Workshop in Schroon: How To Engage Your Board and Raise Dollars

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Does the idea of engaging the board you serve on and raise money entice you? Then do we have workshop for you!

Joe Steiniger flags us to an upcoming event hosted by the Community Fund for the Gore Mountain Region, featuring Andy Robinson. It’s about building your board and telling your story, says Robinson. From Andy:

“To be effective, nonprofits must recruit board members who support their ideals, represent the diversity of the community, and bring a wide range of skills -- and then train them to be effective ambassadors. Join us as we share the most useful tools for both board development and nonprofit marketing.

“I specialize in the needs of organizations working for human rights, social justice, environmental conservation, and community development.  This is a fast-paced, interactive workshop, so please come prepared to participate!”

 

So save the Day: Sunday June 12, 2016 from 12:30 PM to 5:00 PM at the Seagle Music Colony999 Charley Hill Rd Contact:  Andrea Grout, Adirondack Foundation
(518) 523-9904andrea@adkfoundation.org

Listeria Alert on Stewart’s Snacks

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Heads up Stewart’s Fans: This just in from corporate HQ:

“Stewart’s Shops is recalling all bags of its private label Stewart’s Shops Sunshine Cranberry Delite. This product includes sunflower kernels that are part of a national FDA recall and have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

This action is a result of a FDA expanded recall by First Source of Tonawanda, NY, the Manufacturer of the Sunshine Cranberry Delite.

The recall involves all code dates of the 5oz bags sold at Stewart’s Shops locations. Customers should return the product to their nearest store for a full refund.

No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this recall.

Consumers with questions may contact First Source at 1 (716) 389–0264, Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm, ET. More information can be found at http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls.”

Kathy & Dan Riggins (posthumously): Schroon Lake Citizens of 2016

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Kathy & Dan Riggins (posthumously): Schroon Lake Citizens of 2016

Two very deserving folks have been named by the Schroon Lake Area Chamber of Commerce as the town’s Citizens of the Year for 2016.

Since retiring here in 2001, Kathy and Dan Riggins put their volunteerism first in everything they did, working tirelessly and selflessly for dozens of worthy causes.

Tragically, last August, Dan passed away on the town tennis courts, playing the game he loved.

“There was an outpouring of love and support for Kathy after Dan’s passing. They did everything together as a couple in their numerous volunteering efforts,” Tammy Whitty-Brown, the executive director of the Schroon Lake Area Chamber of commerce told us today.

“When we opened up the nominations for the Citizens of 2016, there were many folks in the community who wanted to give this honor to Dan and Kathy.

“The body of what they have done for Schroon, both as a couple and individually is amazing.This is an award that honors the work of this couple, work which Kathy continues to do today.”

The number of organizations the couple volunteered for is jaw dropping. Our first contact with dan came when he introduced the readers of Schroon Laker to sport of Pickleball, his second favorite game on the courts.

You can read more about Dan and Kathy’s achievements and their life in the official press release, after the jump.

The Chamber will host a dinner on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at 6pm at Schroon’s Word of Life Inn.  Tickets are available for $25 per person.

“So great was their impact in this community we are expecting a huge crowd,” Tammy said.

For details, please contact the Schroon Lake Area Chamber of Commerce at (518) 532.7675 or email director@schroonlakechamber.org.

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