Easter Seals Goodwill Job Fair Friday June 5

Location: Goodwill Store at 472 Foxon Blvd., New Haven
Time: 11am–4pm

Information about openings that are available may be found at http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhrs4hrm_189cr64k9fg or call Tammy Fitchette at 777-2000 x233

http://www.newhavengoodwill.easterseals.com/

Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen (DESK) seeks donations and volunteers

Food donations:
Call the kitchen (203-772-3400) before you come to make sure that DESK staff will be present—please do not leave food donations outside or on steps! Donations are gratefully accepted 1-4 pm Sunday through Thursday.

Volunteer Opportunities:
DESK currently needs assistance in all aspects of operations Monday and Wednesday from 11am to 3 pm, Tuesday and Thursday 1-3 pm. Work is varied, but may include preparing and cooking meals, running the food pantry, making bag lunches, unloading the van, etc. Serving shifts are also open on some Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday evenings for individuals or new groups.

NOTE: DESK office is closed and cannot process food donations and volunteers on Fridays and Saturdays. Throughout the summer, all normal DESK operations will take place at 311 Temple St., New Haven. Details: Jeanne Marie May, 203-809-8770. http://www.downtowneveningsoupkitchen.com/

The Foundation Center sends out a free weekly email containing new RFPs--are you subscribed?

Following is the most recent list. Find details by searching the website (one foundation for free at a time)--or come into the Main library and let us log you into our subscription that allows you to search for potential funders by your own particular parameters, then download the list with all guidelines, etc., and take it away to peruse at your leisure! Call Seth for more information: 946-7431.

• Film Independent Accepting Applications for Sloan Foundation Producers Grant.
  The $25,000 development grant will fund the production and distribution of a screenplay with a scientific, mathematical, and/or technological theme or storyline; independent film producers may apply.... Deadline: July 6
• New England Foundation for the Arts Offers American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funding. Grants will be awarded to help Connecticut and Rhode Island nonprofits support planned public art projects that have been affected by the economic downturn... Deadline: July 1 (Concept Letters)
• High School Teachers Invited to Apply for Classroom Earth Professional Development Grants. Twenty high school teachers working to improve the environmental literacy of their students will be awarded $1,500 to take two online graduate-level courses at the University of Wisconsin.... Deadline: June 12
• Gale and Library Media Connection Invite Nominations for TEAMS Award.
  Three K-12 schools in the United States and Canada will be recognized with a grant of $2,500, plus Gale products and other media items, for their efforts to promote student achievement through collaborations between teachers and media specialists.... Deadline: June 15
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Seeks Active Living Research Proposals.
  Grants of up to $75,000 each will be awarded to minority researchers working to identify policy and environmental strategies for preventing obesity among children and adolescents at highest risk.... Deadline: July 29
• Applications Invited for 2009 Lilly Reintegration Awards.
  Donations of up to $5,000 to the charity or agency of the recipient's choice will honor professionals supporting people living with severe mental illness and individuals with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia working to help and inspire their peers.... Deadline: June 26
• Avon Foundation Accepting Applications for Breast Cancer Safety Net Grant Program .
  Grants of up to $500,000 will be awarded to hospitals and health care centers working to improve breast health care for low-income, at-risk, uninsured, and underinsured individuals across the nation.... Deadline: Various
• Urban Institute Offers Opportunities for Visiting Fellows.
  Scholars, journalists, and senior policy practitioners researching social, civic, and economic well-being will collaborate, conduct lectures, and participate in other activities at the institute for a semester or more.... Deadline: Open
• Colombe Foundation Offers Funding to Help Promote Peace.
  Grants will be awarded to nonprofits working to reduce weapons of mass destruction, promote international diplomacy, and create domestic security through environmental protection, alternative energy use, education, and human services....Deadline: October 7
• Drug Policy Alliance Accepting Applications for Advocacy Grants Program.
  Grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded to nonprofits working to promote policy change and advance drug policy reform at the local, state, and national levels....
  Deadline: Various

P/T videographers Needed

Enfield Public Library has openings for P/T videographers for its E-TV-- town television channel. Videographers work as-needed and are involved in all aspects of recording programming for E-TV. Strong technical/computer background required. Details: http://enfield-ct.gov/content/91/791/181/17928.aspx or call 860-253-6345

Volunteers Needed for 52nd annual Craft Expo on Guilford Green July 16-18

Help needed for entrance gates, set-up and break-down, booth-sitting, and silent auction. Perks include free admission all three days and invitation to Artists' Dinner. www.guilfordartcenter.org or 453-5947.

1st Annual Short Film Festival seeks submissions

Reel New Haven seeks film submissions in lengths from 5-15 minutes that include at least 5 props and one shot location from New Haven. Submissions due by July 17. Public adjudication of films in August for finalist film premiere in October. Full details at www.newhaventheatercompany.com

Arts Marketing Seminar June 3 in Hartford

Marketing Planning and Strategy: How to Build Your Lighthouse, will take place on Wednesday, June 3, 9:30 am-6 pm in the Lincoln Financial Auditorium at The Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford. The presenter is Susan Koblin Schear from Americans for the Arts, National Arts Marketing Project. Register at www.letsgoarts.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=708 or call

Katherine Gill (860) 525-8629 x249.

Narrative’s first annual poetry contest

Entries are being accepted now until July 18 with prizes and publication for the top three winners, and a public announcement of all winners and finalists via the Internet and in hard-copy literary trade publications.

The contest is open to all poets. Entries must be previously unpublished and must not have been previously chosen as a winner, finalist, or honorable mention in another contest. Each entry may contain up to five poems. You may enter as many times as you wish, but we encourage you to be selective and to send your best work. All entries will be considered for publication.
http://narrativemagazine.com

Can You Help Furnish New Haven's New Literacy Center at Science Park?

New Haven's new Literacy and Employment Center is gearing up for a grand opening in June and they are looking for a few items in good condition: a small refrigerator, bookcases, and long tables to use in the computer lab. Please contact Doss Venema at 865-3867 if you have items that might be suitable.

Community Mediation seeks Executive Director

Community Mediation is a nonprofit organization committed to promoting peaceful communities and just relationships by enabling individuals, families, organizations and communities to resolve their conflicts themselves through mediation, dialogue, training, facilitation and education.

Full job description and details are at http://www.community-mediation.org/

Your library card gets you $5 off Long Wharf's Glass Menagerie!

Get $5 off all tickets to Long Wharf Theatre’s production of The Glass Menagerie with any CT library card or a receipt from one of the following bookstores: The Book Trader Café, Labyrinth Books, Atticus Bookstore (New Haven); RJ Julia Booksellers (Madison); and Breakwater Books (Guilford). Or, for groups of 10 or more, get up to 35% off the regular ticket price. Call Leah Dudley at (203) 772-8242 for more information. ______________________________________________

This week’s RFPs from the Foundation Center

Details at http://www.foundationcenter.org/

Tournées Festival offers grants of up to $2,300 to bring contemporary French cinema to U.S. college campuses. Deadline: June 30, 2009 and October 1, 2009

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Announces New Technology Funding Program for Jazz. Grants of up to $75,000 each will be awarded to jazz musicians and nonprofits using technology to develop audience, communications, marketing, distribution channels, and networking for jazz performance.... Deadline: July 6, 2009 (Round I); and July 1, 2010 (Round II)

FishAmerica Foundation Offers Grants to Restore Fish Habitats. Grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded to nonprofits and local government agencies working to restore marine, estuarine, and riparian habitats in the United States and the Caribbean....Deadline: June 22, 2009

Delta Dental of New Jersey Foundation Invites Applications for Dental Programs. Grants will be awarded to nonprofits and local government agencies working to provide dental care to children and adults in underserved New Jersey or Connecticut communities....Deadline: August 17, 2009

Proposals Invited for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars. Up to eighteen scholars who have completed doctoral training will receive an annual stipend of up to $92,000 to work on population health research at one of six nationally prominent universities....Deadline: October 2, 2009

Connecticut Health Foundation Seeks Organization to Engage Online Social Networks
Grants of up to $200,000 will be awarded to nonprofits using social networking tools to build public support for reducing racial and ethnic health disparities in Connecticut.... Deadline: June 5

Applications Available for Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards for Fight Against Domestic Hunger and Poverty. Grants of up to $7,000 will be awarded to nonprofits that have shown outstanding innovative and creative approaches to fighting domestic hunger and poverty at the community level.... Deadline: June 15

Michael J. Fox Foundation Renews Funding for Development of Parkinson's Disease Biomarker Pipeline. Grants will be awarded to U.S. and non-U.S. nonprofit entities working toward continued discovery of new disease and drug biomarkers for earlier disease detection, tracking progress, and identifying subjects for clinical trials....Deadline: June 23, 2009 (Pre-proposal)

Drucker Institute Seeks Applications for Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation. Up to $100,000 will be awarded to a nonprofit that has made a difference in the lives of people it serves, exemplifies innovation by demonstrating a new dimension of performance, and can demonstrate specific and measurable outcomes....
Deadline: July 1, 2009

L'Oréal Paris Invites Nominations for Woman of Worth Volunteer Awards. Women volunteers will be recognized for their commitment to their communities with donations of up to $25,000 to the charity of their choice.... Deadline: July 13, 2009

What Is Time Banking?

For every hour you spend doing something for someone in your community, you earn one SHARE Hour. Then you have a SHARE Hour to spend on having someone do something for you. It's that simple. Yet it also has profound effects. Time Banks change neighborhoods and whole communities. New Haven's local Time Bank group, Share Haven, invites the public to learn more on May 20, 5:30pm, at Main Library. See calendar for event details, and visit http://sharehaven.org/SHARE_Haven_Time_Bank/welcome.html.

Alvis Dimyus Brooker Scholarship applications due May 22

Given by New Haven's Board of Alderman's Black and Hispanic Caucus, this scholarship is for New Haven HS seniors with a 3.0 GPA who have been accepted to a 2 or 4-year college. A letter of recommendation and an essay are among requirements. For complete application guidelines, call 946-6483.

Independent Film Festival in Milford seeks film entries

The Milford Public Library and the Milford Fine Arts Council are sponsoring an independent film festival. Cash prizes will be awarded in two divisions: under 18 ($100/$75/$50) and over 18 ($150/$100/$50). There is a $15 entry fee for the first submission and a $10 fee for the second. Rules and entry form can be downloaded from www.milfordarts.org. Entry deadline is July 10 (postmarked) for up to two entries per filmmaker.

Winning films will be presented August 1 and there will be an awards ceremony August 13.
Details: abargar@ci.milford.ct.us or milfordac@optonline.net, or call Milford Public Library 783-3290 or Milford Fine arts Council 878-6647.

New Haven School Tours Offered in May and June

The New Haven Public School Foundation invites the public to see schools firsthand, learn more about the New Haven public school district, and discover ways to better support our students.

Tours take place 9-10:30 am at following locations: John C. Daniels, May 26; King/Robinson, May 27; Nathan Hale, May 28; Edgewood, June 2; Betsy Ross, June 3; Cooperative Arts, June 4; Fair Haven, June 5. RSVPs are required, at least two days prior to each scheduled visit: (203) 946-8452 or VisitNHPS@gmail.com.

Funding Announcement for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009

New Haven County has $310,654 in Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 available for public institutions and nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations (ther organizations should apply in partnership with an eligible 501(c)3 organization). Organizations eligible to apply for EFSP funding serve in the following towns: Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Branford, Cheshire, Derby, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Meriden, Middlebury, Milford, Naugatuck, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Oxford, Prospect, Seymour, Southbury, Wallingford, Waterbury, West Haven, Wolcott.

EFSP funds must supplement direct service cost of existing year-round soup kitchen, meals on wheels, food pantry, emergency shelter, emergency rental assistance, mortgage foreclosure prevention and emergency utility assistance programs. Awarded EFSP funds must also increase the number of clients served during the period of Apr. 1–Oct. 31, 2009.

Details at uwgnh.org. Applications must be submitted electronically to efsp.arra@uwgnh.org by 4 pm on May 22.

Entries due May 13 for New Haven Public Library Poetry Contest

The New Haven Public Library Poetry Contest is part of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas’ Favorite Poem Project. Children, teens and adults may visit any New Haven library branch to select a word from the Poetry Trees to use in an original poem. Entries are due by May 13 for judging by a library panel.

Winners from all categories at each branch will be invited to read their poems at a special event to be held during the Festival at Starbuck’s Restaurant on the New Haven Green on Saturday, June 20, 1-3 pm. Book prizes will be awarded to winners, and Starbucks will provide free samples of their delicious drinks to attendees. For more information, please call Melissa Canham-Clyne at 946-2228, or drop by your neighborhood New Haven Library branch.

Artists wanted for public bus project

Exact Change will present an afternoon of music, theater, and poetry aboard public buses in July. The Arts Council of GNH seeks solo artists and small ensembles to participate--innovative ideas which engage people of all ages are encouraged. Project artists will receive a small stipend. Send a short description of your proposed idea along with your bio to info@newhavenarts.org by June 8.

New Haven Symphony Position Opening

Position: Patron Services/Box Office Manager and Education Sales Manager, reports to Executive Director.

Requirements: proven track record in providing quality customer service; a strong sales background; a passion for classical music and a belief in the importance of music education, a self-starter and problem-solver, possessing an acute attention to detail; ability to work as a team in a fast-paced environment where proficiency in handling multiple projects under strict deadlines is essential; able to work nights and weekends. Bachelor's degree preferred. Email cover letter and resume by May 15 to: Nicole Gallego, Administrative Assistant, ngallego@newhavensymphony.org. No phone calls please.

Full job description at http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=c2ef3ec205&view=att&th=121110d9b803454a&attid=0.1&disp=vah&zw.

The Color of Words is currently producing videos for the International Festival of Arts and Ideas, several short films, and a youth-based, youth-produced TV show, The Eazy. The TV show will include all sorts of talent--singers, dancers, actors, rappers, athletes, inventors and the list goes on. Regional youth are invited to open auditions on May 11 and 12, 3-6pm, at New Haven Public Library, 133 Elm St.

Submitted by Magalis Martinez, The Color of Words, 777-WORD or tcowinfo@gmail.com

Try a new book club this summer

The New Haven Public Library will be hosting a new bookclub, The Elm Street Book Group, which launches on Wednesday, May 27, from 6-7pm at the Main Library. Our first selection is Serendipity, a novel by Louise Shaffer, that received a starred review from Library Journal. Copies are available for check-out now, and will be on sale for signing by the author, who will lead our first book discussion! Details: http://www.serendipity.eventbrite.com/.

Another book club that is just getting underway online is at http://www.idealbite.com/book-club. Upcoming selections in the environment-friendly Biter Book Club include:

• June -The Green Collar Economy by Van Jones. A man after our own hearts, Obama's new green jobs czar believes yes, we can avert a total eco-tragedy if businesses, consumers, and the government all work together.
• July - In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan. The author of The Omnivore's Dilemma takes on health advisors, the food industry, and scientists in his latest book, which might just make you change your diet.
• August - Confessions of an Eco-Sinner by Fred Pearce. A curious journalist takes a peek behind globalization's curtain and learns about the costs of consumption, firsthand, from the people who are most affected by it.