All nonprofit staff and volunteers are welcome to join us for our next quarterly meeting of the North Valley Nonprofit Council. This meeting will take place from 2:30-4:30PM at the new Beatniks Cafe, 1387 E 8th Street (formerly the Market Cafe). The topic will be "Encouraging donations during hard times: maximizing returns from the Annie B's Community Drive." This will be a chance to sign up and to hear from organizations that have been successful with Annie B's.

UNITY in DIVERSITY FESTIVAL
presented by Paradise Center for Tolerance and Nonviolence
Sunday, June 14, Noon to 4 pm
Paradise Community Park at Pearson & Black Olive Streets

This class offers nonprofits a chance to move into the Web 2.0 environment.  New and established nonprofit organizations will learn about blogs, content management systems, semantic web design, twitter and the like. Don Peterson worked for a year to understand his unique audience and to design this course to fit the nonprofit sector. His not-so-secret hope is to bring many of these organizations out of the dark ages and into the low cost access to web technology that can serve the organization’s marketing, advocacy and development needs.

 Imagine 1500 passionate people gathering together to change the world. That's Boot Camp - a fun, intensive one day gathering where people learn how to bring their ideas for stronger communities into reality.

With a passion for nonprofits and the community, Ryann Cox has
spent the entirety of her professional career involved in both. As the
former Director of Development for Women’s Resource Clinic, Ryann
developed their very successful benefit dinner that drew nearly 900
guests annually, as well as several other lucrative events. Ryann Cox
Events was brought to fruition when Ryann stepped down from her years
in nonprofits to have her first child. “Although I thought I would have
a bit of time off, the clients kept finding me,” she said. The business

Join us at the Chico Grange Hall, 2775 Nord Avenue (at Rodeo Avenue). $10 admission. Food and beverages available for purchase on site. For more information call 898-5817.

Hear the experts speak about; Options for Long Term Care; How to pay for Long Term Care; Veterans Aid and Attendent Benefits; Medi-Cal for Long Term Care; How charitable giving helps your long term financial planning. Chico Masonic Family Center, 1110 W East Ave, Chico. Registration deadline, July 27. Suggested donation; $10 per person. Call Passages, 898-6715.

All local nonprofits are invited to participate in the 2009 Annie B's Community Drive. Submit application on line at the NVCF Home Page or at Join the 2009 Annie B's Community Drive.

Classes are offered by The Training Place
at the Chico Campus of Butte Community College. For details and
enrollment visit The Training Place .

Enloe Conference Center Room 101

You are invited to the launching of the North Valley DOVIA (Directors of Volunteers in Agencies). If you oversee, manage, organize, and need volunteers, come join others to launch a much needed support and training group through the North Valley Community Foundation. Join us August 20, Thursday, 8:30-10 a.m. in room 101 of the Enloe Conference Center located at 1528 Esplanade in Chico.

Classes are offered by The Training Place
at the Chico Campus of Butte Community College. For details and
enrollment visit The Training Place .

Join us at the Chico Elks Lodge for a fun evening to benefit LeapingStone Foundation which raises funds to provide education and sustainable development for villages in West Africa.