Our First Poll

To take part in our first poll related to AFP, click here.

Thanks for your feedback!

LRFRE 2 AFP?

In response to inquiries over the last few years, LRFRE is exploring the potential benefits of becoming an AFP Chapter (http://www.afpnet.org).  The Executive of LRFRE will be conducting a thorough assessment of the pros and cons of AFP Chapter membership and will be determining if such a chapter would meet the needs of our membership.

An AFP Task Force has been struck consisting of Executive members, individuals from the general membership and non members who work in fundraising.  The task force will be soliciting feedback from both active members of LRFRE and non members of the association over the next several months.  In-person informal focus groups will be organized, as well as polls, surveys and other feedback formats through email, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and the LRFRE website.

We value the input of the fundraising professionals in the community and encourage you to give us your opinion and reflections on AFP Chapter Membership.

The AFP Task Force will review the feedback, assess the pros and cons and based on the data, provide a recommendation to the Executive of LRFRE.  From that recommendation, the Executive will provide an update to the general membership and if appropriate will table a motion.  We anticipate that this will take place at the AGM in November, however, this timing may be adjusted to best suit the needs of the membership.

We encourage everyone to provide input, regardless of whether you are currently a member of LRFRE or not.  Please ask questions, offer feedback and join the dialogue.

Outside of the surveys and focus groups, questions, comments and recommendations can be made in person at a breakfast meeting to Megan Zinn, Vice President and Chair of the AFP Task Force or forwarded by email to admin@lrfre.com.

And when Tweeting, use the hashtag #LRFRE2AFP

A night of Music, Murder & Mayhem

Join Learning Disabilities Association London Region January 16th, 2010 at Aroma Mediterranean Restaurant for a night of Music, Murder & Mayhem. UWO’s Opera Program will entertain us, previewing selections of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”. Aroma will tempt you with amazing food, wine & ambience. LDA-London Region will offer an exciting wine raffle and silent auction. Nick Paparella, of A-Channel London will be our MC and lead us through a night of fun & entertainment.

Your support of our agency and this fundraiser is much appreciated. It will be a great night supporting children, youth & adults with learning disabilities in our community!

For ticket information visit our website

www.ldalondon.ca

Click here to view the Event Poster

Contact LDA- LOndon REgion

519-438-6213 Ext 21

Email: ldainfo@ldalondon.ca

$100 PER TICKET

Join Orchestra London & the Unity Project for relief of homelessness in this classic holiday event

Friday, December 11^th

Centennial Hall at 7pm.

Everyone Welcome! Pay what you can. Give Generously. No Ticket Needed. General Admission

Orchestra London, the Unity Project for Relief of Homelessness and CBC Radio One invite one and all to a sparkling, top-of-the-tree holiday fundraiser. Orchestra London will perform all your favourite Christmas carols while you offer the warmth of the season to homeless individuals in London. We present a lively dramatic reading of Charles Dickens’ with local law firms and their luminaries taking to the stage as Star Sponsors and Dramatic Readers of the spine-chilling and ultimately heart-warming tale. Joining Gary Ennett from CBC Radio One are James Caskey and Mike Eizenga of Siskind’s, Maia Bent of Lerners, Lynne Cram for Carlyle Peterson and Claude Pensa of Harrison Pensa.

We welcome our Rooftop Sponsor, Boardwalk Rental Communities, and our Comfort and Joy Sponsors, Ellis Don, Duo Building and Libro Financial Group.

Distinguished Alumni Awards

Join us on November 19, 2009 to celebrate the 2009 Fanshawe College Distinguished Alumni Award recipients.

With over 110,000 Alumni living and working around the world, there is no shortage of successful and outstanding graduates to honour.  We have had the pleasure of seeing many of you at the recognition dinner in the past and would like to extend an invitation to you again this year.

The annual Distinguished Alumni Awards program at Fanshawe College honours individuals who have graduated from a Fanshawe College program and who have used their skills to improve themselves, their career field, their community, and their world.

They are passionate about their interests and innovative in their actions, earning a high level of respect from their colleagues, industry associates or clients.

Distinguished Alumni often have an entrepreneurial spirit, acting as change agents, mentors or pioneers within the organizations they work for, or in the ventures that they start themselves. They exhibit a high level of personal and professional integrity and they support community and social issues that are close to their hearts.

Seven Distinguished Alumni Award recipients will be honoured:

• Business – Sheri Knott – Human Resources Management ’91
• Business – Jeff Malpass – Municipal Management ’99
• Community Service – Debra Bodkin – Law and Security Administration ’82 (Waterloo Regional Police)
• Creative Arts & Design – David Moore – Design (Landscape) ’84
• Health Sciences – John Davies – Respiratory Therapy ’83
• Recent Graduate – Andrew Rosser – Broadcasting Television ’05  (Rogers Television)
• Technology – Steve Done – Architectural Technology ’79  (Architects Tillmann Ruth Mocellin)

The 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients will be honoured on Thursday, November 19^th in the James A. Colvin Atrium, B building, London campus.  Cocktails will be from 5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. with dinner to follow.  Tickets are just $75.00 and corporate tables are available.

For details or to order tickets, please visit www.fanshawec.ca/alumni or call 519.452.4285

Sponsored by TD Canada Trust, Johnson Insurance, ProResp, Fowler Kennedy Sports Medicine Clinic, Sodexho & Vanderwesten Rutherford Mantecon Inc.

Investment. Innovation.  Impact…in Our Community

GRASS ROOTS FUNDRAISING – Free Workshop

The Ontario Trillium Foundation in collaboration with our partner, Pillar Nonprofit Network
Presents a free workshop
GRASS ROOTS FUNDRAISING
With Kim Klein

Thursday, December 3, 2009
10 AM – 3 PM
Lunch included

Hellenic Community Centre
133 Southdale Rd. W., London

TO REGISTER: Visit www.pillarnonprofit.ca/news_and_events/grass_roots_fundraising/ and download the form.

Please register by November 26, 2009

The workshop will focus on the particular challenges and opportunities for raising money in small communities. Designed for people of all experience levels, it will assume some knowledge of fundraising because everyone has asked or been asked!

Topics include:

* Creating a compelling message
* Prospect identification
* Using strategies to their best advantage
* Connecting personally with donors across sparsely populated regions
* Developing an appropriate fundraising style so there’s no embarrassment when you step out in the community

No matter what the barriers are in your community, you will leave Grassroots Fundraising with practical strategies and renewed energy for fundraising.

Kim Klein is internationally known as a fundraising trainer and consultant. Kim founded The Grassroots Fundraising Journal in 1981, was its publisher for 25 years, and is now the featured writer for the e-newsletter version of Grassroots Fundraising. Kim has worked in all aspects of fundraising; as staff, as a volunteer, as a board member, and as a consultant. Kim has worked in a number of rural communities in the United States and lived for many years in Appalachia. She has also worked with a number of Aboriginal communities in Arizona and New Mexico. Her first capital campaign was to build a library in a town of 600 people in California.

For more information, contact
Sheila Simpson, ssimpson@trilliumfoundation.org, or
Susannah, education@pillarnonprofit.ca, 519-433-7876

One day seminar – Community Based Fund Raising

Click here for more information

Brescia’s 8th Annual Breakfast for Bursaries

Featuring Dr. Samantha Nutt, Founder and Executive Director of War Child Canada

Time magazine declared her “One of Canada’s Five Leading Activists”

Friday, October 23, 2009

7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

London Convention Centre

300 York Street, London ON, Canada N6B 1P8

$75.00 per ticket (hot buffet breakfast & parking included)

For more info or to buy your ticket check out: http://brescia.uwo.ca/giving/breakfast2009.html

Proceeds from this event go the Eleanore Donnelly Bursary Fund that enables women in financial need to gain a university education at Brescia.

Going the Distance for Learning Disabilities

Where: Greenway Park, London ON

Date: Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Time: 10:00am

Register NOW!

Event Name	Event Type	Until October 17th
2.5km or 5km	Run/Walk	$20

Race Kit Pickup: TBA

Race Information:

• The entry fee for the 2.5km and 5km Run/Walk is FREE if you raise $50.00 worth of pledges.
• Children 7 & Under are FREE.
• Pledges can be collected online or in person.
• On Site registration from 9:00am – 10:00am
• A BBQ will follow the race at 11:00am

Proceeds of this event go to the Learning Disabilities Association – London Region

Please make sure any cheques are paybale to the Learning Disabilities Association – London Region

Citi Executive Director & Nonprofit Leader Breakfast

Join us for the third in the series, co-hosted by Pillar Nonprofit Network and Nathan Garber & Associates

Effective Financial Management in Nonprofits
With Andrea C. Feddema & Beth Nelligan, Ernst & Young LLP

Friday, October 23

7:30-9:30 AM
Delta London Armouries Hotel

Pillar members $30; Non-members $35

Continental breakfast included.

To register: Reserve your place by email to education@pillarnonprofit.ca

Then send payment to: Pillar Nonprofit Network, 251 Dundas St. , London , ON N6A 6H9 .

Please note: No refunds or cancellations after October 16.

This series is generously sponsored by Citi Cards Canada.

Thank you to Ernst & Young LLP for donating time to facilitate this breakfast.