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South African in the running for global social entrepreneurship prize

EVERY day, 47 South Africans lose their lives on our roads, many falling prey to accidents outside major centres and receiving assistance only after the “golden hour” for lifesaving treatment has expired. And what better cause, asserts social entrepreneur Jaco Gerrits, than ensuring that all can access help after being injured in a car accident.

As the South African winner of Chivas Regal’s global The Venture II competition for his potentially life-saving app CrashDetech, Gerrits will join 26 other young entrepreneurs from around the globe in New York for the chance to win a portion of a $1m pool that will take their humanitarian aspirations as far as possible.

Having been in the tech industry for about 14 years, he acknowledges that there are insurance giants in SA who offer impact-assistance devices as part of their packages.

EVERY day, 47 South Africans lose their lives on our roads, many falling prey to accidents outside major centres and receiving assistance only after the “golden hour” for lifesaving treatment has expired. And what better cause, asserts social entrepreneur Jaco Gerrits, than ensuring that all can access help after being injured in a car accident.

As the South African winner of Chivas Regal’s global The Venture II competition for his potentially life-saving app CrashDetech, Gerrits will join 26 other young entrepreneurs from around the globe in New York for the chance to win a portion of a $1m pool that will take their humanitarian aspirations as far as possible.

Having been in the tech industry for about 14 years, he acknowledges that there are insurance giants in SA who offer impact-assistance devices as part of their packages.

(From left to right) Elizabeth Rossi, K-12 outreach director at SUNY Polytechnic Institute; Kevin Crosley, president/CEO of Herkimer Area Resource Center; Alicia Dicks, president/CEO of The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties; Ronald Cuccaro, chair of The Foundation’s Board of Trustees; Janet Griffith; and David T. Ford Photography.

The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties hosted its annual Celebration of Philanthropy on Thursday, May 12, at Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica. The Foundation is fortunate to count David and Janet among its most dedicated supporters, and their partnership contributes greatly to the fulfillment of our mission,” said Ronald Cuccaro, chair of The Foundation Board of Trustees.

The Foundation also honored two local organizations with the Community Impact Award, which recognizes excellence in nonprofit programming and services.

Herkimer Area Resource Center

With a mission of empowering individuals to lead enriched and independent lives, the Herkimer Area Resource Center provides services to more 680 individuals with disabilities and their families every year. HARC has already filled vacant offices with business tenants and operates its own business enterprises at the location.

“The Community Impact Award pays tribute to the Herkimer Area Resource Center’s foresight to proactively respond to changes in their industry and embrace partnerships that have led to the development of creative and meaningful sources of revenue,” said Jan Squadrito, senior community investment manager at The Foundation.

SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s FIRST LEGO League

In 2008, The Foundation awarded a $10,000 grant to start a FIRST LEGO League project at SUNY Institute of Technology (now SUNY Polytechnic Institute) in Utica. Select Month May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013

SV@Home, a nonprofit advocate for affordable housing, released its “Policy Roadmap: How Do We Tackle the Affordable Housing Crisis?”

The Roadmap and Policy Breakfast launched the weeklong conversation, part of Santa Clara County’s Affordable Housing Week 2016.

Across 12 countries, 75% of higher education institutions (HEIs) are actively involved with at least one social enterprise and more than half are also engaged in an international social enterprise partnership.

These were the findings of the first major international study looking at how universities engage with the social enterprise sector published by the British Council. So even if you’re doing maths or biology, you would still have a module on social enterprise.”

Further forms of engagement listed in the report include; coordinating placements for students in social enterprises, providing incubation spaces and dedicated support services in the university for social enterprises and inviting social entrepreneurs to serve as student mentors.

Engaging with social enterprise gives HEIs an opportunity to interact closely with local businesses and communities

Hocking explained that in newer institutions it was easier to embed elements of social enterprise more widely. The most common reasons HEIs gave for having not worked with social enterprises included; that they were not clear how to, that there was an absence of funding to support this work and that social enterprise did not feature in the HEIs mission or strategy.

In the foreword to the report, director of education and society at the British Council Jo Beall stated: “Engaging with social enterprise gives HEIs an opportunity to interact closely with local businesses and communities to create inclusive and financially sustainable solutions to pressing local and international issues. And it can generate reputational benefit and income for universities.”

Hocking explained that there were two prominent drivers for university engagement with social enterprise: “One of the strongest drivers was whether the university had a senior mandate whether the head of the university or another senior member of staff really supported social enterprise.

“The other driver is around student employability Social enterprise skills are very closely connected to employability.

Haines, Hydaburg awarded Forest Service Wood Innovation Grants

JUNEAU The Haines Borough and the Hydaburg School District were two of 42 Forest Service Wood Innovation Grant recipients.

The Haines Borough was awarded $250,000 for the design of a wood-fueled district heating system that will heat the Borough’s school, swimming pool, vocational technical school, and other public facilities. The new heating system will potentially save the Borough $3 million and displace the burning of 80,000 gallons of heating fuel per year.

The total project cost is estimated to be $1.5 million, with a $1.2 million construction grant from the Alaska Renewable Energy Fund in conjunction with the $250,000 Wood Innovations Grant.

The Hydaburg School District was awarded $150,000 for the design of a cordwood-fueled heating system that will provide heat to the school buildings and greenhouse. It will potentially displace the burning of 24,600 gallons of heating fuel per year.

The total project cost is estimated to be $892,000, with a $621,000 construction grant from the Alaska Renewable Energy Fund in conjunction with the $150,000 Wood Innovations Grant.

The wood fuel for both projects will be sourced from sustainably managed local forests, creating local jobs.

For more information about the Forest Service’s State and Private Forestry Program, please visit: http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/r10/communityforests.

Weatherly will soon have a new library open to the public one that the borough’s library association actually owns and can cultivate according to its own needs and desires.

And thanks to a $1,000 WVIA/PPL Empowering Educators grant that the school district received in December, the district was able to purchase two-sided shelves, which students put together March 25, in preparation for the library’s grand opening.

The video takes viewers through the assembly of the shelves to the actual shelving of the books, a process that gave the new Weatherly Public Library a much needed piece of its future.

The new library is actually a former bowling alley located in Packer Township, at 1518 Brinkman Drive.

Leach said that the Weatherly Area Community Library Association had wanted to find a suitable building within the borough to house the new library, but that didn’t work out.

She maintained that the library association has a perennial need for donations to keep the library healthy and growing.

Leach recommends that anyone interested in helping the library financially attend the Weatherly Community Library Auction on June 25 starting at 9 a.m.

Clean energy social enterprise launches manifesto for change – Co-operative NewsLow Carbon Hub aims to stop the flow of 1.5bn each year out of Oxfordshire to large energy companies, and instead boost the local economy through community-owned energyClean energy social enterprise launches manifesto for change

Oxford-based social enterprise Low Carbon Hub has launched its manifesto to power Oxfordshire through community-owned, renewable energy.

Low Carbon Hub is currently aiming to finance, with community shares, its biggest project to date a 440kW hydro project at Sandford Lock capable of powering the equivalent of 450 homes, plus solar projects on 18 schools and businesses across the region.

The first Low Carbon Hub Community Energy Manifesto details its aim to power all of Oxfordshire through an interconnected series of smart micro grids, centred on multiple small-scale, community-controlled renewable energy schemes.

Double whammy ‘will destroy solar co-ops’

The manifesto also includes a ten-point ‘manifesto for change’. This year it has been shortlisted for an Ashden Award, aimed at championing leaders in sustainable energy.

To see the projects that will be funded by Low Carbon Hub’s share offer, visit lowcarbonhub.org/invest
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EVERETT More than $330,000 in state energy efficiency grants is being used for streetlight upgrades in southwest Snohomish County and elementary school updates in Stanwood.Snohomish County plans to use a $132,453 grant to replace hundreds of street lights with more energy efficient bulbs this year.The Stanwood-Camano School District landed a $205,000 grant through the same program to upgrade systems at two elementary schools this summer.The grants are part of $10.6 million given out by the state Department of Commerce earlier this month. LED lights do not contain mercury.All of the new lights are expected to be installed this year.Officials in the Stanwood-Camano School District plan to use their $205,000 grant to support previously planned energy conservation projects at Stanwood and Twin City elementaries along with smaller projects at several other schools. The district calculates that it would use 609,000 less gallons of water per year with the upgrades and continue reducing the cost of utilities, which are expected to drop from more than $1.2 million six years ago to less than $850,000 in the current budget, Platt said.Work is expected to start after June 15, the last day of school for Stanwood and Camano students.The next round of grants for the state energy efficiency and solar program is expected to start in spring 2017.Kari Bray: 425-339-3439; kbray@heraldnet.com.

Itas never too early, or too late, to improve muscle health a and overall health.A Info: 575-522-1711.

Border Breastfeeding Task Force Networking Meeting: 1 p.m. Info: Elsa Quintana, 575-618-7413, elsa.quintana@state.nm.us.

Health Talk: Fun in the Sun-Summer Skin Health talk from noon to 1 p.m. Info: 575-538-4657.

DoA a Ana Communities United: 11 a.m. Info: Jim McIntosh, 575-574.2902, mrgreendreams@msn.com.

Salt of the Earth Workshop: 6 to 8 p.m. Registration: raceadventuresunlimited.com.

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Seeking Grant Applications: The UnitedHealthcare Childrenas Foundation is seeking grant applications from New Mexico families in need of financial assistance to help pay for their childas health-care treatments, services or equipment not covered, or not fully covered, by their commercial health insurance plan. They must meet one of the following insurance requirements: no health insurance; health insurance with high deductible/co-pay; health insurance that does not cover screenings; or, Medicare Part A. Info: Dorothy Hornbeck, JKPR, 505-340-5929, dhornbeck@jameskorenchen.com or Michele Sequeira, UNM Cancer Center, 505-925-0486, msequeira@salud.unm.edu.

Grant Program Applications: Con Alma Health Foundationas 2016 Grant Program will include three grant cycles: Small Grants, Technical Assistance Grants, and Northern New Mexico Health Grants. Solano Drive, hosts this free weekly addiction recovery class, Smart Management and Recovery Training, every Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m. Info: 844-301-8668, AlegriaFamily.com/MiVia1.htm.

Alzheimer’s Family Support and Early Stage Support Groups: 6 to 7 p.m. Info: Dona, 575-647-0757, or Helen, 575-649-6150.

Breast Cancer Support Group of the Community Foundation: Meets from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Info: Sherri, 575-640-2903.A

EnhanceFitness Class: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8 to 9 a.m. Info: 575-528-300; Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. Schedule: Mondays, Ball-er-cise, concentrates on resistance exercises using inflatable balls and mylar strings; Tuesdays there are chair exercises, and other invigorating exercises; Wednesdays class is Tai Chi, a somewhat slower exercise regime, which helps to stretch muscles; Thursdays classes include chair exercises and some standing, more strenuous routines, as well as pool walking in the heated pool; Fridays features water aerobic classes, including polo and volleyball in the heated pool. Info: Cheri, or Rachel, 575-522-4219.

Family Caregivers Support Group: 11:30 a.m. Info: Ellen Kemp, 575-642-8633, ellenkemp@comcast.net.

Low-Vision Support Group: Meets the first Tuesday of the month from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Info: 575-528-3000.

Mamaas Milk Club Breastfeeding Support Group: 10 to 11:30 a.m. Info: 575-521-5393.

MS Support Group: 4:30 to 6 p.m. Info: 575-882-5556.A

New Yoga Class (en EspaA ol): 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. Info: 575-312-6569.

Pilates Class: 5 to 5:45 p.m. Info: 575-640-0380.A

Salsa Saturdays: Opens with a free introductory salsa dance lesson at 7:30 Saturday, and every second and fourth Saturday of the month, at Amaro Winery, 402 S. Info: DeeDee Jefferson, 575-527-2425 or Susie Abbott, 575-650-8310.A

Tai Chi: 4 to 5 p.m. Info: 575-312-0344.

Yogayama: Join Caryl Ann for senior chair yoga at 11:15 a.m., beginning yoga at 12:15 p.m., specialty class at 1:30 p.m. Info: 575-496 6755, Facebook YogaYama.

Yoga: Noon to 1 p.m. Info: 575-647-9642, downtowndesertyoga.com.

Yoga by donation: Karen Nichols offers drop-in yoga classes by donation every Thursday from 6:15 to 7:45 p.m.