2017 Annual Celebration Affiliated Fund Training, Expo and Banquet
TOGETHER A GREATER NEBRASKA Pre-Training Peer Gatherings | Wednesday, November 1
BCC Round 1 Gathering (McCook, Nebraska City, Shickley and Norfolk)
1:00 - 4:00 p.m. | Embassy Suites Conference Center, La Vista Round 1 affiliated funds went through a tremendous learning process together as they each successfully met the first BCC challenge by raising over $500,000 for their unrestricted endowments. Now, they are keeping their learning cohort together to figure out how to deepen relationships and continue the conversations that were started during their campaigns.
Child Development Centers in Rural Nebraska
1:00 - 4:00 p.m. | Embassy Suites Conference Center, La Vista It’s no secret that affordable, high quality childcare is in high demand across Greater Nebraska. Through The Valley Child Development Center, members of the Red Cloud Community Foundation Fund are looking to meet that need, and at the same time, creating a dynamic attractor for young families. We invite affiliated funds that are ready to take action in bringing exceptional early child development to their communities to hear how Red Cloud took The Valley Child Development Center from dream to reality.
Rural Futures Institute Student Serviceship Workshop
1:00 - 4:00 p.m. | Embassy Suites Conference Center, La Vista RFI’s Student Serviceship connects communities to college students and students to rural communities, leaders and mentors. Serviceships provide communities with tangible results on important self-defined projects while giving students resume-building work and insight into the career and life opportunities in rural places. Join RFI, NCF, former interns, former host communities, and your peers for a workshop to improve your community’s project plan for the RFI Student Serviceship program.
South Omaha Heritage Tour
Starts at 4:00 p.m. | Bus Tour | Meet at Embassy Suites Conference Center, La Vista Experience the sights, sounds and tastes of South Omaha with a bus and walking tour hosted by the Nebraska Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Learn how the neighborhood has evolved through the years as a home for newcomers from all over the world. Discover the burgeoning business community and hear first-hand from entrepreneurs calling South Omaha home today. We’ll conclude our tour with dinner at a local restaurant, social time… and margaritas!
Register: www.nebcommfound.org