GNOF replies: Angelina, grants will be in the $20,000 - $25,000 range, but may be smaller than that depending on the applications we receive. The amount to grant this year will be slightly higher than $50,000.

Maison Hospitiliere Grant

I noticed that only $50,000 is available for this first round and that the grants would be $20,000-$25,000. Will only two grants be awarded?

Grant Writer Needed

Seasons Grief and Loss Center is looking for a grant writer. If interested in helping, please contact Mindy Keller at 504-834-5957.

In the spotlight

I would still like to get Metropolitan Center for Women and Children in the spotlight. Our fundraising gala for the year is Sept. 25, and it is important to be there in the eye! Help!

Oil Spill Log Booms

We have available immediately to assist your local oilspill responders with an immediate delivery capacity of up to 25,000 feet per day of oil spill log booms
to assist in protection of shorelines, wetlands and beach areas from incoming surface oil.

We have packaged the log booms in a kit as follows

1000 feet of log booms for Oil Spill Defense
Oil Log Booms to buffer (1000 feet) of beach, marsh and wetland areas from surface oil contamination
88 (eighty eight) pieces of lodgepole pine logs average length 15 feet x 10 inches diameter
Logs are predrilled, plated and chains are provided for easy linking n
or
alternate configuration
twenty (20) pieces of log booms (fifty feet log lengths) to be strung in a single line to protect 1000 feet of shoreline

These Logs can be also towed by boat for use as surface oil skimming

This packaged kit Includes point to point delivery by rail from the Pacific Northwest and transfer by tractor trailer to local point of delivery
Equipment, logistics and labor for unloading by qualified, licensed, insured and bonded forestry industry operators to the local point of delivery at waterfront

We can also provide logistical support and trucking equipment and support from local Louisana suppliers as well if you require.
We have many qualified equipment and human resources in the forestry sector in the Pacific Northwest who are readily available to assist immediately.

There is a preliminary page outlining the logboom kits at http://www.usdemocrats.com/oilspilldefense

Please call us at 289-637-5353 or email oilspilldefense@usdemocrats.com we can assist in providing immediate response, these logbooms are
readily available in the Pacific Northwest, are much more effective than the plastic booms that are currently in use and supply is abundant and they can be delivered immediately

Kind regards,

Jim Takeda
usdemocrats.com

Healthy Green Homes Series: Indoor Air Quality

This Build it Back Green workshop will address the importance of monitoring your homes indoor air quality. Air quality can impact the health of you and your family? As the seasons change, allergies and other ailments can occur, make sure it’s not the air in your house to blame.
Ivan Varnado from Inspector 12 will be speaking on how to recognize mold and mildew in your home and eliminate it. Peter Seltzer from Canopy NOLA will lend advice on how to chose environmentally responsible and nontoxic building and design products for your home.

July 27, 6pm – 8pm
Global Green’s Build it Back Green Program
Location: Urban League Conference Room
2322 Canal Street, 1st floor, NOLA

March of Dimes Grant Annoucement

March of Dimes 2010 Chapter Community Grants application package. The MOD is awarding 1 or 2 grants for a total amount of $25,000 for projects or programs related to the March of Dimes mission. The application deadline is August 16, 2010. Attached you will find the complete grant package. In addition, information can be found at our website http://www.marchofdimes.com/louisiana

For more information, contact:

Knesha Rose, MPH
State Director of Program Services
March of Dimes
Louisiana Chapter
12015 Justice Ave.
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
Telephone (225) 295-0655
Fax (225) 295-0677

We Need a Building/Space

Nattie’s Creative Arts Therapy, Inc. need a location to operate from. NCATI service families by providing tutoring, homework assistance, disciplined-based arts, and more. Sessions are open to all, including, seniors and students with disabilites. Cell: 504.388.0184 - Email: nattiescat@yahoo.com.

Back to School Picnic

High Voltage, Inc. is collecting supplies to assist young women at Raintree Children Services with Back to School supplies and a Labor Day Picnic. Donations of School Supplies and or holiday refreshments are appreciated.

“Refresh Everything”

Pepsi has set aside $1.3 million for the Gulf for the month of August and Grant was hoping that we could help spread the word.

1. Basic information on Do Good for the Gulf

2. Frequently Asked Questions on Do Good for the Gulf

3. Rules and Regulations

4. Some Gulf state ideas that have been submitted to date

Invitation to Participate in Urban Strategies’ Nonprofit Capacity Building Program Group Training Sessions

Program Purpose:
Urban Strategies Inc.’s (Urban) Nonprofit Capacity Building Program (Capacity Building Program or Program) is generally designed to strengthen the ability of nonprofits to address economic recovery for the nonprofit, the clients that they serve and the community. The Capacity Building Program is specifically designed to strengthen the ability of participating nonprofits to connect Harmony Oaks (formerly C.J. Peete) and Central City residents to services, such as education and training, and to increase overall local nonprofit capacity to deliver higher-quality, more effective programs to help families at Harmony Oaks and in Central City work toward self-sufficiency.

Group Training Sessions:
Open to nonprofit organizations currently providing or planning to provide Central City residents in the next twelve months with services that support economic sustainability for families. The Group Training Sessions are designed as a series of 8 clinics that will cover a single capacity building topic per clinic. Each clinic will include a presentation by an expert in the field, and facilitated break-out sessions to brainstorm the application of a new strategy or approach to individual organizations. The Group Training Sessions will occur approximately every 8-10 weeks.

Group Training Session # 3 – Program Evaluation
The Program Evaluation training session will examine why program evaluations are helpful and how to maximize the results of program evaluations. The training is designed to help your organization design and implement an effective program evaluation.

Date: Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
Time: 1:00 pm – 3 pm
Location: Operation Reach, 1700 Josephine St. (at Carondelet)
New Orleans, LA 70113-1522
(Street parking available)

RSVP Deadline: Friday, July 16th at 5:00 pm. Please send the names of the individuals who will attend the training session from your organization to sydney.moore@urbanstrategiesinc.org.

NO Artist needs oyster shells!

After having used up oyster shells for trivial pieces for a long time I now find my self in a bind. The oyster houses where I normally get shells are all closed. I now have a need for shells for more significant art works, but have no supply (since most resturants don’t want to be seen giving them out). If any one can help me find a steady source for fresh oyster shells please call 504-418-2970. I can’t travel far and am located in the Garden District but am willing to make a reasonable effort to collect available shells. Artist- J. Din Hurt

TONIGHT: Global Green Monthly Panel Discussion

GBRC Monthly Panel Discussion

Global Green USA is proud to partner with the AIA, New Orleans Chapter and the USGBC-Louisiana Chapter for our monthly panel series on issues of sustainability and environmental responsibility.

For this month’s panel discussion, hosted by the USGBC, LA Chapter - Thomas Rush, Director of Business Development at GNO Inc., will be on hand to discuss GNO Inc.’s Green N.O. Initiative.

Green N.O. is a collaborative economic development organization serving the 10-parish region of Southeast Louisiana. The initiative focuses on establishing New Orleans as an epicenter of sustainable industries, particularly in the areas of water management, green building, energy efficiency/renewable energy, coastal restoration, and disaster preparation and mitigation. Mr. Rush will provide overview of the Green N.O Initiative and its various subparts, including marketing, policy and green jobs.

Green Building Resource Center
Wednesday, June 16th
5:30pm to 7:30pm
841 Carondelet Street
New Orleans, LA

Global Green events are free and open to the public.

Light refreshment served at 5:30pm, meeting begins at 6pm.

Warm thanks to our good friends at Whole Foods Market and Atchafalaya Restaurant for their very generous support.

For updated information on this and past panel discussions, please contact Heidi Jensen at our Green Building Resource Center: hjensen@globalgreen.org:

Green- it-Yourself Series: June 29

Summer is officially here and we know ya’ll are sweatin it out in the Big Easy.
This panel will discuss HVAC systems, fans and air-conditioning window units. It will give individuals tips on how to recognize energy efficient models and how to improve the efficiency of existing models. Most importantly guest speaker Mike Bowen of HumbleHG, LLC will discuss how to save money by installing the appropriate system for your home and apartment.

Hosted by: Global Green’s Build It Back Green Program
Tuesday, June 29th
6:00pm - 8:00pm
At Good Work Network
1824 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. NOLA

Build It Back Green events are free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

For more information on this and past events, please contact Vincent Fedeli at our Green Building Resource Center: vfedeli@globalgreen.org, and see our website here: http://globalgreen.org/bibg/calendar/. Visit Global Green’s blog to find out what Build it Back Green is up to http://globalgreen.org/blogs/

FREE Green-It-Yourself Series - June 29th

Green- it-Yourself Series: June 29th

Summer is officially here and we know ya’ll are sweatin’ it out in the Big Easy.

This panel will discuss HVAC systems, fans and air-conditioning window units. It will give individuals tips on how to recognize energy efficient models and how to improve the efficiency of existing models. Most importantly guest speaker Mike Bowen of HumbleHG, LLC will discuss how to save money by installing the appropriate system for your home and or apartment.

Hosted by: Global Green’s Build It Back Green Program
Tuesday, June 29th
6:00pm - 8:00pm
At: Good Work Network
1824 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. NOLA

Build It Back Green events are free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

For more information on this and past events, please contact Vincent Fedeli at our Green Building Resource Center: vfedeli@globalgreen.org, and see our website here: http://globalgreen.org/bibg/calendar/. Visit Global Green’s blog to find out what Build it Back Green is up to http://globalgreen.org/blogs/

web address for Homes For Our Birds

You can visit our website at http://www.homesforourbirds.org

Thanks again for your support and any information

Wanting To Help With BP Oil Spill?

We are seeking any information on how our organization can get started with providing wildlife habitats to charities and/or organizations that are already on the ground volunteering with the BP Oil Spill cleanup efforts?

We are a new organization, homesforourbirds.org and we are ready to start doing our part TODAY by making as many bird habitats as we can get funding for.

Time is crucial and it’s so unfair that all the animals don’t know any better and are getting oiled and many dying and most of them suffering until death. We are seeking any amount of charitable sponsorship and if we need to, we will provide our Business Proposal for this much needed project and any other information that you would like to verify.

As we are focusing our time & efforts on manufacturing an enormous amount of habitats, we plan to leave our website at just one page (as it is right now), so we can carry out our main goal, which is to provide thousands of much needed habitats.

If you have any information or would like to sponsor homesforourbirds.org please contact us today by calling 308.249.4243 or emailing support@homesforourbirds.org

Thank you for your support!

We are taking donations at http://www.gulfoildonations.com

Pause 4 Dinner

June 17th Pause 4 Dinner with the Louisiana SPCA. On Thursday, June 17th, several restaurants across Greater New Orleans are donating 20% of their dinner proceeds to the LA/SPCA. So gather your friends & family and dine out for our animals! For participating restaurants and more information, please visit http://www.la-spca.org.

Volunteer Opportunity: Oil Spill Intern, Global Green USA

Global Green USA’s New Orleans office is looking for an Oil Spill Response Intern. Qualifications for this volunteer position include: college degree; good verbal, written, computer and telephone skills; interest in policy and environment. Experience working for a governmental or nonprofit org is a plus but not required. The Oil Spill Response Intern will assist senior staff in coordinating Global Green’s regional and national efforts in response to the BP Gulf Oil Spill. Work may include PR writing, photography, grant writing, research, note taking, drafting reports, meeting attendance, site visits, event coordination, etc. Prefer 15 hours per week minimum commitment. Qualified applicants should submit cover letter and resume by June 15th via email to clopez@globalgreen.org for consideration.

Volunteer Opportunity: Advocacy Intern

Global Green USA’s New Orleans office is looking for an Advocacy Intern.

Qualifications for this volunteer position include: college degree; good verbal, written, computer and telephone skills; interest in policy and environment. Experience working for a governmental or nonprofit org is a plus but not required. The Advocacy Intern will work with senior staff on initiatives including state and local energy policy, developing a green economy (jobs, industry), water management issues, and possibly green building/green schools. Intern will be asked to attend meetings, take notes, research information, draft minutes and reports, and in general do what is needed to further the policy and advocacy work of Global Green. Commitment of 15 hours per week requested.

Qualified applicants should email cover letter and resume to lstone@globalgreen.org

For more information on Global Green, please see our website: http://www.globalgreen.org

Want to help!

I would like information on how to go about donating funds to aid the fishermen’s families effect by the Gulf oil spill.

Volunteer Opportunities with Global Green USA (New Orleans)

Volunteer with Global Green’s Ambassador Corps

What is the Ambassador Corps?

The Ambassador Corps allows individuals to help create a more sustainable New Orleans through volunteer opportunities with Global Green USA. One can become a member by participating in the next training at the Holy Cross Project Visitor Center:

Ambassador Corps Training
2 pm to 4 pm
SATURDAY, JUNE 5th
409 Andry Street, New Orleans

What will I do as a member of the Ambassador Corps?

A member of the Ambassador Corps has four potential ways to volunteer with Global Green:

Digital-Volunteer
A digital-volunteer is an individual that can help Global Green via computer and/or phone. A digital-volunteer typically volunteers their own talents to Global Green. Training is minimal.

Participate in Tabling and Outreach Events
Global Green has several events that involve reaching out to the community. Volunteers will speak with the attendees about the services that BIBG provides (energy consults and green building advice) as well as answer any questions they may have about Global Green USA.

Participate in Home Weatherizations
Weatherization is the modification of a building to reduce energy consumption, thus reducing utility bills. Ambassador Corps members have the opportunity to help participate in the hands-on weatherization.

Docent at the Holy Cross Project Visitor Center
Global Green’s Holy Cross Project Visitor Center is a LEED Platinum home (the highest level of this green building standard). It is open every Monday, Friday, and Saturday for tours. An Ambassador Corps member can serve as a docent (tour-guide) for the Visitor Center after shadowing a fellow docent a few times before taking the lead on tours.

For any questions contact Global Green USA at 504-525-2121 or email John Dorsey at jdorsey@globalgreen.org

Anita, please call Martha Landrum at GNOF at (504) 598-1290.

In the spotlight

How can we be in the nonprofit spotlight?

With all eyes on the disaster in the Gulf, we must not lose sight of a longer-running tragedy affecting us all, every day: the unconscionable number of New Orleanians who are undereducated and unemployable.

This very human disaster lies at our feet and at the root of our city’s toughest challenges — drugs, crime, high incarceration rates, and broken social services. Yet while the situation is tragic, it is not hopeless. You can solve it.

The Early Childhood & Family Learning Foundation’s new Mahalia Jackson Center in Central City gives New Orleans’ poorest children a leg up during the critical first five years of their life, when it is needed most. The center provides comprehensive educational, mental, physical, and social services, so that kids have a real chance to succeed in school, graduate, and become productive working adults. The center also enrolls the children’s parents (many just children themselves) helping them to do the same.

The upcoming concert “From Symphony to Jazz to Kids” on October 27, 2010 from
7 to 9 pm at the Mahalia Jackson Theater will raise funds supporting the foundation’s work. By sponsoring the concert at $1,000 or more, you also allow an enrolled child and two of his/her family members to attend the event, featuring the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Ellis Marsalis, Ronnie Cole, tributes to Pete Fountain and Fats Domino, and more.

Now is the time to act. The Mahalia Jackson Center is only the first of others planned throughout New Orleans and could be our last chance to recover from this human disaster. If you are ready to help our children succeed — give today. Give if you are finished living with failure. Give if you believe in our children and in our city. Give if you are ready to make a real difference.

To sponsor “From Symphony to Jazz to Kids” or for ticket information, contact Phyllis Landrieu at 504-523-1193 or plandrieu@cox.net.

Volunteer Artist

Murals for Healing–our agency is looking for volunteer artists to paint murals in two places for children of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Investing in Children Summit

INVESTING IN CHILDREN
A summit on early childhood development
and its impact on building prosperous and healthy communities
June 1-3, 2010
Loyola University
Presented by
Louisiana Children’s Museum
and
Tulane Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
In collaboration with
Tiziana Filippini, Head of Pedagogy, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Wheelock College
Harvard University
Lesley University
Tufts University
Sponsored by
Colin and Alma Powell Legacy Award Fund
J P Morgan Chase Bank
Tulane Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
United Way’s Women’s Leadership Council
To register, please visit http://www.lcm.org or call 504-586-0725, ext. 222.

The Gulf Catastrophe could have been avoided

The Gulf Catastrophe could have been avoided if the US were growing algae. Algae is renewable, does not affect the food channel and consumes CO2. No explosions, no fires, no deaths and no environmental problems. What’s wrong with that???

Algae has been researched in US universities for over 35 years. It’s time to move it out of the lab and go into commercial-scale production. Algaepreneurs are starting to build commercial-scale plants throughout the US using all off-the-shelf existing technologies. More algae production plants are coming online. Algae is one solution to get the US off of foreign oil and create new jobs right here in the US. The algae industry is being built today by Americans who all want to get off foreign oil.

To learn more about the fast-track commercialization of the industry, you may want to check out the National Algae Association. http://www.nationalalgaeassociation.com

Healthy Green Homes Series

Global Green’s Build it Back Green Healthy Green Home Series:
Water Efficiency and Moisture Control- The Second of a Five Part Series
This workshop will focus on how to conserve water and save on utility bills by installing water efficient appliances, faucets and showerheads.
This workshop will also tackle moisture control. Humidity in your home will make you uncomfortable. How do you control it? Speakers will give expert advice on how to vent humidity out of your house and keep moisture levels low. Last but not least, speakers will discuss storm water management and water catchment systems.
Speakers will include Demetria Christo of EcoUrban and George Ferris from Rescue Clean.

Tuesday, May 25th
6:00pm - 8:00pm
ASHÉ CULTURAL ARTS CENTER
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70113

Build It Back Green events are free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
For more information on this and past events, please contact Vincent Fedeli at our Green Building Resource Center: vfedeli@globalgreen.org, and see our website here: http://globalgreen.org/bibg/calendar/. Visit Global Green’s blog to find out what Build it Back Green is up to http://globalgreen.org/blogs/

Pause for Dinner with the Louisiana SPCA

Pause for Dinner with the Louisiana SPCA. On Thursday, June 17th, highly recognized restaurants across Greater New Orleans are donating 20% of their dinner proceeds to the LA/SPCA. So gather your friends & family and dine out for our animals! For participating restaurants and more information, please visit http://www.la-spca.org.

“Toasts & Tiki-Tails”

“Toasts & Tiki-Tails” Wine Tasting will be held on June 3 at Canine Connection, located at 4920 Tchoupitoulas St., from 6:00pm-8:00pm. Admission is a $10.00 donation for snacks, libations, treats for the pooches and live music from “Pan Vibrations Steel Band.” Costume contest, too!! Friendly, leashed, pets are welcome! For more info visit http://www.canineconnectionnola.com or http://www.la-spca.org or call 267-4143 or 368-5191, ext. 154.

GBRC Monthly Panel: May 26th (GLOBAL GREEN)

Global Green USA is proud to partner with the AIA, New Orleans Chapter and the USGBC-Louisiana Chapter for our monthly panel series on issues of sustainability in the built environment.

Before Paradise is Lost: The Oil Spill in the Gulf and Our Community Response

This month’s panel will focus on our collective response to the Deepwater Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico - as we organize and promote training opportunities for volunteers and paid workers who wish to join the efforts to save our coastal communities, wetlands, and way of life.

Please join us as we come together as a community with the Gulf Restoration Network, the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, Louisiana Bucket Brigade and the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation in response to this man-made and avoidable disaster - how we’ll clean up the catastrophic mess in the coming weeks, support the fishermen and people of the communities most directly impacted - and how we can restore and protect our coastlines, our environment, and our future.

Wednesday, May 26th
5:30pm to 7:30 pm
Green Building Resource Center
841 Carondelet Street
New Orleans, LA

Global Green events are free and open to the public. Light organic refreshment served at 5:30pm, meeting begins at 6pm.

Warm thanks to our good friends at Whole Foods Market and Atchafalaya Restaurant for their very generous support.

For updated information on this and archived past panel discussions, please see our Global Green website here: http://globalgreen.org/events/13 or contact Heidi Jensen at our Green Building Resource Center: hjensen@globalgreen.org
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Free copiers and fax machines

Dear friends in the non-profit field,

ASI recently upgraded the copiers and fax machines at some of our branches. Instead of throwing them away I want to find a non-profit to donate them to. Neither the faxes nor the copiers would be appropriate for a big fancy non-profit that you guys work for. But they would be perfect for a small non-profit that might be on a limited budget. Can you reach for your rolodexes and see if any of your partners, affiliates, or perhaps an underfunded program could use a fax and/or a copier?

The details:

The desktop copiers are what I would all “industrial strength,” in that they are literally desktop versions of a stand alone file room type copier. They have fewer pages per minute, however, than those bigger machines. They are about 7-10 years old but they work pretty well, most of the time. I have some toner that I can send with them, but not a lot. Replacement toner is easily purchased online for around $40.

The fax machines are little $80 numbers that we buy from office depot. ASII people might remember them as the fax they are forced to use. They’re good for “light use.” Hey a fax is a fax, right? They take a fax film roll that can also be purchased online easily for about $15.

We have about 6 of each, so please pass the word!

If you know a nonprofit that might be interested in a free copier and/or fax machine please let me know by Wednesday May 19. I can arrange for delivery if necessary.

Jack Leslie

Facilities Supervisor

ASI Federal Credit Union

5508 Citrus Blvd

Harahan LA 70123

ph: (504) 733-1733 x79187

ReFest

WHO: The ReUse District
WHEN: Saturday May 15th, 2010
WHAT: The ReUse District will host ReFest, an all-day festival promoting creative reuse in New Orleans. From 10am to 5pm, members of The ReUse District will host workshops with reused materials. Workshops include a reuse carpentry workshop at The Green Project, a mural workshop at Trouser House, a book art workshop at Beth’s Books, reused t-shirt printing workshop with Dr. Bob Art, and a bike repair and bike art workshop at R.U.B.A.R.B. From 5pm to 6:30pm, Charitable Film Network will lead a film screening on “The Story of Stuff” followed by a panel discussion with representatives from The Green Project, Rebuilding Together New Orleans, and Trouser House. From 7:30 to 10pm, Jon Cleary and Mohican Scouts will perform at The Green Project’s Green Room, constructed from recycled materials. From 9:30pm to 2am, Mimi’s in the Marigny, Hi-Ho Lounge, Saturn Bar, and The Mother-In-Law Lounge will give discounts to all customers who present a reusable cup.

Urban Strategies Nonprofit Capacity Building Free Group Training

When: Tuesday, May 18th, 1:00 pm

What: “Nonprofit Financial Planning and Managment.” During this training session, facilitators will teach participants how to manage the complexities of financial systems and controls of nonprofit organizations.

Where: 1055 St. Charles Avenue, 1st Floor Large Conference Room, New Orleans 70130

Info: For more information, please go to http://www.urbanstrategiesinc.org

RSVP: To RSVP, please e-mail Esther Shin at esther.shin@urbanstrategiesinc.org