Community Foundation of Southern Arizona
• Hosted by Arkansas Coalition for Excellence and Arkansas Community Foundation
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Can nonprofits really work together to address community needs? If so, how is it even possible? Can it be successful? Would funders actually support it? The simple answer is YES, and the Community Foundation of Southern Arizona offers one such strategy on how it worked.

In 2009, as the impact of the economic crisis spread, the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona redesigned its community investment grant process to respond to the critical situation that was unfolding in the nonprofit sector. In 2010, after gathering and analyzing feedback and information received directly from nonprofits on needs in the community, the foundation initiated a new grantmaking process that focused on a three-year cycle of funding broad-based community collaborations. This new grantmaking strategy of only granting to coalitions of nonprofits rather than individual nonprofits was explored by the foundation in order to maximize the effort and impact of various nonprofits.

As nonprofits, we always hear of funders wanting us to collaborate more, yet we lack many substantive models of what this looks like and how it could potentially work. Hearing this presentation (from a funder) will hopefully help answer many of those "who, what, when, where, why and how" questions that linger when we talk about the big "C" word - Collaboration!

City Connections:   Lead and Seed Application Deadline Extended

http://pulaskicountyyouthservices.org

Pulaski County Youth Services
Contact Us
(501)340-8250
(501)340-8259(fax)
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Pulaski County Youth Services (PCYS) is seeking 15 middle school youth and 5 adult leaders to participate in a new program called "Lead & Seed," a youth empowered, environmental approach to drug prevention. Participants will gain knowledge and experience in youth leadership, environmental skills, empowerment, decision making, connectivity to youth and adults, advocacy and strategic planning. Youth will be eligible to travel to Washington, D.C. to participate in the National Youth Leadership Initiative. To be eligible for the program, students must live in or attend school in Pulaski County and must currently be enrolled in 6th, 7th or 8th grade. Adult Leaders may reside anywhere in Pulaski County and must pass a series of background checks. Please see the attached application forms for further information. Questions? Contact Chantel Barber at 340-8252 or email <mailto: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it > This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and for a copy of the background check forms.

The deadline has been extended to Wednesday, February 22 at noon.