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Maude Finch Awards
On June 15, the United Way of Olmsted County Women’s Leadership Council [WLC] honored Maude Finch and the three recipients of the first annual The Maude Finch Award.
The award recognizes women for the work they do that helps advance the common good in the areas of education, income, health, or community basics.
The recipients included: Karel Weigel, Rochester Women magazine, and Rochester Area Habitat for Humanity - Women Build.
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"Want children to read? Give them books"
Post-Bulletin 6/09/2009
"This program is, for lack of a better word, amazing. "
"Plenty of preschool-appropriate books are available at the library, which is wonderful, but we also like the idea that preschoolers have some books they can call their own.
That's where the Dolly Parton Imagination Library comes in." - read complete editorial here -
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The Imagination Library is a "Canned Good" - a simple, off-the-shelf way to GIVE, ADVOCATE, AND VOLUNTEER. "Just click the can"
$30 | Imagination LibraryA book a month for one year for one Olmsted County pre-schoolerEnter "Imagination Library" in FOCUS AREA |
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All Means All
Great Results in Education Celebrated
Community leaders and partners interested in education gathered Friday morning, June 5 to celebrate the results of the first year of the school districts Five Year Plan to close the "opportunity gap."
John Edmonds, Olmsted County Project H.O.P.E. and Patrick Gannon, Child Care Resource and Referral, shared a statement responding to the reports of student improvements. -more-
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Born Learning Trail Installed at Silver Lake Park
Emerging Leaders in Giving install "learning" trail made possible by Rochester Public Library, Wells Fargo, RNeighbors, Kruse Lumber, City of Rochester Parks and Recreation Department, and Hegland's Creative Landscapes. [more]
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United Way of Olmsted County announces funding awards
United Way of Olmsted County launches six-year plan with investments of $2.09 million in education, financial stability, health, and community basics in 2oo9 - 2010 -more -
Advancing the Common Good 2015: Community Impact Investments 2009 - 2010 [pdf]
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Our view -- United Way shows tangible results
Post-Bulletin 4/17/2009
"Advancing the Common Good 2015" is a six-year, $20 million plan that focuses on education, economic stability for at-risk families, improved access to dental and medical care and meeting the basic needs of our most vulnerable residents....
As needs increase, accountability and outcomes continue to become more important to the United Way. Gone are the days when a group or organization could request money, receive it and spend it with little regard for tangible results.
That's as it should be. With about $2 million available for distribution this year, the United Way received requests for nearly $4 million. Groups that received funding have an obligation to deliver the maximum bang for the buck.
We suspect that nearly everyone whose pay stub shows a biweekly donation to the United Way feels the same way.
- read complete editorial here -
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