Julienne Cherry’s Post

If you missed the recent webinar on the child welfare system that I moderated, here's the video:

This is one of the ways I fill my 'community bucket' - by volunteering at the Ottawa Community Foundation, on the board, the Grants Committee and the Impact Investing Committee. If you are not familiar - OCF is your community impact broker, helping to bring together so many parts of Ottawa, to pool together our funds and use that to re-invest in our community. We connect people looking for ways to invest their funds for the good of the community (donors), with local nonprofits/charities (service providers) serving those who can really use that investment (community members or causes). And the causes we support are driven by what's needed and what's important to the people who make up our city - so range from social services to health to education to arts and culture to heritage to environment to animal rights. I love volunteering here because it helps me feel connected to the heartbeat of Ottawa across all of our diversity - from grassroots local community groups to donors and funders to business leaders to policy makers. As individuals we are each plugged into to different parts of our city, geographically or sectorally or demographically. But here, we are all united through our common interest in making our city a better place for everyone. So here's a little window into the amazing work that's happening in our city everyday, thanks to all these different folks coming together, each doing our part, to lift each other up. Grant Jameson Susan Scotti Carol Devenny FCPA, FCA, CBV, ICD.D Susan St. Amand, TEP, FEA, ICD.D Tracey Clark Simon Kennedy Tim Redpath Michael Maidment Grace Xin Tais McNeill Rebecca Aird #Ottawa #Community #Leaders #Impact #Volunteering #Giving #Granting #ImpactInvesting #CommunityFoundations

Happy Nonprofit Day! The American Public Education Foundation was established with a mission to safeguard America's economic well-being by offering programs and services that bolster top-tier public education. Our firm belief in the transformative potential of public education drives us to contribute to life-changing impacts, economic growth, and the overall strengthening of our nation. Learn more about what we do at the link below!

Growth in personal development with Parents On A Mission. Growing together with Parent Leadership.

Today, Our spotlight is on Fairytale Town Their Mission: Promoting the imagination, creativity, and education of children. Dive deeper to grasp the meaningful initiatives they are embarking on: https://zurl.co/9hQx

Children and young people told us what they value and support they need to help them get the best start in life. And that information has shaped the new St Helens Children and Young People's Plan. Learn more here: https://orlo.uk/l6AXQ

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Great to be back again serving as emcee at the 17th Annual Hearts of Texas Luncheon, honoring Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, Randy Bowman, Community Partners of Dallas and the Lewisville ISD. Volunteerism transforms lives! Thanks to Volunteer Now CEO, Rachel Currie Triska, for inspiring her incredible team. Americans gave 4.1 billion hours of service to humanity as volunteers last year. There's nothing more impactful than making a difference in the lives of those who need it most. As I share in my keynote address: "Live your life as a go-getter, yet, forever share your life as a go-giver."

Alongside other NC3 Board Members, Jenan Jondy participated in SuperCrowd24. Jenan is the REI Coordinator at MSU Center for Community & Economic Development and was on the panel titled 'How Higher Education can Support Small and Medium Enterprises.' Her key takeaways from the event last week were: (1) economic development should not be uniform across communities, (2) there is a great need for resource connectors: in some communities we are resource rich, outreach/network poor, and (3) greater need to educate those in the field on distressed communities What were your SuperCrowd24 reflections?

Here's a 2 minute snippet of our latest trade show attendance - the International Print & Imaging Conference in Texas!