Event
Planning
Musical
Fundraiser – Wednesday, March 20, 2013, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, tentative
location Shine Coffeehouse (14th and E Street). John Brewer has invited several
musical artists to participate in this event. Each musician has committed to
bring their group along with 3 to 5 guests interested in enjoying an evening of
entertainment and information about Heifer’s work, as well as supporting Heifer
with monetary donations. Cheryl McKinney and Judy Grimshaw will make donation
envelopes for contributions. We’ll show an updated version of Everyday Heroes in
segments between performances. We’ll have the use of the stage and sound
equipment at Shine in exchange for purchases made that evening and there will
be no cover charge. John will meet with the manager of Shine to work out more
of the details.
Event
Planning with CSUS students – John will continue to reach Beth Erickson, professor
at CSUS. We are waiting for her response regarding our wish to be included on
the list of organizations her students may want to partner with during the
spring semester. They will be helping to plan events as part of their senior
project.
Vintage
Faire – Pat will continue discussions with Alan Kline of Vintage Faire, a light
rock and blues band, about a fund raising event at Shine in the near future.
The group can be seen at The Lido Bar and Grill on Fair Oaks Blvd. near
Manzanita on the first Saturday of each month at 7:00 pm.
Nifty
Knitters Year End Report
JoAnn
reported that in 2012 a total of $1,300 has been donated to Heifer from the
sale of Nifty Knitter items. Over the last 4 years, donations from sales have
totaled more than $4,000. Heifer Headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas sent our
knitting group a certificate of appreciation that JoAnn Peter will send on to
Marilyn Jorgensen in Eugene, Oregon. Marilyn originated the idea for Nifty
Knitters and JoAnn, with the help of Heifer volunteers, has kept it going. Our
thanks go out to Sue Bennett, who took donations at her church’s alternative
gift fair in December for many of the knitted items.
Outreach to
Local Churches
Volunteers
will be sending out letters based on a template letter drafted by John Brewer
to local churches that are currently supporting Heifer’s work. The letter
thanks the churches for their support and request the name of a contact person
that is interested in being their connection to Heifer Sacramento. Our own
contact information will be included in the letter. The church is invited to
call on us for speaker requests, literature or anything else we can do to
assist their continued support. JoAnn Peter recently made personal contact with
2 local churches, Fremont Presbyterian and Trinity Methodist, and offered to be
part of their alternative gift fairs this fall.
Team Heifer
Website
The Team
Heifer site is being revamped at headquarters. Cheryl McKinney and Teresa Fung
have been in communication with HQ to make the site user friendly and reliable.
Donations can be made with a credit card or a check can be mailed in with a
form printed from the site at teamheifer.heifer,org/HeiferSacramentoVolunteers.
More information will be available at the February meeting.
Charitable
Giving Campaign
Information
is coming from Jill Kilty-Newburn regarding the results of our work last fall
with Global Impact and CSECC (California State Employee Charitable Campaign) events
in our area. A spreadsheet for the purpose of comparison should be available at
the end of 2013. Results from 2012 were made available to Heifer volunteers in
an attachment from Jill. When the 2013 results are in we should be able to
determine our effectiveness at tabling and speaking for charitable campaign
events.
Organizational
Items
Annual Report
– The 2012 annual report is still in printing. Susan Sundell ordered 15 copies
for our group, when it is ready. The report is currently available online at
the Heifer web site. Per Jill, one thing to note in this report that is
different from the report from the last two years is that Heifer’s theory of
change is outlined in this version.
The canvas
cover for the tri-fold is in need of repair. Pat Sayer-Handley will ask for
help or advice from a sail making acquaintance, who might be able to advise us or
willing to repair it for us.
Please
document your volunteer hours each month on Google docs. Remember to include
hours spent at the Heifer book club or for Nifty Knitters.
This year’s University
of California Global Health Institute Conference is scheduled for next month at
UC Riverside. We participated last year and found it a useful context for
Heifer outreach. Hopefully the conference will return to northern California at
UC Berkeley next year.
Dates for
future meetings
February 4
March 4
April 1
May 6
June 3
Next Meeting
Monday, February 4, 2013, Campus Commons Board Room 6:00 pm.
