A great opportunity to learn about careers, opportunities and sitting on a board in a nonprofit

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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 - Active in Nonprofits: Giving Back to Get

7:00 - 7:30pm Cocktails and Networking
7:30 - 9:00pm Workshop
Where? Cubes & Crayons, 1122 Crane Street, Menlo Park, ca

Spring Forward!

A Festive Evening for Adults and Kids to Benefit Homeless Families

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Thursday, May 1, 2008
5:30pm to 8:30pm
One Market Restaurant
Market Street at The Embarcadero
San Francisco
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Please join us for an evening that will delight both adults and children.

Compass Community Services provides a comprehensive range of services to support families confronting homelessness and poverty to achieve stability and self-sufficiency. For families that are struggling, the winter holidays can be a difficult time. Every year we try to make them a bit brighter for the children and parents we serve through our Adopt-A-Family Project.

Women who aren’t familiar with the Junior League often ask me to describe it when they find out I am a member. If they have any knowledge of our organization, they have the “pumps and pearls” picture of well-to-do homemakers sipping tea together and writing checks to worthy causes. In reality, the Junior League of San Jose (JLSJ) is an organization of dynamic, motivated women from all sorts of backgrounds, many of whom are juggling work, marriage, children and multiple volunteer activities.

During the summer of 2007 I spent 6 weeks in Kenya doing field work for Global Education Fund, a non-profit that meets the educational needs of orphaned children. Below are excerpts from some emails that describe some of my experiences in the slum areas of Nairobi. We are now providing scholarships, establishing libraries and supplying textbooks to support many of the orphaned kids I met:

June 2007:

Millie, Halley, and all who responded to my evite within hours to come and celebrate by 80th birthday. I'd had 79 happy parties, and it was time to meet old age head on and do something fun with all ages, and hopefully worthwhile too. My inspiration came in church when I heard Millard Fuller, founder of Habitat for Humanity speak. He has since started Fuller houses in the South, but taking our large family to Alabama in the summer wasn't feasible so I settled for the local Habitat project.

I don't know where to begin.....My mother in law, describing her, or to the event itself?  In short my mother in law is the most selfless, giving person.  For her 80th birthday, instead of doing something fancy in the town in which she grew up, Winnetka, Chicago, she decided to get our whole family, 18 people, together to build a house for Habitat for Humanity in San Diego.

Non-Profit from a Teenager's Perspective!
(Niece of Millie Froeb, Co-Founder)

Hi gals, as you look for balance in your lives, please consider volunteer Board membership. If you are looking to take time off from the workplace but want to keep your skills and network current while giving back to your community, service as a non-profit Board Member is a terrific opportunity.