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INAPEF "Lunch & Learn" Webinars Kick-Off in June
(Free for Members)

We've had great feedback from our June 10th Webinar on "Creating a Winning Environment with Tips on Increasing Public Awareness" with Dave Sternberg, Loring, Sternberg & Associates. Thank you Dave! Download the slides here (PPT and PDF).

Register today for the upcoming webinars:

Thursday, July 29 @ 12:30 - 1:30 pm
"Maximizing Alumni Relations"
Dave Sternberg, Loring, Sternberg & Associates

Thursday, September 23 @ 12:30 - 1:30 pm
"Success Securing Corporate Support"
Nick Parkevich, Loring, Sternberg & Associates

TBD, November @ 12:30 - 1:30 pm

Thanks to our strategic partner: Loring, Sternberg & Associates for making these webinars possible. Thanks also to our Member Services Chair - Barb Smolen (Warsaw) for all of her work and coordination!

Register today:

July 29 - Alumni Relations Webinar Registration
Sept. 23 - Corporate Support Webinar Registration

For Technical / Registration ?'s - contact nickparkevich@comcast.net

'We are the ones we have been waiting for.'

INAPEF President-Elect Tina Peterson (Monroe County) borrowed that quote from the elders of Hopi Nation when talking about her foundation's recent campaign launch. (See below)

$500,000 gift to aid Foundation of Monroe County Community Schools
A $500,000 anonymous donation to support literacy was already in place when the Foundation of Monroe County Community Schools kicked off a $3 million campaign to support local schools in April. The foundation's "Campaign for Our Children, Our Schools and Our Future" will focus upon programming in three areas affected by $5.8 million in cuts the MCCSC has authorized in the wake of state funding shortfalls: 1) Keeping kids in school. 2) Literacy and 3) Library materials and supplies.

Click here for the full article: http://mccsfoundation.org/news.html

More News...

With great education, the sky's the limit for St. Joseph County

Susan Warner is executive director of the Public Education Foundation and has been a trustee of the Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp. for 12 years She also is a board member for Joint Services Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Madison.

Earlier this month, she sat down with South Bend Tribune Opinion Page Editor Gayle Dantzler and Managing Editor Tim Harmon to talk about the future.

Click here to read the positive things happening in St. Joseph Co. schools!

School Foundations Step Up to Pay for Programs As Funding Dries Up

Ginny Hacker, President of INAPEF and Executive Director of Washington Township Schools Foundation, was featured earlier this year in the Indianapolis Business Journal.
Click here to read the full article



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