By Matthew Rios Collegiate Staff

The Student Alumni and Philanthropy club is a new club forming at Grand Rapids Community College in partnership with the GRCC Foundation.

Associate Director of College Advancement Erin Cisler, who founded the club, said the club is meant to “foster philanthropic spirit among the students at GRCC.”

“(The purpose is) to try to get them to understand what philanthropy is and for us to create a good positive relationship, us being the foundation, and students,” Cisler said. “For student Alumni it will give them a chance to come back and talk to students, or come back and do different things on campus with our students, and planting that seed on what it means to be an alumna.” Students interested in the Student Alumni and Philanthropy Club, or would like more information about how you can give back to GRCC, can contact Cisler at ecisler@grcc.edu.

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Chivas The Venture 2016/2017 has begun its search for entrepreneurs that want to succeed whilst positively impacting the lives of others.

Bid solicitation for Kaier’s building demolition should begin soon – News – Republican Herald

MAHANOY CITY The planned demolition of the former Kaier Brewery building in Mahanoy City should soon reach the bidding stage, according to Borough Manager Daniel L.

Lynch made the update during Tuesday’s meeting of the borough council that the state Department of Community and Economic Development gave the approval to solicit bids for the project.

“DCED reached out to the county today and said that even if you don’t have the contract in hand, you can go ahead and bid, but don’t award the bid until you have the contract, which we were expecting soon, but this will make it a little bit faster.”

The demolition and the development of the property into a community park with playground equipment will be funded through a $120,000 grant from the Commonwealth Financing Authority and grant payments over a two-year period from Keystone Communities, one being $20,000 in the first year and $280,000 in the second year, as announced in November 2014.

In the Community Development report, Councilwoman Diane Rachuck said the new community Christmas tree will be delivered soon and will be planted at the park at Centre and Catawissa streets.

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Present for the Tahlequah Community Fund grant donation to Tenkiller Area Community Organization were, front row, form left: Trae Ratliff and Cindy Ballew.

Present for the Tahlequah Community Fund donation to Tahlequah High School Leadership Class were, front row, from left: Todd Mutzig, Natalie Cloud, and Julie Culver. ”+

Present for the Tahlequah Community Fund grant donation to Tenkiller Area Community Organization were, front row, form left: Trae Ratliff and Cindy Ballew.

Present for the Tahlequah Community Fund donation to Tahlequah High School Leadership Class were, front row, from left: Todd Mutzig, Natalie Cloud, and Julie Culver.

Since its founding in 1999, the Tahlequah Community Fund has awarded numerous grants to groups who focus on education, children, community wellness and quality of life issues.

TCF, a nonprofit organization, is supported by a local advisory board of seven local individuals, focused on meeting local needs and enhancing community spirit.

Each year, TCF solicits grants applications from the community. To beautify Tahlequah in collaboration with the My Tahlequah group, the Leadership Class Recycling Program will provide recycling bins for both plastic bottles and cardboard projects at Tahlequah High School.

With the urging of the Tahlequah Community Fund, the Leadership Class additionally will help with the Tahlequah Middle School develop and put in place an identical recycling project.

I stopped Grant from leaving for Europe after South Africa friendly – Osei Palmer | Sports News 2016-10-13

Black Stars management Committee member Wilfred Osei Palmer says he stopped Coach Avram Grant from going back to Europe after the team’s international friendly against South Africa.

Recipients include Kim Hunter, Starla Fey, Bonnie Lang, Jennifer Long, Chelsea Kenison, Mariann Torretta, Kimberly Koch and Brandon Mack, all of the Central Valley School District; Jamie McCarthy, Wendy Halverson, Natasha McCanna and Julie Nelson, all of the West Valley School District; Dana Rowan, Danny Figueira, Sarah Carver, Hannah Schneider, Jessica Rempel, Sharon Badeau, Kris Busch and Matt Green, all of the Mead School District; Teresa Scrupps, Martha Meyers-Harris, Emily Jones and Andy Mitchell, all of the Cheney School District; and Jacqui Peterson, Zacharie Brown, Andrea Siler and Faye Atwood, all of the East Valley School District.

Japanese language program earns school $5,000 grant

Windsong School recently received a $5,000 grant from the Japan Foundation for its continuation of their Japanese language program.

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“Capitalism has gone wrong.”

This is the message that Social Enterprise UK is using to persuade consumers to consider social enterprise alternatives ahead of Social Saturday on 15 October.

Social Enterprise UK, the representative body of social enterprises, this week released results of a poll which shows that many British people think that businesses such as football clubs, utility companies and banks are making unfair profits at the expense of consumers.

The public are getting a rough deal because some businesses have an insatiable appetite for profit

Peter Holbrook, the chief executive of Social Enterprise UK, said: “The findings of this poll tell us that in some industries British consumers are really losing out and it’s a sign that capitalism has gone wrong. They are followed by electricity, gas and water companies and TV subscription providers (61%), train companies (58%) and banks (53%).

Social enterprises are leading the way in creating a vibrant and growing social economy

Social Enterprise UK points out that social enterprise alternatives include AFC Wimbledon Football Club, Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, Energise Barnsley and Triodos Bank.

Social Saturday has financial backing from the UK government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Minister for civil society Rob Wilson said: “Social Saturday is a great opportunity for people across the country to buy social and celebrate the fantastic role played by social enterprises. Plymouth, which is a Social Enterprise City, will host four events, including a guided tour of the city’s largest solar array by Plymouth Community Energy.

So far, there are 11 confirmed visits from MPs to social enterprises in their constituencies.

The Social Enterprise UK poll also demonstrated that awareness of social enterprise is rising among the British public. Just over half (51%) are now aware of these alternative businesses compared with just one in five in 2008.

Header photo: Change Please, a social enterprise which trains homeless people to become baristas, which will be at the Borough Market event in London on Social Saturday.

There’s just five days to go until Social Saturday helps raise awareness of social enterprises up and down the country.

In a Pioneers Post exclusive the new Minister for Civil Society Brooks Newmark writes about his first two months in office, his passion for social enterprise and the UK’s first Social Saturday.

ELKINS Nine Randolph County teams participated in the recent 2016 Tucker Community Foundation “Run for It” and brought home to local nonprofit organizations and libraries $23,387.75 in total team awards.

The Rowdy Readers, representing the Russell Memorial Public Library in Mill Creek, ran away with the Citizens Bank Award for the “Best of Randolph” and a total of $9,672.75, the highest dollar amount in proceeds and the highest dollar amount in team sponsorships, $7,137.75, of the county total of $11,212.75.

Diane Hinkle, Tucker Community Foundation development director, said the “Run for It” is more than a one-day event featuring a 5K run and 2K walk. The following year’s event begins the very day after the race.

“Many of the teams begin their fundraising and sponsorship drives as soon as the event is over,” she explained.

“The teams that work the hardest and raise the most sponsorships, win the most.”

When those sponsorship dollars are leveraged, the team can go home with substantial awards.

“Since its inception, the Foundation has been here to be a conduit for smaller nonprofits,” she continued.

“The team can filter funds raised in sponsorships through the Foundation. After time, the money adds up.”

The money raised through “Run for It” goes into the library’s general fund to be used for operating since the library is not receiving funds from the Randolph County Board of Education any longer.

“We lost $10,000 in levy money,” she said. “‘Run for It’ makes up for that loss.”

Mallow noted that even though the Rowdy Readers brought home the largest amount of Race Day awards ($2,500), they are a small group of race participants.

“We could only muster six team members this year,” she said. We hope our representation will be larger next year.”

The Literacy Volunteers of Randolph County walked away with a third place overall Randolph County total team award, bringing home total proceeds of $2,290. The team also won the Best Team T-Shirt award.

Team leader Akiko Endo and her seven-member team helped raise $900 in sponsorships during a two-month period for their first-time endeavor with the Tucker Community Foundation.

Endo said it was a great event in that it provided an opportunity to network with other organizations working with literacy and reading.

“The event offered a wider sense of community. “I came away with a feeling that we were working together as a region.”

Endo said the funds brought back from the event will be used to continue outreach tutoring programs for adults in the county and to pay AmericCorps/Vista administrative fees.

The small but mighty Cub Scout Pack 88 placed sixth in overall team totals and also brought home a $1,000 McDonough Foundation award for a total of $1,405.00

Charlie Friddle, team leader, is proud of his six-member team for doing so well for a first-time venture.

“Team member Kyle Reed placed second in the under-10 age group,” Friddle said. “He and Kate Reed were the only runners, the rest of us walked.”

Friddle noted the weather was perfect and it was a “fun event.” He said the group will be planning for next year.

Other Randolph County teams bringing home awards and cash were: Second place in Randolph County team totals, the Pioneer Public Memorial Library of Harman with $4,550.00.

Fourth-place awardees were Knights of Columbus Council No.