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Welcome Council Members!

Thank you for your continued commitment to Citizen Schools. As our biggest champions and top-tier ambassadors of our program, your support is an invaluable asset to our organization. We have set up this webpage as a one-stop resource for information and tools that will aid you in your outreach to get others excited about Citizen Schools. On this page you will find links to the following:

Informational overviews
Invitations to events
Press clippings
Fundraising efforts
Photos
Other related materials

This way you'll know exactly where you can go to download materials and pass them along as needed, without having to dig through your inbox. Please bookmark the link and refer back to it monthly as we will be updating it when new information and events arise.

Thanks for all you do for our students and the sustainability of our program!

~ The Boston Team

Council Member NEXT STEPS and FOLLOW-UP from MARCH 26 MEETING:

Slide Deck (most informative, view prior to notes if you haven't seen it yet)
Meeting Notes (additional supplement to slide deck)
NEXT STEPS

Executive Director Search: Email your ideas for candidates for the Executive Director Search
Online grassroots fundraising: Set up your Citizens for Citizen Schools page and send out to your networks. We are setting a collective CoC fundraising goal of $20,000. That equals out to just over $1000 each, and can help you reach your $5k give/get commitment.
Spring WOW!s: All Council Members are asked to attend at least one spring WOW and bring prospective donors/volunteers to it to introduce them to Citizen Schools. If you didn't choose one in the meeting, email with which cultivation event you'd like to attend and bring others to. Then reach out with the attached invitations and invite others to join you. Upcoming cultivation events include:

Thurs, April 16 Campus Visit at the Gavin (215 Dorchester St., South Boston)
Wed, May 6 Mock Trials (Moakley Federal Courthouse)

Susan Prosnitz, Jon Bordeau & Eric Friedman have signed on to this one

Thurs, May 14 Gavin WOW! (215 Dorchester St., South Boston)
Sat, May 16 SOLAR CARS WOW! (MIT Henry Steinbrenner Stadium & Track, Vassar St., Cambridge)
Tues, June 9 Eddy Awards WOW! (Bunkerhill Community College, Charlestown)

Matt Gill and Ben Hincks have signed on to this one

$5k Give/Get planning: At the meeting, some members talked through their plans for meeting their $5,000 give/get commitment. If you haven't shared already, email your ideas for meeting your $5k.

Jon Bordeau, Ben Hincks, Eric Friedman, and Susan Prosnitz have shared their ideas and are well on their way to meeting or surpassing this!

Sponsor an Apprenticeship: Cultivate prospects to Sponsor an Apprenticeship at $5k
Corporate Sponsorship: Review our existing list of corporate sponsors think about companies you can connect us to (especially STEM), and let us know.
Marketing & Publicity Opportunities: Let us know of any publicity or marketing opportunities you can connect us with to build our brand

Your Advocacy Tool Kit

Invitations to Upcoming Events

Send these around to encourage others to attend an event with you.

Individual Fundraising

Citizens For Citizen Schools Online Grassroots Fundraising

Overview & Details to set up your fundraising page

Set up your fundraising page by May 1
For more information, click here (webpage under construction, to be up & running April 13)
Council of Champions' collective goal is to raise $20,000 through this grassroots online outreach. That's about $1,176 each, which will help you meet your $5k give/get. Please set your individual goal accordingly.

Sample fundraising page 1
Sample fundraising page 2

Sponsor An Apprenticeship at $5k Campaign

Corporate Fundraising

Existing Sponsor List and Corporations we would like to target

Informational Overviews & Results

Photos

Link to Picasa online web albums

Feel free to forward on the link to an album if you'd like to share it with others.
To use a single picture: Click the above link, select an album, right click on a picture to "save as" to your computer. Then you can upload the picture to your Citizens for Citizen Schools webpage, attach to emails, etc.

Videos

Edutopia 7-minute overview video - This is a great virtual site visit of Citizen Schools!
WOWShowcase.org - Online showcase to highlight some of our Gold Star apprenticeships.
Citizen Schools YouTube Channel - Check out all Citizen Schools videos here.
What will you Teach? - This is a quick introductory video to encourage people to volunteer.
MLK Day Celebration of Service - This shows what students and mentors feel about service to others.
Mentors Make Dreams Come True - This demonstrates the power of mentorship in shaping students' futures.
Hugs 4 Thugs - Marketing apprenticeship WOW! - A great example of the high-quality work that apprentices produce
Evening of Inspiration 2009 - A photo compilation of the February 25th event at the Ferguson's house, that shows the diverse group of business, civic and educational leaders that come together to support Citizen Schools.

Citizen Schools Press & Policy

CS in the News - Links to articles
Edutopia 7-minute overview video
CS Recommendations to Obama Transition Team

Council Corner

List of Council Members
Your Roles & Responsibilities
Tips & Charge!

How YOU can help us close the Budgeted/Actually Raised gap and meet your $5,000 give/get commitment, while having fun and feeling good!

MEETINGS

March 26, 2009 Slide Deck and Notes
November 21, 2008 Conference Call Notes