This week, Ad 2 Nashville, a division of AAF Nashville, will release its Public Service RFP (request for proposal) and begin accepting applications for its annual public service project for the 2010-2011 club year. Each year, the advertising club selects one organization to help amplify its mission through the implementation of a fully integrated advertising/marketing campaign. All qualified organizations are encouraged to apply for consideration and can download an application by clicking on the link “Download 2010-2011 Application” on http://www.ad2nashville.org/publicservice.html. Organizations must be non-profit and exempt from Federal Income Tax under 501(c)(3) and submit a completed application for review no later than 31 August 2010. The selection will be made by September 14th.
National Ad 2 was founded in 1947 to create a means for up and coming professionals in the industry to gain the contacts, education and leadership opportunities they need to become tomorrowʼs industry leaders. The Nashville Chapter was chartered in 2004. Past public service clients have included the Nashville Chapter of the American Parkinson’s Disease Association, The Alcohol and Drug Council of Middle Tennessee and Health Assist Tennessee.
For more information, please contact Brady Purnell at publicservice@ad2nashville.org or visit www.ad2nashville.org.
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From Lipscomb University’s SALT program:
Does your organization have a need for a promotional or recruitment video? This fall students in an upper-level Business Policy & Strategy course will be working on a special project for nonprofits. The students will be placed in teams and charged
with developing a promotional video on behalf of a nonprofit partner. These videos can be designed for volunteer or donor recruitment or for use in marketing events, programs or services.
The Lipscomb fall semester begins on Monday, August 23rd, so we would anticipate that this project will begin to move forward in a little over a month.
If you are interested or know someone who might be interested, please contact Christin Shatzer at christin.shatzer@lipscomb.edu for more details.
I hope you will consider being involved in this opportunity!
About SALT:
SALT [Serving and Learning Together] is an academic service-learning program designed to enhance the educational experience of undergraduate students at Lipscomb University. Through the SALT Program, students have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of curricular and co-curricular projects that impact the community, connect academic ideas they are learning in the classroom to real world experiences, help them develop marketable job skills and network with professionals in the community.
UPDATE: This program is currently at capacity. Stay tuned for additional opportunities to work with Lipscomb University students.
NOMINATIONS REQUESTED FOR CHARLIE B. TEMPLE SERVICE AWARD
Honor Recognizing Unsung Community Heroes To Be Presented at 1960 Olympic Celebration
The legacy of Charlie B. Temple, beloved wife of legendary track coach Ed Temple, will be honored through the presentation of the Charlie B. Temple Service Award at the
“Rome 1960 – Celebrating 50 Years” event on Aug. 27.
“Charlie B.,” who passed away in 2008, was known for her tireless behind-the-scenes support of the young women of Coach Temple’s Tennessee State University track program. Coach Temple often credits the success he and the Tigerbelles experienced through his 44 years as coach to his wife.
Nominations for the Charlie B. Temple Service Award will be accepted between now and Aug. 13. Ideal nominees are those who are devoted to helping people in their communities, stand alongside others to help them succeed, give of themselves selflessly and have a positive spirit. Download a nomination form at www.coachtemple.com.
The “Rome 1960 – Celebrating 50 Years” event, hosted by Temple and presented by Fifth Third Bank, benefits a scholarship fund established in Temple’s name at New Hope Academy. Steve Turner and Dr. T.B. Boyd III are serving as co-chairmen of the event.
Temple will be joined at the event, which will be held at the Hutton Hotel, by gold medalists including decathalete Rafer Johnson, high jumper Ralph Boston, swimmer Lance Larson, and Tigerbelles Barbara Jones-Slater, Lucinda Williams, Martha Hudson and other Olympians. Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss, who wrote a best-selling book on the 1960 Olympics, will moderate a discussion with the Olympians in attendance.
Visit www.coachtemple.com to learn more about the event.
The Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University has announced a call for applications for the 2010 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation. The first-place prize is $100,000, thanks to a generous grant from The Coca-Cola Foundation. The second-place award is $7,500, and the third-place prize is $5,000. The award application is now available. The submission deadline is July 1. (If you have questions about the application or award process, please contact Jamie at award@druckerinstitute.com). All IRS-certified 501(c)3 organizations are eligible to apply. Administered annually since 1991, the Drucker Award is granted to a social-sector organization that demonstrates Drucker’s definition of innovation-change that creates a new dimension of performance. In addition, the judges look for programs that are highly effective and that have made a difference in the lives of the people they serve. Last year, the Drucker Award application was revamped so that, in addition to collecting information from nonprofit organizations seeking the prize, it would provide them with some of Peter Drucker’s key insights on innovation.
redpepper is kicking off their CreateAthon Contest again this year:
From now until June 30th, redpepper is accepting applications from Nashville non-profits for our annual CreateAthon event. During CreateAthon, redpepper spends 24 hours (with no sleep, but lots of coffee and Red Bull) dedicating our talents to provide marketing services to non-profits.
Everyone at redpepper has been touched by the stories of our CreateAthon clients. They inspire us to use our creativity to touch others in ways that will, hopefully, move them to take a small step to use their talent and resources to help a good cause. Sometimes we look at the overwhelming needs of our community and wonder how our small contribution even makes a difference. Yet, every penny adds up. And, every hand joined with another hand helps. That’s why CreateAthon is so important to redpepper.
If you know of a non-profit that could use a little help with marketing ideas and materials, please encourage them to apply. And, if you or your company would like to get involved and help us to help our CreateAthon clients – and those they serve – then please visit www.redpepperland.com/CreateAthon to learn more about opportunities to give back. At redpepper, we believe that everyone is uniquely creative. That means that everyone has at least a little something to give. We can’t do it alone, but together we can help others make their dreams a reality.
Thanks to redpepper for supporting nonprofits!
From The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee’s President, Ellen Lehman:
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee makes grants to nonprofit organizations, not to individuals. There are several reasons:
1.There are great organizations that already have systems and relationships in place to help individuals. Helping them help others is much more efficient and effective than trying to do it ourselves.
2.As of May 23, there were 31,248 people in the 40 counties we serve who had already filed claims with FEMA. If we took the money we have and divided it among them, each would get $103.09. Unfortunately, a gift of that amount would do little to help in a situation like this.
3.Since dividing the money among all who need it would accomplish very little toward rebuilding lives, we’d be forced to try and “grade” people’s anguish. We, at The Community Foundation, do not feel equipped to make those decisions.
So, we make gifts to nonprofits reaching every corner of this community. We trust people on the front lines, serving those in need, to do what they do well.
And, in turn, we hope people will trust us to do what we do well: connect generosity with need. We’ve been at this for 19 years — and have granted out to other nonprofits an amount nearing one-half a billion dollars.
At our very first opportunity, we gave 20 percent of what we had available to organizations — like Second Harvest and Conexion Americas — to help people get the help they need. The looming and monumental issue of housing is likely to be our next priority, both for temporary housing and for long-term solutions.
We are working diligently with community leaders and dedicated volunteers throughout Middle Tennessee to craft solutions and assess needs as they emerge and evolve – and to use the available resources wisely.
Click here to read the complete letter from Ellen Lehman.
Click here for more information on the nonprofit grant application.
Dr. Bernard Turner, a consultant for CNM, and the Director of the Center for Social Entrepreneurship and Service-Learning at Belmont University, has students who would like to write grant applications for local nonprofits. Students that are interested have completed grant writing courses at Belmont. If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Dr. Turner via email at bernard.turner@belmont.edu.
Delta Dental celebrates 45 years with 45 grants
As Delta Dental of Tennessee celebrates 45 years of success in 2010, we are privileged to give back to the community that has supported us — especially in this tough economic environment. To commemorate our milestone anniversary, Delta Dental will be contributing $45,000 through 45 years. 45 grants. This grant program is open to all charities in Tennessee supporting oral health and/or children’s education. Grant awards will be $500-$1,500 and applications are now available for download. Applications and inquiries can be emailed to 45grants@deltadentaltn.com. All applications must be submitted by June 1, 2010, and award notifications will be distributed by August 1.
To apply for a grant or learn more, go to www.DeltaDentalTn.com/45grants.
Conexión Américas, United Neighborhood Health Services and Vanderbilt Center for Health Services are in search of additional partners for a South Nashville Community Center designed to service the immigrant community:
As Nashville welcomes more and more immigrants and refugees into our community, coordinated services are needed to address the complex and interlocking challenges facing these new arrivals as well as to help them maximize the opportunities our city affords them.
The South Nashville Community Center seeks strong partners committed to social, economic and civic integration for immigrants and refugees. While South Nashville is home to a large number of immigrants and refugees and is increasingly recognized as our city’s vibrant international district, a diverse population of hard-working Nashvillians has called South Nashville home for many generations. Therefore, this nonprofit collaborative also seeks partners committed to social justice who wish to strengthen their presence in one of Nashville’s most diverse neighborhoods.
Benefits of South Nashville Community Center:
• Nonprofit collaboration and coordination of services
• Located in Nashville’s international corridor
• Convenient access to services for immigrant families and diverse community of South Nashville, on the bus line
• Increased operating efficiency through shared costs (meeting space, training & classrooms, kitchen, restrooms, parking and possibly other back-office collaboration)
A special offer from the Nashville Symphony:
As a thank you to all of Nashville’s non-profit employees and volunteers, the Nashville Symphony is providing a special discount Jan. 21-23. Mention promo
code 7121 to receive main floor seats for just $20 on January 21, 22 or 23 (regularly $85). This discount is available by phone at 615.687.6400, online at NashvilleSymphony.org and in person at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center Box Office.
More info on the concert:
Penderecki Comes to Nashville Jan. 21-23
Schermerhorn Symphony Center
Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki has remained one of classical music’s most important and most talked-about figures for the past 50 years. Bold, resonant and deeply personal, his music has embraced an array of styles, from the expressive Romanticism of Richard Strauss to the bracing, energetic sounds of postwar modernism. He makes a rare visit to Nashville to conduct a specially chosen program that includes his Concerto for Piano “Resurrection,” a gripping, moving response to the events of 9/11. With a remarkable scope that recalls the symphonies of Mahler, but rendered in Penderecki’s singular voice, the work will feature the gifted pianist Barry Douglas. Penderecki will also lead the orchestra in Shostakovich’s alternately contemplative and lively Symphony No. 6.
Click here to learn more and watch a video preview for the concert.
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