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Enhancing the Nonprofit Cultivation Center

Dear Friends,

We wanted to provide you with an update on the Nonprofit Cultivation Center's recent successes and the program's future direction. The 2014 Tech Summit was a terrific success with an impressive nonprofit community presence and cutting edge, interactive technology presentations. We are very grateful to our knowledgeable group of volunteer tech presenters and the dedication of our staff members to offer this capacity-building event to our nonprofit community. As many of you know, our former Nonprofit Cultivation Center Program Manager, Kristin Imo, has taken a step forward in her career accepting a position with a consulting company. Kristin's departure creates an ideal time to evaluate the services the Nonprofit Cultivation Center currently provides and assess the program's impact on the community. It is our intention that this program remains innovative and unparalleled. Over the next few weeks we will be working with our consultant partners to review the Nonprofit Cultivation Center's existing programs and further develop meaningful content. With this imminent transition, we have thoughtfully worked with Amy Rosenblum to bring her role with the Nonprofit Cultivation Center to a close. We are grateful for Amy's partnership in growing the program as a valuable resource for the nonprofit community. This period of transition will be a time when we will be asking open ended questions about the impact and effectiveness of the program. The answers to those questions will help guide the future of the Nonprofit Cultivation Center. In the meantime, the Nonprofit Cultivation Center will continue to deliver the services upon which your agencies have come to rely. Peer groups will be meeting as scheduled to engage with relevant, transformative content in conversations facilitated by Stephanie Seifried and Nonprofit Cultivation Center's community partners. Organizational assessments that have begun will move forward and further assessments will be put on hold while we determine the most effective way to carry forward with that work. We look forward to providing you with more detail on the future enhancements we'll be making to the Nonprofit Cultivation Center. Thank you for your support.

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Learn, share and network at Foothills United Way's Campaign Best Practices Breakfast.

Summer is in full swing, and we're all thinking about the great things that summer brings with it; picnics, Independence Day celebrations, lake trips, day hikes, vacations and the like.

At Foothills United Way, we're thinking about all those things, but our main focus is on the fall. Why? Because now is when we begin planning for the fall workforce giving campaigns that power our annual United Way fund drive. And now is when we start providing our business and corporate partners with the tools to make sure their United Way campaign are fun and successful.

To that end, our annual Campaign Best Practices Breakfast is scheduled for this month. On Thursday, July 18th, at A Spice Of Life Event Center in Boulder we'll bring together our staff with the corporate volunteers that run United Way campaigns to share, trade and discuss the best ways to make a United Way workforce campaign a great experience for everyone.

If you're one of those volunteers - a Campaign Ambassador for your company, part of a campaign team or committee, or a CEO, HR director, or other staff member who is new to United Way and wants to learn more, please sign up for the Best Practices breakfast. It's completely free! In addition to all the great campaign tips, you'll get a delicious breakfast from A Spice of Life Catering, Best Practices breakout sessions for more in-depth information, and a chance to network with other Campaign Ambassadors and team members so you can reach out to them later for more ideas.

Click here to register yourself and your team today. 

• What: Foothills United Way Campaign Best Practices Breakfast
• When: Thursday, July 18th, 7:30-9:30am
• Where: A Spice of Life Event Center, 5706 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder

For more information, please contact Nancy Platt at nplatt@unitedwayfoothills.org or 303-444-4013. 

Thank you to Rock Lake Land and Cattle LLC for their generous sponsorship of the breakfast.

Fire Season and Preparedness

Our own Boulder Mountain Resources works with our mountain communities to provide resources, advocacy, and action. We are very proud of the work being done in these communities.

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Thank you for 15 great years!

by Barbara Pingrey

One week ago today was my last day in the Foothills United Way offices. I want to say thank you. It is you, the members of the community, who have allowed me the honor and privilege of serving for 15 years. It has been through your generosity of time, expertise and gifts that, together, we have created opportunities where none existed, provided hope for those in need and changed lives forever.

Thank you for taking the word “community” out of the context of a geographical place and raising it to mean a group of people with common aspirations that inspire others to action on behalf of all. Our community has done this over and over during the last 15 years. Whether it was the generous outpouring during and following the September 11th attacks, the disaster that was named Katrina or the Fourmile Fire right in our own backyard, you helped. You offered your time, opened your homes and each one found the way that he or she could assist in easing others suffering.

Thank you for your vision. Every day you look at what is and work to make reality out of what could be. Without your vision, Day of Caring could not have grown to be ten times the size it was in 1998. You said, “We can make a difference for more people.” And you continue to do it.

Most of all, thank you for caring. Over the last 15 years, I have witnessed almost daily the impact of your individual and collective efforts. Whether it was a small group of young girls who sold lemonade and gave the proceeds to help in the Fourmile recovery or a corporate team who spent a cold, foggy day repairing fences at a camp for children----you cared and you have shown it.

I look forward to continuing to be part of our community and to sharing the challenges and victories with you as we, together, support the work of Foothills United Way.

 

Barbara Pingrey is the recently retired former president and CEO of Foothills United Way. She continues to work as a community advocate in Boulder and Broomfield Counties.

Welcome to Doug Yeiser, our new President and CEO

We are excited to welcome Doug Yeiser as the new president and CEO of Foothills United Way!

With 24 years of experience in nonprofit leadership and resource development, Yeiser has held key positions advancing the United Way mission throughout the United States and serving as interim senior vice president of resource development for United Way Worldwide.  Prior to joining Foothills United Way, he was senior vice president of strategic markets for the United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County.

New Foothills United Way President/CEO Doug Yeiser

“The Foothills United Way Board of Directors conducted a national search.  Doug Yeiser brings vast experience with United Way programs throughout the United States to benefit Boulder and Broomfield counties,” said Jon Kottke, board chairman.  “Our board sought a strong leader to move the organization forward, and Doug’s experience and skills are a good match for our community,” he said.

“I am looking forward to building upon Foothills United Way’s partnership with our community,” said Yeiser.  “Foothills United Way offers our neighbors a better opportunity to succeed.  We want to improve people’s lives.  I am pleased to bring my experience and skills to participate in this community’s important work.”

Yeiser replaces Barbara Pingrey, who retired on March 31.  Pingrey served as CEO for 15 years, expanding the organization’s role from funding local health and human service nonprofit organizations to partnering and collaborating with the nonprofit sector.  During Pingrey’s term, Foothills United Way established the Nonprofit Cultivation Center, created and managed the Fourmile Fire Recovery project and its successor, Boulder Mountain Resources, partnered with Boulder County to develop the Personal Investment Enterprise Program, a matched savings account program for low-income individuals and families, and re-established the Volunteer Connection of Boulder County as a United Way program.

Yeiser holds a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University, completed the University of Michigan Executive Leadership Program, and has participated in the United Way Academy of Voluntarism.   He also co-founded a nonprofit online solution enterprise.  He begins his new position on April 8.

Please join us in welcoming Doug to our community!