East Cooper Community Outreach Program

I would like to focus on one non-profit organization that has been doing very well in the recent years. The name of the organization is St Jude Research Hospital, which deals with the cure and treatment of children suffering from catastrophic diseases. In the five decades, it has been operational, the mortality rate has gradually reduced therefore saving lots of lives. St Jude started its operations in 1962. Danny Thomas was the one who started the organization and was helped by two other close friends (Pui, Pei, Pappo, Howard, Cheng, Sandlund and Gajjar, 2012).

I would like to focus on one non-profit organization that has been doing very well in the recent years. The name of the organization is St Jude Research Hospital, which deals with the cure and treatment of children suffering from catastrophic diseases. In the five decades, it has been operational, the mortality rate has gradually reduced therefore saving lots of lives. St Jude started its operations in 1962. Danny Thomas was the one who started the organization and was helped by two other close friends (Pui, Pei, Pappo, Howard, Cheng, Sandlund and Gajjar, 2012).

Raygene Parks is pursuing a bachelor's degree in Microbiology with a minor in non-profit leadership at Clemson University. Raygene has demonstrated her interest in service through undertaking the role as a Clemson Community Scholar. Her involvement in the program has ignited her interest in pursuing a variety of service-related avenues. She has gained a better understanding of non-profit functionality and community engagement through participating in board meetings for a local food bank, serving as a grant-writer for an international health-focused organization, and undertaking national-based alternative break trips. She is passionate about using leadership roles to assist in constructing servant leaders. She has been able to assist in helping

The project I have chosen for my leadership project is the East Cooper Community Outreach program. This program is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1989 to assist victims after Hurricane Hugo. East Cooper Community Outreach, also known as ECCO, offers assistance to the many people in Mount Pleasant living at the poverty level, also known as the “working poor.” ECCO is vital to the community and we will learn about this organization’s origin and the significant ways it has contributed to the residents of East Cooper.

The organization that I selected is the Far South CDC. I am currently employed by the organization. The Far South CDC is a 501(c) (3) not for Profit Corporation. The organization budget is 1.1M, solely comprising of city contracts and grants. The organization is currently looking to increase revenue streams and raise donations.

It is easily to find out that Windfall has contributed to the community a lot. Also, Kate Ogles gave us some background information about herself and how she got involved into the dancing organizations. She has been dancing for over 20 years and is still dancing now, which is very amazing! She had the experiences of teaching ballet classes before with pre-school and elementary students. She has been active on the board of Windfall for approximately 17 years. She told us that it definitely needed passion to get involved into the nonprofit organizations, and she also needed to be in charge of many different aspects of the organizations, and she definitely suggested us to take some business classes in order to be prepared of financial elements that we may face in the future when we work for nonprofit

I choose a career in the Non-Profit Coordination field because of two reasons; the first is I am an effective coordinator of people and resources, and secondly I am civic minded and want to devote my energies to the betterment of human conditions in St. Louis. As a practicing Catholic, who lives by the Golden Rule, and has been an active volunteer for many years with various community based programs, my understanding of the inner workings of nonprofit organizations is extensive. The program will benefit from my ability to motivate team members; in my current position, I have led my team two years in a row in achieving “top 10” in customer service nation-wide. The program is also looking for a person who creates and maintains donor relationships

Can you talk a little bit about our experience and expertise in working with nonprofits?

"After the church [First United Methodist Church] was rebuilt in 2011, our church quickly did the work to position itself as a disaster relief center as a way to pay it forward. In the fall of 2014, we arranged to become a local Red Cross shelter," said Rev. Jacqueline King told the Louisiana Conference.

If I were to work for a nonprofit, I would choose Room to Read, an organization that aims towards improving literacy and gender equality in third world countries. The founder, John Wood, launched Room to Read in order to target the fact that many young girls are denied educational opportunities in the developing world. The lack of teachers, educational resources, and books have prevented them from acquiring necessary literacy skills. The organization partners with local governments to provide assistance to rural schools in addressing these problems and to ensure that students have the necessary tools to develop their literacy skills.

Denise has over 20 years experience in the nonprofit sector in community and organizational development as well as ten years experience in the private sector in marketing and market research. As Assistant Executive Director, Denise’s principal responsibilities include fund and program development, stakeholder engagement, fiscal and human resource management and creating strategic alliances leading to community economic development.

Assuming this is not expected to be formal, and an analysis of my character, I will start from the beginning to explain why I know I would be a great asset to your organization. I was raised in Columbus, Ohio by genuinely giving and caring people. My mother especially taught me a lot about caring for others. Though, considered an unconventional technique for learning this lesson, she required one sacrifice of me every other birthday. Instead of having presents, parties, and cake I would from the age of seven have to decide on a way to give back to others. This was a non-negotiable expectation. For example, in the first grade I organized a collection for the homeless. I made fliers and passed them out throughout my neighborhood and school. In seventh grade I gathered a group of volunteers to travel to the Ohio River when it

As a nine-year-old, going through my parents’ divorce was a painful blur, but without that experience I would not be where I am today. Growing up in a single-parent home has taught me to be more self-reliant and more determined to achieve my goals.

The diversity of nonprofit organizations, services provided and the problems faced shows that nonprofits require leadership with an in-depth understanding of the multifaceted nonprofit landscape. Understanding the culture of nonprofit work is also crucial and much easier to understand once you have been through a nonprofit management program. My career interests lead me towards an avocation of a deeper knowledge of strategic management/planning, legal structure and standards, increase my skills in quantitative analysis of policy, financial governance and developing fundraising strategies. These areas allow for macro management within the nonprofit

Each and every day a child somewhere in the world is experiencing major changes within their family. One of those major changes is divorce or separation of parents. Divorce is “the action or an instance of legally dissolving a marriage”(Webster, 2011 p1). Today’s reality shows that couples only have one in two odds of remaining together. “ The U.S. Census bureau – involved in research about counseling children of divorce- estimating that approximately 50% of all American children born in 1982 lived in a single-parent homes sometime during their first 18 years. Mostly are due to divorce”(Children of Divorce, 2008 p.1). The rapid increase in divorce rates is a factor that has contributed to the large decline of the typical family. “Over 1