HSHC Annual FUNdrasier

You are invited to join us on Friday, March 5th from 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm at Bubbles Mansion for our 4th Annual “Not So Serious Side of Sex” FUNdraiser and awareness event. Hosted by Cory Bowles of Trailer Park Boys fame and featuring great entertainment including Burlesque dancer Cadence MacMichael and other surprise guests, this evening is always fun-filled. The 2010 panel of "Sexperts" consists of Rachel Dodds from Sexy Girl Inc, Professor of Human Sexuality Matt Numer, drag celeb Rouge Fatale, and everybody's favourite former HSHC nurse Helga Wotherspoon.A silent and online auction will happen throughout the evening. Please help support HSHC's mandate of reducing the number of STIs and unintended pregnancies through education and services.Tickets are $15 at the door or available at HSHC. Many thanks to our generous sponsors: Bubbles Mansion, VIA Rail, Real Decoy, The Coast, etc Press, the United Way and all the wonderful businesses and individuals who are donating items to the auction.

Reliable and Renewable - Fundraising in Unreliable Times

APRIL 29, 2010: 9:00 AM TO 4:00 PM
Reliable Fundraising in Unreliable Times

This workshop will be based on Kim Klein’s new book: “Reliable Fundraising in Unreliable Times” and her 33 years of experience as a fundraising practitioner. Invite your staff and board members to participate and build a critical mass within your organization to raise more money.

Cost: $75 (Includes lunch)
Location: Holiday Inn Dartmouth (near the MacDonald Bridge)
RSVP and pre-register by calling 1-800-218-2220
Email: tatacent@tatacentre.ca
Pre-registration required.

APRIL 30 – MAY 2, 2010: Weekend Intensive
How Your Organization Can Build Renewable Income Streams

Learn core fundraising principles and get in-depth practical strategies for success while sharing particular issues faced by your own organization. One-on-one consulting, small group work and fun, interactive discussions will help your organization figure out how to start, maintain or expand a fundraising program focused on individuals – the most reliable and renewable of all income streams.

Cost: $595 (includes shared accommodations and meals)
Location: Tatamagouche Centre, Nova Scotia
To register, contact:
tatacent@tatacentre.ca
Telephone: 1-800-218-2220
www.tatacentre.ca

Grassroots Fundraising

 In these turbulent, unpredictable times, are you rethinking your
organization’s reliance on one source of funding?

 Are you tired of chasing funding whose outcomes are constantly shifting
according to agendas that are not yours?

 Do you want to learn about alternative ways to support your
organization’s social mission?

Introductory Workshop on Grassroots Philanthropy
January 22, 2010
1:00 to 4:00 pm
HeartWood office
5516 Spring Garden Road, Suite 202 (in the Sport Nova Scotia building)

Join us in a three‐hour interactive presentation that examines some of our assumptions about money and social mission. Start rethinking how you raise money. This session will introduce you to the basic concepts that will be examined in more depth at the spring 2010 workshops with Kim Klein. Bring your staff and board member so that you can start the conversation in your own organization.

Cost: $25 each

Facilitator: Wendy Johnston, Maritimes Regional Director for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada and a consultant with WinterGreens Consulting. For over twenty years, Wendy has worked to strengthen the nonprofit sector in the Maritimes, using an appreciative approach and community development lens to help our sector become part of the leadership our communities need.

Are you interested? Please register with:

HeartWood Centre for Community Youth Development
home‐place@heartwood.ns.ca
Telephone: (902) 444‐5885
Please provide your name, organization, and contact information (phone number
and email.

Co‐sponsored by HeartWood Centre for Community Youth Development, YouthScape and WinterGreens Consulting