Trees of Hope details at http://www.ronaldmcdonaldhouse-ct.org/index.html

Remember: You can access Wealth Engine from the New Haven Public Library

The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven has funded a subscription to this useful tool for researching individual donors. For details contact Seth Godfrey, Business and Nonprofit Librarian, at 946-7431 or sgodfrey@nhfpl.org.

Wellness Community-Southern Ct seeks fundraiser

Worldwide non-profit org. seeks part time fundraising specialist for its CT facility-in-development. Candidate will identify sources of funding; determine appropriate campaign plan; define strategies; design “road map” to achieve objectives; work in close cooperation with the Board of Directors. Requires min. 2-3 yrs experience in the field and a proven track record in fundraising. Please send application letter via email to twc-sct@juno.com or via reg. mail to P.O. Box 2182, Branford, CT 06405-2182.

The Wellness Community-Southern Connecticut,Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free psychosocial support to people affected by cancer, their families and caregivers. P.O.Box 2182, Branford, CT 06405-1282. Tel: 203-488-7549.

Food for Fines at East Haven Library

The Hagaman Memorial Library will exchange food for fines Nov. 26-Dec. 31. One nonperishable food item will be accepted per overdue material; exceptions apply. Details: 468-3890.

Consultation Center seeks Academic Advisors

The Consultation Center at Yale is searching for p/t Academic Advisors for the remainder of the 2007-08 school year to work with 9th graders in Bridgeport high schools. Advisors will work with individual students, small groups of students, and 9th grade classes. The pay is $13/hour and 10 hours per week are required.

Please see "Job Opportunities" section at www.TheMAAX.org for details.

Volunteers needed for Project Homeless Connect on Dec. 12

Wed., Dec. 12, 10am-3 pm at 592 Ella Grasso Blvd., New Haven.

The mission of Project Homeless Connect (PHC) is to bring communities together to create and promote tangible solutions that remedy the homelessness of their neighbors. PHC is a national initiative sponsored by the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, now implemented in 106 cities across the US and Canada, Puerto Rico and Australia.

By participating, you will be assisting in raising awareness of the services and resources available in the community and extending the opportunity for the homeless to connect with these services.

Details: http://volunteer.united-e-way.org/uwgnh/user/events/one.tcl?event_id=10253141011

Submitted by
Amy Casavina Hall, United Way of Greater New Haven, 772-2010 x214 or acasavina@uwgnh.org.

High School Students: check out Zinch.com

Do you know a talented high school student who has not demonstrated her\his potential through standardized test yet aspires to go to college?

Do them a favor, send them this link: http://www.zinch.com/static/faq.html

submitted by
Lee Cruz, Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
777.2386

Zinch gives you an equal opportunity to go to any college you want. It gives you another tool to use, to help get you recruited. Zinch gets you in front of colleges and allows you to be proactive in the college admissions process. Don’t make college admissions a passive process, hoping that by some miracle, colleges in America will find you. Shout aloud your dream university; then go get it. You are more than a test score. Find them. Show them. Personalize the process.

Food Drive for DESK is underway

Rimage's annual food drive to benefit Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen has started! We are collecting canned goods and non-perishable food items to be distributed during the holiday season. Anyone bringing an item for drop off receives 10% off any purchases made at Rimage Salon & Spa, 1210 Chapel St., New Haven, through Dec. 20.

Submitted by Len Yanavich, Rimagesalon@sbcglobal.net or 562-4247.

Help light the tree!

New Haven's Office of Cultural Affairs is seeking volunteers to participate in the annual holiday tree lighting. Volunteer jobs include working in the "Winter Wonderland" as a costumed character, helping children write letters to Santa, singing on hayrides, and more. For details, contact Brian Hornby at the Office of Cultural Affairs, bhornby@newhavenct.net or 946-2896.

CT Women's Hall of Fame has two openings in new New Haven office

The CT Women's Hall of Fame (www.cwhf.org) seeks 1) a Development Associate with strong planning, sponsorship and fundraising experience and 2) an Office Manager, both to work at their new offices at SCSU in New Haven. Full job descriptions are available at http://www.idealist.org.

RSVP by Nov. 27 for Overview of 2008 New Haven Direct Services Program

On Dec. 3, 1:30-3pm, an information session about the 2008 New Haven Direct Services Grant Program will be held at Casey Family Services, 127 Church St., New Haven. RSVP: 401-6964 or rswilliams@aecf.org.

Literacy Volunteers seeking ESL trainer

This is a part-time position for the Meriden area. Details: Doss Venema, 776-5899 or dossv@yahoo.com.

Can you help the planet just by searching the web?

Idealbite.com recommends the following little search engines that could support your favorite causes and save energy.
The Benefits
The same good results. These search engines pull their results from the Google or Yahoo databases.
Donating to charity. Get on the donation train - each search you do via a charity search engine generates about $0.01 for good causes (the money comes from the ads on search-engine sites).
Saving energy. Some engines have a dark background color instead of white, which when viewed on older, CRT monitors - consumes 20% less energy than typical engines.

GoodSearch - powered by Yahoo, it donates 50% of revenues to a charity you choose each time you search.
Blackle - an unofficial black version of Google that uses less energy than the white version on some screens (for a more colorful option, try The Green Spider).
CatchTomorrow - customizable news, weather, and search options; donates 50% of revenues to the public school district of your choice.
Green Maven - though it's not for charity, this Google-based search engine yields results from green-related websites only.

Early literacy teachers: check out an interesting resource!

Free-Reading.net is an open source center and community for early literacy: http://free-reading.net/index.php?title=Main_Page

submitted by Lee Cruz, Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
203.777.7074

CT Commission on Culture & Tourism Upcoming Grants

If you missed today's information session at Long Wharf, go to http://www.cultureandtourism.org/ for latest on grant opportunities from the Commission on Culture and Tourism. Funding categories include arts organizations and programs; marketing and special initiatives; arts education; history/historic preservation; arts service/professional development; culture and tourism partnerships.

Connect with Connecticut's Performing Artists, a directory of performing and/or teaching artists that will come in very handy to presenters who bring arts-in-education and arts programs to their communities, is available in print format from the Commission, and online at their website.

Furniture giveaways

Wallingford Public Library has quite a bit of furniture and equipment that could be useful to others, including dozens of white, well used kik-step stools, and 2 large Kingsley outdoor book returns. The book returns are in very good condition and have been sheltered from the weather.

Soon to be available: paperback racks, office furniture, miscellaneous shelving and large (25 year old but well maintained) reference and circulation desks. The circulation desk would make a great bar if anyone is opening a library themed restaurant.

submitted by Leslie Scherer lscherer@lioninc.org

New Senior VP at Community Foundation

Angela G. Powers has been appointed Senior Vice President at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. This new position will focus on development, stewardship and donor services. Full story at http://cfgnh.org/newsarticle.cfm?articleid=10009596&PTSidebarOptID=15887&returnTo=page24793.cfm&returntoname=news&SiteID=1774&pageid=24793&sidepageid=24793&thetitle=%0A%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20Angela%20G%2E%20Powers%20appointed%20Senior%20Vice%20Presiden

INSTITUTE ON PHILANTHROPY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Scholarship applications are now being accepted for the 2008 Institute on Philanthropy and Voluntary Service, a dynamic summer program for undergraduate students interested in volunteerism and careers in the nonprofit sector. Nominate outstanding students for priority scholarship consideration at www.dcinternships.org/nominate.

June 7 – August 2, 2008, at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Program offers:
· Internships – Competitive placements with leading nonprofit organizations
· Classes – Up to 9 credit hours from Georgetown University
· Housing – Furnished on-campus apartments
· Service – Variety of hands-on community projects
· Guest Lectures – With Washington’s top nonprofit executives and scholars
· Leadership Development – Leadership, mentoring and career building activities
· Scholarships – Over half of all students receive full or partial funding
· Networking – With hundreds of other top student and nonprofit leaders from around the world
For more information, please visit www.dcinternships.org/ipvs or contact Ms. Patty Gentry, Program Coordinator at 800-741-6964 or ipvs@tfas.org.

Submitted by Bob Hilliard (robert.hilliard@prodigy.net)

Volunteers Needed for Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program

The New Haven Economic Security Coalition, a public-private partnership, needs volunteers for its essential VITA program. Last year this program brought over $1 million in returns and tax credits to New Haven residents, helping to increase the financial security of low-income families in our region.

• No previous tax preparation experience is necessary--you will be thoroughly trained!
• Your committment? One 4-hour night per week from January through April 15.
• Spanish speakers are especially encouraged to participate.
• Your dinner will be provided at sites.

For more information: Rick Kaiser, 946-8605 or rkaiser@newhavenct.net.

Arts & Ideas Mini-Festival Dec. 8-13

Presents: A holiday “mini-festival” featuring Unsilent Night, a boombox public processional (Dec. 13) and Festival Restaurant Tours during the week of Dec. 8-13. Details: http://artidea.org/

New Haven County Cutters Retire From the Field

Dear Loyal Fans, Sponsors and Community Partners,

It is with deep regret and sadness that we inform you that the New Haven County Cutters will not be playing baseball at Yale Field in 2008. Since relocating to New Haven in early 2004, we have enjoyed a number of successes both on and off the field which would not have been possible without your loyal support, enthusiasm and friendship. For that, we will always be grateful and have fond memories of our years in the Elm City.

Our mission has always been to provide a fan-friendly venue where families and friends could gather to spend a relaxing summer evening outdoors enjoying America’s pastime, cheering for home team heroes, and living their dreams. Off the field, our goal has been to partner with youth and not-for-profit organizations to support them in the realization of their goals and dreams. We stood for family values, wholesomeness and inclusivity.

We are proud of the highly competitive teams we fielded, the laughter and fun shared, the community pride and goodwill generated, and the over 200 partnerships formed in the community. Our front office staff, players, coaches, summer interns and staff worked diligently to make an outing at Yale Field a memorable one and to perform many good works in the community. They are to be commended for their sense of service and unselfish commitment of time to helping others. In the end, however, we simply were unable to generate the corporate-type support necessary to sustain our operations.

We will miss the happy looks on the faces of fans, young and old alike, Tripper’s antics, children running the bases and seeking player autographs, “30 Seconds of Mayhem,” group picnics in the pavilion, between-inning skits involving fans, shouts of joy from the Fun Zone, Derrick Gibson hitting a moon shot over the trees beyond the left field fence, Saturday night fireworks, smells from Joe Grate’s BBQ, Irish Night, Thirsty Thursday’s, concerts and star entertainers, the classic beauty of Yale Field, reading in the classroom, School Day, youth camps and clinics, community appearances, and helping raise money for worthy causes. But, most of all, we will miss you, our extended family.

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to make a difference these past four years.

Sincerely,

David Boyle, President
Jonathan Fleisig, Chairman
Rick Handelman ,Vice Chairman