VMC fyi july 15, 17, morristown

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VMC- Volunteer Center and CHAIN Event for July 15th and July 17th

> Dear Colleagues,

>

> Just a quick reminder regarding this week's CHAIN events for town

> Agencies.

>

> Tuesday, July 15th -Choice of Session: 9 -11 a..m. or 1- 3 p.m.

> Focus will be on agencies that deal with Seniors and Senior Services

>

> Thursday, July 17th Choice of Session: 9 -11 am. or 1 -3 p.m.

> Focus will be on agencies that deal with Families.

>

> Agency staff are welcome to attend, please call 973-538-7200x17 or

> register

> via email to: jkobus@....

>

> This is a great opportunity to meet with your peers and share key

> information about your agency with the volunteer center.

> Attached are the original information and invitation sheets.

>

> Joanne Kobus

> Community Partnership Director

>

Dear Executive Director and Lead Staff of town Not-for-profits:

For 35 years, Volunteer Management Centers, Inc. (VMC) has made a commitment

to the County Community to enhance volunteer opportunities and act as

a catalyst for effective change.VMC is presently engaged in a community

project, effecting Change through -

CHAIN - Collaborations Help: Agency, Information & Networking

We are inviting your agency's participation. Every year as summer

approaches, VMC receives innumerable phone and email inquiries as to

activities and programs that are available for youth, families, and seniors.

For this particular community project, VMC will be concentrating

specifically on the town of town. We are inviting your agency to

participate in a free information session at the VMC offices.( Believe it or

not, there are more than 125 not-for-profits registered just in that zip

code alone)

At this two-hour information session, we would ask you to meet and greet

your colleagues and share information about the programs, services, and

trainings that your agency provides to the community. We would ask that you

or a key staff person who is responsible for working with either youth,

seniors, or families attend at least one of the three topic sessions.

VMC will then coordinate all the information and provide a resource guide

which will be available to your agency and the community. So often, in the

not-for-profit world, we are unaware of each others' services , training

dates and workshops. In many instances, these are offered at little or no

cost, and we would like to help you get the word out to interested community

members. At the end of the session, the representatives will receive a form

to be completed and returned to VMC so that we may better assist you

VMC staff will be available to provide information on recruiting volunteers

to your agency and expanding your volunteer outreach if you wish. For

further information, please contact me at 973-538-7200 (x 17) or email

jkobus@.... I look forward to meeting with you and working together in

publicizing all the opportunities the not-for-profits provide in town.

Sincerely,

Joanne Kobus

Community Partnership Director

280 West Hanover Avenue

town, NJ 07960

973 538-7200 x17

Fax 973 984-7658

vmcnj.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

June 17,2008CONTACT:

Joanne Kobus, Community Partnership Director

973-538-7200 x17

khall@...

For thirty-five years, VMC (Volunteer Management Centers) has made a

commitment to the County community to enhance volunteerism and act as

a catalyst for effective change.

As part of this " effective change, " VMC will be hosting a series of

informational workshops called CHAINS - Collaborations Help: Agency

Information & Networking Series.

Not-for-profit agencies that are located in town are the first of many

to be invited to this new collaborative effort. CHAINS will link agencies

that provide different trainings, programs, and services to the same

constituents - either to youth, seniors or families. VMC will help connect

these agencies and their distinctive community outreaches to each other as

well as encourage collaborative opportunities in joint fund raising,

training, community education, and more.

As interested community members (parents, students, seniors) contact the

volunteer center for programs and trainings, especially during the summer

months, VMC will be able to connect these individuals to the service

community. VMC will also provide information and tools to aid the agencies

in volunteer recruitment.

Youth Agencies are invited Thurs., June 26th, 9 - 11 a.m. or 1 - 3 p.m.

Senior Agencies - Tues., July 15th, 9 - 11 a.m. or 1 - 3 p.m.

Family Agencies- Thurs., July 17th, 9 - 11 a.m. or 1 - 3 p.m.

Workshops are sponsored by FirstEnergy Foundation and the Geraldine R. Dodge

Foundation. They will be held at the VMC offices, 280 W. Hanover Avenue,

town.

To register and obtain further information, please contact Joanne Kobus, VMC's

Community Partnership Director, at 973-538-7200 x17 or email

jkobus@....

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CHAINS SCHEDULE & REGISTRATION

Collaborations Help: Agency Information & Networking Series

Youth Thurs., June 26th ?

9 to 11am

or

? 1 to 3pm

Seniors Tues., July 15th ? 9 to 11am

or

? 1 to 3pm

Families Thurs., July 17th ?

9 to 11am

or

? 1 to 3pm

Please return this registration form as soon as possible to jkobus@...

or by fax to 973-984-7658, indicating your session choice. Any questions?

Call 973-538-7200 x 17.

Information sessions are at VMC's offices, 280 West Hanover Avenue,

town (corner of Raynor Road and adjacent to the Police and Fire

Academy). Driving directions can be found at www.vmcnj.org/directions.

Please bring 30 of your agency's brochures to the session.

AGENCY NAME:______________________________

PHONE:___________________

ADDRESS:__________________________________

Website:_____________________________________ Agency

e-mail:___________________

STAFF PARTICIPANT:_____________________________

E-MAIL:___________________________

Funding for CHAINS made possible by The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and

FirstEnergy Foundation.