Volume 1, No. 11 P. O. Box 40386, Memphis, TN 38174-0386 November 2011

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Honoring

Outstanding Volunteer FundraiserShannon Brown, FedEx Corporation

Outstanding CorporationDuncan Williams Investment Bankers

Outstanding Executive LeaderSusan Schadt, Arts Memphis

Spirit of PhilanthropyBette & Michael Arndt, Emergency Mobile Health Care

Partners in PhilanthropyCaesars Entertainment

Harrah’s, Horseshoe, and Tunica Roadhouse Casinos

Outstanding Fundraising ExecutiveLinda Jackson McNeil, Bridges

Outstanding PhilanthropistJames McGehee

Master of CeremoniesJoe Birch, WMC-TV 5

Tuesday, November 29, 201111:00 a.m. Meet and Greet Honorees

11:45 a.m. Awards Luncheon and Program Holiday Inn - The University of Memphis

Crystal Awards Luncheon

Celebrating 26 Years of Giving

For more information or to register, please visit www.afpmemphis.org.

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Thank You Renewed Members

Brad BakerMid-South Lions Sight & Hearing Service, Inc.

(Member since 2010)

Jackie D. Hancock, Jr., CFRENational Foundation for Transplants

(Member since 1993)

Holli KenneyThe Orpheum Theatre(Member since 2008)

Volunteers Needed!

Volunteers are needed for the Crystal Awards!

Registration, table guides, and set up. Please contact Missy Rainer 334-3460

Website Help

The AFP Memphis Chapter needs a volunteer website master to make up-dates to the website and send out event reminders via email.

For more information, please contact Jennifer Strain 759-5490.

Methodist Healthcare Foundation2011 Cancer Center Luncheon

Friday, Nov. 4

The Peabody Hotel- Grand BallroomFeaturing Academy Award-winning

actor, producer and director and cancer survivor, Michael Douglas

General tickets $125Call 516-0500 or purchase online at www.methodisthealth.org/cancerlun-

cheon

UPCOMING EVENTS

Save the Date for our Final Webinar of 2011 – Tuesday, December 6

Secrets to Success in the Small Shop

Presenter: Sandy Rees, CFRE, Nonprofit Coach and Consultant

Location: TBD

Free to AFP Members; $10 for Non-Members

Join us for our WEB/AUDIOCONFERENCE in December !

Thank You! Our appreciation to Meritan and CBU for allowing us the use of their facilities for our meetings in October. Thank you to those that provided door prizes at our October meeting. We also thank our luncheon spon-sor, The Sharpe Group.

Nonprofit Job BankSee the newest job postings at www.afpmemphis.org. If you have a job opening and would like help getting the word out, consider using the AFP website to post your position.

Door Prizes Needed!If your organization would like to donate a door prize for our monthly luncheon, please contact Laura Terry at Lterry@memphiscac.org

AFP Diversity Scholarships Deadline Extended

The AFP Memphis Board is again offering Diversity Scholarships for AFP memberships. Our hope is that we can expand and encourage diversity in our chapter by enabling an individual or an organization that otherwise might not join AFP either because they do not have the funds to join or because they have not been exposed to all that AFP has to offer. For 2012, AFP Memphis will be awarding membership scholarships to two nonprofit professionals as well as two students from the The Nonprofit Studies/American Humanics Program at the University of Memphis. (These scholarships, in part, are being made available from and AFP Every Member Campaign Grant.) We are asking you as a member of AFP to reach out to potential candidates for this scholarship and encourage them to apply. Applications will now be accepted until December 1, 2011. The selection will be made by the AFP Memphis Board. Information will also be posted on the AFP Memphis website and other select locations. The application for this scholarship is at the end of the newsletter as well as on the AFP website. Please share it with a worthy organization and deserving student!

AFP MEMPHIS DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

AFP Memphis Board is awarding a scholarship each year for a diverse organization that is not a member of AFP. Our hope is that we can “seek and achieve a broad representation of experiences, perspectives, opinions and cultures” within our local AFP Chapter. The AFP membership will be awarded to one person from an organization that otherwise might not join AFP either because they do not have the funds to join or because they have not been exposed to all that AFP has to offer. The scholarship is also available to U of M Humanics students with a letter of recommendation from an advisor or professor. Deadline: December 1, 2011 Please email completed application to:

info1@afpmemphis.org or Fax: 901-684-1128, Attn: Connie Gonitzke Personal Data Applicant’s Name __________________________________ Job Title ____________________________________

Have you ever been a member of AFP? _____ If so, when? ____________________ Years in the profession _____

Employer _____________________________________________________________________________________

Business Address ______________________________________________________________________________

City__________________________________ State ____________ Zip ________________

Organization Website URL _______________________________________________________________________

Business Phone number __________________________ Personal Phone Number __________________________

Email Address _________________________________________________________________________________

Previous Training in Fundraising __________________________________________________________________

Supervisor’s Signature __________________________________________________________________________

Are you in The Nonprofit Studies/American Humanics Program at the University of Memphis? __________________ Background Information Organization mission ___________________________________________________________________________

How does your organization accomplish it’s mission and goals? __________________________________________

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What population is served? ______________________________________________________________________

Share how your organization representation can share diverse experiences, perspectives, opinions and cultures

within our local AFP chapter membership: ___________________________________________________________

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How would an AFP membership help you and your organization better achieve your mission goals? _____________

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Applicant Signature ____________________________________________ Date ____________________________

For more information about the AFP Every Member Campaign or to make a donation, please contact Kris Crim – kcrim@ymcamemphis.org.

There is still time to make a contribution to the 2011 Every Member Campaign!

We would like to recognize and thank those members who have already made a donation or pledge to AFP through the Every Member Campaign.

Please visit the AFP Memphis website for more information about the campaign including the Gift/Pledge Form. Please forward your completed form to Kris Crim at 3548 Walker Avenue, Memphis, TN 38111 so we have a record of your gift at the local level. We will take care of forwarding your form and donation to the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy. Do not forget donations to AFP are tax deductible!

Blue Ribbon Donors – Less than $50 Elise P. Bone Lori Brougher Clint Cummins Leigh Hersey Cindy Cates Moore Jean M. Morton Missy Rainer Emily Sharpe Jennifer Strain Bronze Ribbon Donors – $50 to $99

Shali Atkinson Martha Boyd Kris Crim Kelly Davis Dee Flood Connie Gonitzke, CFRE Millie McPherson George Miller, CFRE Sandra Palazolo Bob Plunk Skip Redmond Laura Terry

Silver Ribbon Donors – $100 to $249

Perry Dement J.J. Doughtie Diana Kelly Charles McLarty Dan H. Murrell, CFRE Beverly T. Sakauye Mary Scheuner, CFRE Alisa Smallwood, CFRE Virginia Stallworth Brier Smith Turner Tona Jackson Simpson Medalist Donors – $250 to $999 Gail G. Milnor