Log - Friday, April 17, 2009

Friday, April 17, 2009 Spoke with several people today on the phone, via email and in person. Took my daughter to school. Finalized plans to set up at Veteran's Job fair with Amy Cannon. Spoke with Kamau about setting up 501c3, setting up at Father's conference on April 25th in Brightwood, working with TiQuisha on Youth Expo, working with Mrs. Bowe on certifications and fundraising. Spoke with Tony Mina about donation of menswear to organization. Worked on acquiring vendors for the Youth Expo. Updated Site. Visited WorkOne. Spoke with Office Manager, Tasha Johnson on how OP can use the computers on loan from IWD to to help her office and expand our cause. Fed Johnette's birds while she is out of town working on her residency working towards masters degree. Took my son job hunting. Networked on Smaller Indiana and Catalistjobs. Spoke with Akono about being our resident ex-offender resource liaison. He is founder of Ex-offenders Union, Inc. I am scheduled to meet with him to get more info on his organization. Spoke with Edell about his expanding role in the organization. Also spoke about his brother as a volunteer. Devised flyers and paperwork for two events next week. Spoke with Renata about future events. Must see her tomorrow to pick up more Rhubarb Crunch! Planning an Activation Clinic and an information Resource and Networking Fair with paying vendors for Gingerbread House for purpose of fundraising for several causes. Spoke on the phone with or called, Tonya Bowe, Edell, William Kennedy, Pastor Ben, an ex-offender looking for services, Chaplin Toni House,James Dentley, Will Rivers, Angela Funkhauser of Primerica, Joanne Smith (Marion County Probation Department), Allen Hill, Johnetter Cobbs, etc. And, spent a lot of time thinking how how to grow this organization to its maximum potential! Yesterday, among other things, I sent a Thank You card to Todd Melloh of Samaritan's Feet for speaking at the luncheon on Tuesday. On Saturday, I will set up on the corner with Pastor Ben's Flea market Fundraiser on the Road to raise funds to sustain all the activities necessary to grow and support me and our cause. Anticipated ongoing expenses are, (1) We will need several copies to pass out at the two events next week and for information and resources purposes in our community (ongoing), (2) gas to do work in the community, make all the meetings and networking events, do outreach work and to eat and drink while I am in the field (and for those who are working with me on any given day). (3) storage of the donated items, and (4) other incidentals involved in running a business and a successful organization on a daily basis. Storage is $50.00 a month and we must have that in place each month. We also must have gas to attend the HO.P.E. Team meeting and the Ministerial Alliance breakfast. Rev. Lyons has vowed to help up collect cell phones each month a the breakfast. Also accepted and invitation from Scott Emmet of Hubler Chevrolet to attend a Rainmakers meeting on Tuesday morning. I am hoping to bring Rainmakers on as a CP or at least have them collect phones at any one of their many weekly meetings. It's all in a days work! For more information, click this link.