Fed Ex: Social Responsibility DepartmentThu, 02 Jul 2009 18:53:05 +0000The FedEx Social Responsibility department offers corporate resources including financial contributions, in-kind shipping services, and coordination of volunteer services by employees.
Areas of support include:
Education
The company works with programs such as Junior Achievement and Adopt-A-School and supports organizations that enhance education in the following areas: technology, global economics and trade, cultural diversity and innovative programs that enhance learning.
Health and Human Services
The company supports the United Way, the March of Dimes, and youth development organizations and others that meet basic human needs.
Pedestrian and Child Safety
Here are some points to consider:
· Requests are accepted year-round and generally are reviewed within three weeks of receipt
· FedEx prefers to contribute to specific program needs rather than special events or capital campaigns
· FedEx is especially interested in supporting nonprofit organizations that request:
· 5% or less of a total project budget
· contingency grants
· or seed monies with the thought that other sources will contribute matching amounts
· They weigh the potential involvement of employees in groups that seek financial support
· They only review requests submitted via this Web site
· “Please be advised that the majority of our charitable shipments are related to disaster/emergency relief. We grant only a limited number of other shipping requests that meet our guidelines and core giving areas.”
2 free webinars: Bilingual storytimes & Living LibrariesTue, 30 Jun 2009 17:16:03 +0000Webinar: Bilingual Storytimes to Build Early Literacy
Join your colleagues on July 29 for a free one-hour webinar titled Bilingual Storytimes: Building Early Literacy and Community. Libraries are expanding storytime programming to build early literacy skills in their community. The Mission Branch of the San Francisco Public Library recently added to their popular Bilingual Toddler Tales Program (300–400 attendees!) hands-on literacy activity stations for caregivers to explore. Seattle Public Library has expanded their Summer Reading Program to include bilingual storytimes in Chinese, Vietnamese and Spanish. Both libraries have had great success in their early literacy programming and continue to build deep connections with caregivers in their communities.
Join Laura Tarango, children’s librarian at the Mission Branch, and Valerie Wonder, immigrant and refugee programs manager at Seattle Public Library, as they describe how they assessed the community’s needs, developed and adapted the programs.
They’ll also provide practical steps for you to apply to your outreach and programming efforts.
Webinar: Living Libraries, Understanding Diversity
Also mark your calendars for July 22 for another free one-hour webinar, Living Library Project: Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover. The Living Library is a unique event that brings together people who have special interests, beliefs or experiences to share their personal story with members of the community. In this innovative program participants can “check out” Living Books for a personal conversation. Both the Bainbridge Island and Santa Monica Public Libraries executed two successful Living Library events. The Bainbridge Island event covered such diverse experiences as life as a quadriplegic, a female police officer, a young gay man and an atheist. Santa Monica Public Library’s Living Books included a fat activist, a formerly homeless person, an ex-gangmember and a nudist. Join us for a free webinar with leads from these projects: Rebecca Judd from the Bainbridge Island (WA) branch of the Kitsap Regional Library System in Washington, and Julie MacDonald and Rachel Foyt from the Santa Monica Public Library in Santa Monica (CA). Hear how they planned and implemented the project in their libraries, and find out how you can create a Living Library in your community. For more information on the project see this BlogJunction post from last fall and register now for the webinar.
Teen Gaming Initiative at the Hartford Public LibraryMon, 29 Jun 2009 19:24:51 +0000The Teen Gaming Initiative at the Hartford Public Library wraps up its one-year LSTA-funded grant period this week. This successful project has reached many young adults with literacy activities and programming that shows that the library cares about them and their future success.
Read all about it here on CT.WebJunction.
