WHAT: Good Shepherd Center’s Parent Day Institute
WHEN: March 28th, 2008, 8:30am to 3:30pm
WHERE: South Suburban College, 15800 S. State Street, South Holland, IL
WHY: To show how we LIVE UNITED!

One of our partner agencies, Good Shepherd Center, is holding its Parent Institute Day on March 28, 2008.

This back-to-school day is a major undertaking, bringing together parents, educators, and volunteers from health and human service agencies to educate each other on the needs of their community. Many of the issues being discussed at the Parent Institute Day tie directly to our LIVE UNITED message. This is a wonderful opportunity, both to help one of our partner agencies but also to show a very visible United Way presence in the South Holland community.

The Good Shepherd Center needs approximately 100 volunteers to help with child care, to serve lunches, and to assist with traffic control and guidance. Lunch will be provided to volunteers who commit to a minimum of three (3) hours.

If you are able to participate in this unique opportunity with Good Shepherd Center, please contact Gwendolyn Sims at (312) 906-2299 to volunteer. We look forward to volunteering beside you at the Parent Day Institute!

As a United Way Volunteer, you raise vital resources that go right back into your community each year—helping countless families and individuals get the help they need most. But did you know that many United Way donors will soon retiree from the workplace, placing our Annual Campaign at risk of significant losses?

By attending this presentation, you have the opportunity to learn:

• why additional revenue streams are critical to United Way’s fiscal health and longevity;
• why planned giving and/or an Endowment is vital to your United Way;
• how to successfully solicit a donor for a Planned Gift;
• where other local United Way’s have been successful in these efforts;
• the most efficient way and time to make a charitable donation, and;
• the tax advantages of a charitable donation.

This will be a great resource for your future campaigns—please encourage your United Way team to join us!

When: Friday, February 29, 2008, 7:30-8:30 am

Where: GCG Financial, Inc., 3000 Lakeside Drive, Bannockburn, IL 60015

Breakfast will be served promptly at 7:30 am, followed by the brief presentation.

For more information or to register (by February 22), please contact Jack Kaplan, Chief Professional Officer at North Suburban United Way at (847) 509-8743, or Beth Curtis, Senior Manager, Strategic Giving, at United Way of Metro Chicago at (312) 906-2457.

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