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–>Community Philanthropy Awards: Burr Pilger Mayer, North Bay | North Bay Business Journal Burr Pilger Mayer volunteers pack hundreds of mesh bags with a variety of food items for those in need at the Redwood Empire Food Bank.

March 30, 2016

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Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel & Spa, 170 Railroad St., Santa Rosa

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aA core value of Burr Pilger Mayer is to actively support local communities by having offices where our clients and employees are located,a said Carol OaHara, North Bay managing partner. 1029, Redwood Empire Food Bank, Tomorrowas Leaders Today, the California Wine Museum, Chopas Teen Club, Catholic Charities Santa Rosa, North Bay Leadership Council, Santa Rosa Symphony, West Santa Rosa Rotary Club, Sonoma County Alliance and Women for WineSense.

Some employees also volunteer with Sonoma County Justice Center; Redwood Empire Planning Council; Kid Street Learning Center, to mentor and read with students; Harvest Christian School; Cardinal Newman High School; and Cloverdale Seventh-day Adventist School.

aEvery year our offices close for a day so that all of our 400 employees can join together in teams for the community service event known as BPM Day,a said Beth Baldwin, director of human resources. aEach office chooses two or three local nonprofits where employees deliver a day of volunteer service.a

On BPM Days, employees have volunteered with Becoming Independent, Hanna Boys Center, Canine Companions, Sunrise Horse Rescue, Catholic Charities, Crossing the Jordan and the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Each month, a team of aBPMersa and SSU accounting students volunteer to pack food at Redwood Empire Food Bank.

aInvesting in the community is not a one-time, check-the-box activity for BPM,a Baldwin said.

Partners in Philanthropy 2016: Stories of North Bay giving | North Bay Business Journal Stories of North Bay giving: 2016 Community Philanthropy Awards winners

It is our privilege to present a special section that includes full pages devoted to the incredible stories of some of the North Bayas leading nonprofits along with profiles of the 19 recipients of the Journalas third annual Community Philanthropy Awards.

Over the past decade, Russian River Brewing Co.as Natalie and Vinne Cilurzo have raised $550,000 to support Sutter Health breast cancer services in Santa Rosa, including $143,000 in 2015 alone.

These are just a few of the incredible stories of generosity from our award recipients. The 2016 Business Journal-Exchange Bank Community Philanthropy Awards recipients should inspire all of us to continue to raise up our communities to even greater heights.

aBrad Bollinger, publisher

Community Philanthropy Award-winners this year:

Arrow Benefits Group
Bank of America
Bank of Marin
BPM LLP
Clear Blue Commercial
Dan Smith of Sonoma West Medical Center
Ghilotti Construction Company and The dg Foundation
Kaiser Permanente
Jackson Family Wines
Keysight Technologies
Moss Adams LLP
Nelson Staffing
North Bay Association of Realtors
Petaluma Health Care District
Pisenti & Brinker LLP
Redwood Credit Union
Russian River Brewing Company
Summit State Bank
Terra Firma Global Partners

List of North Bay charitable events, March 2016-March 2017

The set-aside was adopted because child care did not historically score well against more high-profile services for the homeless.

Portland Youth and Family Outreach teacher Evelyne Kanku, with her daughter Benny Kitoko, 2, has benefited from the child care program run by four agencies with help from federal grant funding.

Several councilors expressed concern that the child care program was funded at the expense of a homeless shelter for teenagers and the Home Outreach Mobile Engagement team operated by the Milestone Foundation, which responds to reports of incapacitated homeless people on the streets.

Both programs scored higher than the child care program in the vetting process but were not funded because of the set-aside.

Councilor Jill Duson said she would be consistent and vote to eliminate the child care set-aside. “If we want to encourage people to work, one way to do that is to provide quality and affordable child care to those folks who are the aim of our CDBG funding.”

One of the parents helped by the child care program is Evelyne Kanku, 30, a mother of two originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Kanku said in an interview before Monday’s meeting that she almost had to give up her job as a teacher at Youth and Family Outreach, a nonprofit and day care in Bayside, after she lost her state assistance last summer.

“Several councilors expressed concern that the child care program was funded at the expense of a homeless shelter for teenagers and the Home Outreach Mobile Engagement team”

Sooo that now means ..General Assistance for illegal aliens is now funded at the expense of the welfare of Maine Children. Portland priorities are screwed up !

The set-aside was adopted because child care did not historically score well against more high-profile services for the homeless.

Portland Youth and Family Outreach teacher Evelyne Kanku, with her daughter Benny Kitoko, 2, has benefited from the child care program run by four agencies with help from federal grant funding.

Several councilors expressed concern that the child care program was funded at the expense of a homeless shelter for teenagers and the Home Outreach Mobile Engagement team operated by the Milestone Foundation, which responds to reports of incapacitated homeless people on the streets.

Both programs scored higher than the child care program in the vetting process but were not funded because of the set-aside.

Councilor Jill Duson said she would be consistent and vote to eliminate the child care set-aside. “If we want to encourage people to work, one way to do that is to provide quality and affordable child care to those folks who are the aim of our CDBG funding.”

One of the parents helped by the child care program is Evelyne Kanku, 30, a mother of two originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Kanku said in an interview before Monday’s meeting that she almost had to give up her job as a teacher at Youth and Family Outreach, a nonprofit and day care in Bayside, after she lost her state assistance last summer.

“Several councilors expressed concern that the child care program was funded at the expense of a homeless shelter for teenagers and the Home Outreach Mobile Engagement team”

Sooo that now means ..General Assistance for illegal aliens is now funded at the expense of the welfare of Maine Children. Portland priorities are screwed up !

A modern take on the role of philanthropy | Third Sector

Campaign for Female Education (Camfed) says providing bursary support alone to secondary school students is not enough, as school leavers face many challenges to establish themselves in society.

Aluberia Dave, one of the beneficiaries of the Camfed schemes-Pic by Lapken Kapoto

Camfed District Operations Secretariat for Mulanje, Mike Mabvuka made the remarks over the weekend when the organization presented a K2 million grant to 41 school leavers who were beneficiaries of Camfed bursary scheme.

According to Mabvuka, the seed money grant is intended to provide the girls an opportunity to live an independent life after school through businesses unlike just staying idle a thing he said could increase poverty among the girls.

“These students in the first place, come on a bursary scheme because their guardians had failed to pay for their education; and some of them sometimes may fail to do well in secondary education to proceed to tertiary education.

“However, others may do well and go through, but after college you find that they are failing to find a job due to the current unemployment levels in the country. So we decided that to provide the small scale business lessons and a grant of K50, 000 each as a start-up capital,” explained Mabvuka.

Commenting on the development, District Commissioner for Mulanje, Fred Movete hailed Camfed for the gesture which he said had always been in his district council’s plans but lack of funds crippled its implementation.

The DC added there has been an increase in the number of needy learners this year who have been requesting for bursary support in the district due to last year’s floods and dry spells which he said has increased poverty among households.

One of the beneficiaries, Veronica Supelo, 22, of Njema Village, T/A Chikumbu pledged to put the money into a business venture to enable her support her two siblings who are in form two but are also lacking.

Six schools in Hull and East Riding to get cash for vital building work

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TWO GENERATIONS IN BUSINESS: Barry Friedman, left, president and CEO of Friedman’s Home Improvement, with his father, Bill Friedman, chairman of the board, in the Santa Rosa store on June 2, 2014. Doyle Philanthropy Award, honoring local businesses and their leaders who meet critical community needs.

Santa Rosa-based Friedmanas (friedmanshome.com), described as one of Sonoma and Mendocino countiesa largest and most durable family-owned businesses, will be recognized along with 19 winners of North Bay Business Journalas Community Philanthropy Awards at the third annual luncheon on March 30 at Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel & Spa in Santa Rosa. The Friedman family is known for having a passion for philanthropy by supporting at-risk young people, the elderly and those less fortunate in the community.a

Recently, Bill Friedman was co-chair of the Social Advocates for Youth Dream Center fundraising campaign. Today Bill is chairman of the board and son, Barry, is CEO and president of the company a the third generation of the family to manage the business a giving Bill more time to work in the community, his extended family,a he said.

As a founding member of Schools Plus, Bill Friedman started the all-volunteer program in his garage with the objective of raising money to fund sports, music, art and drama for Santa Rosa public secondary school students through the annual Friedmanas Schools Plus Golf Tournament. In addition, he has served on the board of trustees of the Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and as co-chairman of a Redwood Empire Food Bank capital campaign.

Over three decades ago, the Friedmans were among 12 families who bought the property now known as the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts. Doyle Philanthropy Award.a

Exchange Bank has named Friedmanas Home Improvement as the first winner of the Frank P. Doyle Philanthropy Award, honoring local businesses and their leaders who meet critical community needs.

Santa Rosa-based Friedmanas (friedmanshome.com), described as one of Sonoma and Mendocino countiesa largest and most durable family-owned businesses, will be recognized along with 19 winners of North Bay Business Journalas Community Philanthropy Awards at the third annual luncheon on March 30 at Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel & Spa in Santa Rosa. The Friedman family is known for having a passion for philanthropy by supporting at-risk young people, the elderly and those less fortunate in the community.a

Recently, Bill Friedman was co-chair of the Social Advocates for Youth Dream Center fundraising campaign. Today Bill is chairman of the board and son, Barry, is CEO and president of the company a the third generation of the family to manage the business a giving Bill more time to work in the community, his extended family,a he said.

As a founding member of Schools Plus, Bill Friedman started the all-volunteer program in his garage with the objective of raising money to fund sports, music, art and drama for Santa Rosa public secondary school students through the annual Friedmanas Schools Plus Golf Tournament. In addition, he has served on the board of trustees of the Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and as co-chairman of a Redwood Empire Food Bank capital campaign.

Over three decades ago, the Friedmans were among 12 families who bought the property now known as the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts.