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Tuesday, August 24, 2004:
Volume #2, Issue #42
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| For Immediate Release | August 19, 2004 |
Contact: Linda Hoang
301-587-2781/linda.hoang@navasa.org
NAVASA Selects the Ten Outstanding Young Community Leaders for 2004
Washington D.C:—The National Alliance of Vietnamese American Service Agencies (NAVASA) announces the recipients of the National Young Community Leaders Recognition (NYCLR) award. Launched at last year's NAVASA National Conference in California, the NYCLR award recognizes emerging young community leaders who dedicated their time to community service. The goal of the award is to promote community volunteerism among young Vietnamese Americans and to empower the next generation of leaders.
According to NAVASA Executive Director nearly 750,000 Vietnamese Americans (or 62%), of the total Vietnamese American population in the United States are young people under the age of 35, "there is no doubt that these young individuals will become increasingly instrumental in both the local and national scope of community activism and organization," said Huy V. Bui.
The NYCLR is annual and highly prestigious award of recognition from NAVASA for young emerging Vietnamese American leaders who have strongly demonstrated a true commitment, passion, and vision toward building and bridging the Vietnamese American communities across the United States. The recipients of NYCLR will become fellows in NAVASA Leadership Institute. The Institute will mentor, support, and promote the recipients throughout their public service commitments and to ensure that they will continue to contribute to the community in many ways.
The ten young leaders to be recognized for the 2004 award are:
- Mr. Phuoc T. Chu (Springfield, MA)
- Mr. Cuong Q. Huynh (Oxon Hill, MD)
- Ms. Carina V. Lieu (Oakland, CA)
- Ms. Thanh H. Luu (Houston, TX)
- Ms. Linda T. Pham (Houston, TX)
- Mr. Cuong S. Phan (Bethesda, MD)
- Mr. Dang K. Truong (Seattle, WA)
- Ms. Daphne Truong (Lancaster, PA)
- Ms. Elizabeth V. Vo (Springfield, MA)
- Mr. Dzao Vu (Chicago, IL)
"NAVASA is very delighted with this year's extraordinary group of awardees," continued Huy Bui, "and deeply impressed with and proud of their achievements and long-standing commitment to the community," Huy Bui continued.
The Recognition Banquet will take place on Saturday October 2, 2004 at Kim Son IV Restaurant, 300 Milam Street, Houston, Texas. The Conference will be held September 30 to October 2, 2004 at the DoubleTree Hotel Allen Center in Houston.
For more information on this years recipients, banquet, and conference, please visit our website at www.navasa.org.
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SAVE THE DATE
WHAT: NAVASA National Conference 2004
THEME: Building a Community of Leaders
WHEN: September 30-October 2, 2004
WHERE: DoubleTree Hotel Allen Center in Houston, TX
CONTACT: For further information, please contact Linda Hoang at (301)587-2781 (www.navasa.org)
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Understanding Federal Statistics
4-Day, Hands-On Seminar in Washington DC on September 13-16 and December 6-9, Providing Comprehensive Look at Census Bureau Programs and Services. Includes Sessions on Data Programs of Other Statistical Agencies.
See: http://www.census.gov/mso/www/ufs/overview.html for all the information.
II. Promising Practices
Answers to Readers' Questions About Corporate Sponsorships, Planned Gifts, and More
From The Chronicle of Philanthropy
By Alison Stein Wellner
The Chronicle's Philanthropy Careers asks its readers to submit questions about job hunting, recruiting, and management challenges in the nonprofit world. In our monthly advice column, we respond to some of your inquiries with tips about resources and wisdom from experts in the field.
Q. Is there a good guide for designing and building corporate-sponsorship packages for nonprofit groups?
A. An effective corporate-sponsorship package is all about bottom-line results, says Colette Phillips, a communications consultant in Needham, Mass., who assists charities with corporate sponsorships and partnerships. Ms. Phillips says that corporations are looking for "long-term partnerships with a high return-on-investment."
A company views a sponsorship as an investment in either its brand image, its relationship with consumers, or both, and so it makes sense to do your homework to find out which consumers a business wants to attract, and how your charity and its donors match up with this market profile. For example, Ms. Phillips points to Reebok's partnership with the American Heart Association this year. "To help fight heart disease and combat obesity, Reebok launched a campaign which my company named 'Wear Your Heart on Your Feet, '" she says. In May, she says, anyone who visited Reebok's Web site and donated at least $25 to the American Heart Association received a pair of DMX Walking Shoes from the shoe company. Reebok committed up to $1-million worth of shoes to the project, says Ms. Phillips. The American Heart Association's mission of battling heart disease through reducing obesity, she says, is a good fit for the fitness-shoe manufacturer.
Also keep in mind that corporations are focused on results, and will want to be able to show that their sponsorship dollars are creating a measurable benefit for the charity, says Ms. Phillips. For example, can you show that the sponsorship brought in more volunteers, improved your group's reach to vulnerable populations, or lessened the stigma associated with a particular disease?
Read on: http://philanthropy.com/jobs/2004/08/26/20040902-726998.htm
III. News
Journey's End... First Hmong Family Arrives to Resettle in...
Dunn County News
August 16, 2004
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Cool Off the Grill
Oregonian
August 17, 2004
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Relationships, Skills Cultivated Through Working in the Dirt
Appleton Post Crescent
August 17, 2004
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Taste Trend: Exotic Asian Vegetables
Boston Herald
August 18, 2004
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Vietnamese Parish Marks 25th Anniversary
Arlington Catholic Herald
August 18, 2004
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Walk of Freedom
WXOW
August 19, 2004
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Restaurant Hopes to Bring Vietnamese Food to the Masses
North County Times
August 19, 2004
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Vietnamese Hill People Find a Home in Us
The Age
August 20, 2004
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Refugees Learn About City Life
Fresno Bee
August 20, 2004
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Silent Killer: Hepatitis B
Fort Wayne News Sentinel
August 20, 2004
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Unraveling Hmong Mystery
Minneapolis Star Tribune
August 21, 2004
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Vietnamese Bilingual Program
KXAN-TV
August 21, 2004
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Of Time, Talk and the River
Minneapolis Star Tribune
August 22, 2004
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A Visit to Our Haunted past
San Jose Mercury News
August 22, 2004
IV. Grants
- (DC-metro)
Ober|KalerBaltimore law firm Ober|Kaler has launched the John Chandler Baldwin Community Grants Program, a $30,000 grants program to aid nonprofit organizations serving the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., metropolitan areas.
Three $10,000 grants will be awarded to nonprofit organizations with programs focused on enriching the lives of underprivileged children, improving living standards for lower income families with children, and creating educational opportunities for at-risk youth.
All organizations applying for assistance must be classified by the Internal Revenue Service as 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organizations.
The grant application form and guidelines are available at the Ober|Kaler Web site.
Deadline: October 1, 2004
- (National)
Do SomethingA program of Do Something, the BRICK Awards were created to recognize and financially support outstanding young people, to create a network of young community leaders across the United States, and to inspire other young people to become active in their communities.
The program honors and funds the efforts of dynamic young leaders who have devised and implemented innovative solutions to problems in their local communities in the areas of community building, health, and the environment.
For this year's program, Do Something has added a new category to the BRICK Awards for community leaders age 19-25. In addition to the six winners in the "18 and under" category who will each receive a $5,000 higher education scholarship and a $5,000 grant for continued community work, there will now be three winners between the ages of 19 and 25 who will each receive a $10,000 grant. All winners receive engraved bricks, pro bono services, and other support and recognition.
Applicants must be 25 years old or younger on April 14, 2005 to be eligible.
Deadline: November 1, 2004
- (National)
Jack Kent Cooke FoundationThe Innovation Fund of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation provides grants to spark the creation or expansion of innovative educational programs in a particular field each year.
This year, the foundation requests proposals from non-remedial, out-of-school programs in critical reading and/or writing for elementary and/or middle school students. Programs must serve low-to-moderate-income students in the United States and should be designed to help students build high-level reading and/or written communication skills to help them excel in rigorous academic environments as they mature.
Up to three grants of $100,000 to $200,000 will be awarded in spring 2005.
To be eligible for this program, applicant organizations must be 501(c)(3) public charities. Submissions are welcome from anywhere in the United States. The foundation encourages applications from rural communities, small towns, and other underserved areas.
Additional details and the submission form are available on the foundation's Web site.
Deadline: October 15, 2004
- (National)
ProLiteracy WorldwideProLiteracy Worldwide is accepting applications for its National Book Scholarship Fund (NBSF), an annual program that supplies books and materials to local literacy programs. New Readers Press, the publishing division of ProLiteracy Worldwide, provides the books and materials that are available from the NBSF.
The NBSF makes grants to literacy or educational programs. First priority will be given to programs that focus on family literacy. English as a second language projects, adult basic educational programs, and projects that involve women-focused literacy or ESL programming will also be considered for support.
NBSF grants have ranged from $500 to $7,000, although greater or lesser amounts of funding are considered. Programs awarded a grant must provide a cash contribution to ProLiteracy Worldwide equal to 20 percent of the grant award. These funds are used to defray the costs of NBSF program administration. Organizations that have been affiliates of ProLiteracy for one year or more provide a cash contribution equal to 10 percent of the grant award.
Proposals will be considered immediately upon receipt. Awards will be made until funds are exhausted.
Deadline: December 2, 2004
- (National)
Echoing GreenThe global social venture fund Echoing Green seeks applications for its fellowship program from individuals with innovative approaches to addressing social challenges.
The fellowship program is designed to support emerging social innovators in launching their own organizations to create lasting social change.
Echoing Green offers fellowships to individuals and to partnerships of no more than two individuals. Projects must be the original idea of the individual(s) applying.
During the two-year fellowship, Echoing Green provides both financial and technical support. Individual Fellowships provide $30,000 per year for two years; Partnership Fellowships provide $45,000 per year (per project, not per individual) for two years. Echoing Green also provides guidance in strategic and financial planning, staff and board development, fundraising, legal and accounting practices and other aspects of starting and building a nonprofit organization.
Echoing Green will open the online application cycle for its 2005 fellowship program on September 15, 2004, and will close the initial application process on December 1, 2004. Potential applicants are advised to begin the application process by reviewing the eligibility and selection criteria. Applicants may begin working on their application responses off-line before the online application is officially opened on September 15.
Deadline: December 1, 2004
- (National)
U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is making $2.2 million available in grants to reduce the effect of domestic violence on children and adolescents.
The Safe and Bright Futures for Children Initiative plans to award 30 grants in this funding cycle, with the maximum grant capped at $75,000.
Nonprofit organizations and public agencies are eligible to apply for the funding.
For information, call Karen Campbell at 301-594-0758.
Deadline: September 9, 2004
- (National)
U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesNonprofit and public agencies are invited to apply for Adolescent Family Life Research Grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The grants will support applied research related to adolescent sexual relations, pregnancy and parenthood, with the ultimate goal of reducing risky behaviors. Recent research suggests a link between risky teen sex and use of alcohol and other drugs.
A total of $500,000 is available. HHS plans to award three grants, with a maximum grant size of $250,000.
For complete guidelines and application information, call Barbara Cohen at 301-594 -4001
V. Resources
HHS Consumer Health Materials
WHO: Any faith-based leader or organization interested obtaining consumer health materials.
WHAT: A selection of HHS consumer health materials that may be useful to faith-based organizations. You will find both websites and publications.
CONTACT: For English language materials, go to: http://www.omhrc.gov/healthgap/index.htm
FBOs are welcome at any time to call the Office of Minority Health Resource Center at 1-800-444-6472 from 9 to 5 Eastern Time on business days for help in locating federal and nonfederal materials. They cannot supply non-OMH materials, but they can help locate them for the public.
If you wish to contribute to the VERB Weekly e-Digest, please send all materials to sophy@searac.org
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