TriCounty Community Network Nonprofit Conference 2016

WHEN: Monday June 13th 8:30 am – 2:00 pm  

WHERE: The Hill School, Boyer Gallery, 800 Beech Street, Pottstown, Pa 19464  

WHY: Event to support the staff, board members, community leaders and volunteers of nonprofit organizations, public agencies and associations. Our goal is to increase collaboration, outreach efforts, partnerships, capacity building and volunteerism to have a greater impact within our organizations to enhance our communities.

 

Keynote Luncheon

IRA KORETSKY, “The Chief Storyteller”

 

VENDOR SHOWCASE: 

*FREE* 

We are looking for vendors providing services and products for nonprofits, agencies and associations. Complete the vendor form to:

– Register and list your product or services

– Indicate if you are able to provide a product or service offering of at least $50 in value as a raffle gift for attendees. All vendors will receive acknowledgement in the conference directory, online advertising with conference promotions and eligibility for a one year membership to TCN .

 

WORKSHOPS: 

9:45 am – 10:30 am 

Workshop A– EITC and DCED: Learn about the Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program and the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) resources developed to foster opportunities for businesses growth and community sustainability. 

Workshop B– Volunteer management: Organization leaders and recruiters will learn key strategies to attract, train and maintain strong volunteer support. 

Workshop C– Partnership and Collaboration: Discussion of strategies to increase your collaborative efforts, fundraising abilities and acquisition of effective partnerships.  

Workshop D– Email marketing: Increase awareness of your services and participation in events through email marketing and online engagements. 

 

10:45 am – 11:30 pm 

Workshop E– Grant Writing and Development: Understand the grant writing process and learn tips, strategies and best practices to write and develop grants that get results.  

Workshop F– Mobile Marketing: Discover powerful tools and applications to grow your reach, reputation and engagement with clients. 

Workshop G– Program Design and Evaluation: Learn of key steps for good program design including description, measurable outcomes, piloting and feedback mechanisms.  

Workshop H– Strategic Planning for Organizational Development: Discussion of strategic planning techniques to increase corporate compliance and performance. 

 

Vendor and Attendee Registration Here

MOSAIC GARDEN NEWS AND UPDATES

Happy Earth Day to all of our supporters, gardeners, volunteers and to those who care about gardens (and our planet)!

 

Memberships are NOW Due!

 

If you have not done so already, please take a few moments to fill out a membership packet and send your membership fee sooner than later so you can start growing at the gardens on Opening Day(s)!   2016-garden-plot-registration, 2016-mosaic-membership-application, clt-demographic-survey-individuals-1-19-16 (1)

 

…Already Completed Your Paperwork?…

 

To those who have completed all of the necessary documents and paid the membership fees, WE THANK YOU!  Garden bed location and plot assignments will be sent out no later than Thursday, May 12, 2016.  This will allow for our “later-bloomers” to sign up and be added to the plot assignment list. Please be patient as we want as many families as possible to be a part of the gardens and the beginning process of growing great garden goodies…mmmm, we can almost taste the tomatoes!

 

Additional Community Garden Details and Opening Dates

 

A “blueprint” of the garden will be sent to every gardener providing a layout of the land and the location of everyone’s specific garden plot(s).  Each plot will be numbered and last name written on the assigned plot accordingly.  A gardener’s guide will be included in the email for your review in order to learn more about the gardens prior to opening day.

 

Speaking of opening day…

 

Our first planting days are Saturday, May 14 and Sunday, May 15, from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM. Yippee! 

 

Each day, we will provide a brief tour at each garden location, learn how to open and close the gardens each visit, discuss the importance of your log entries each time you visit the garden and harvest vegetables, resolve any incomplete membership packets and answer any questions you may have about gardening.  At that point, it will be TIME TO PLANT!

 

Plants and seeds will be provided to each gardener and support will be offered in order for you and your neighbors to have your best growing season yet!

 

Composting Workshop Rescheduled

 

Our next garden workshop, “Breaking Down: Composting Basics” scheduled for Tuesday, April 26, has been RESCHEDULED – Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at the 615 Chestnut Street Community Gardens from 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM.

 

Our Home Garden Contest is Also Near – Enter Today!

 

Home Garden Contest

Mosaic’s Annual Home Garden Contest is underway!  Contest details, categories and a list of awesome prizes can be viewed athttp://www.homegardencontest.com/. This year, you can enter the contest online!  Kudos, to The Pottstown Mercury Fit for Life, the Pottstown Health and Wellness Foundation, Colonial Garden, Pine Hill Tree Farms, Achin’ Bank, the Pottstown Garden Club and others for your support!

Another Note of Thanks!

Mosaic wants to also thank Genesis Housing, Pottstown School District, XL Insurance, our private supporters and other volunteers for your continued support of our community garden and land trust initiatives!

Donating Made Easy – Use AmazonSmile

Don’t forget, 

AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support your favorite charitable organization every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to your favorite charitable organization.  Preservation Pottstown (our 501c3 registered name, also known as Mosaic CLT) is now available as your charitable organization on Amazon Smile!  The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from your eligible AmazonSmile purchases. The purchase price is the amount paid for the item minus any rebates and excluding shipping & handling, gift-wrapping fees, taxes, or service charges. Use smile.amazon.com and choose Preservation Pottstown as your designated non-profit organization you wish to donate to!

 

‘Nough Said…for now.  Visit our Facebook page to take a look at all of our recent activity buzzin’ around our community gardens over the past few weeks!  Share your love of the gardens by sharing our posts on Facebook with all of your friends and family!

 

HAPPY EARTH DAY! – now get out there and plant a tree, or a bean plant, or an herb, or a vegetable, or a…..you get the idea! 🙂

Badminton And Music Events‏

Smashville Arts and Badminton, Grand Opening Music, Dance, Food and of course Badminton After 2 years of renovation, we are pleased to announce our 3 court badminton center is open. We want to celebrate with you!We’ll have a stage with Eric and Lynn Miller and friends playing live music, lots of space to dance and of course we’ll play badminton. Saturday, March 12 310 E. High Street, Pottstown PA 3rd floor 5pm Contribution: $20. or Bring a potluck $10.

schedule of events

Music for People Satellite Workshop Facilitated by Lynn Miller, Mary Knysh and Ron Kravitz Have an adventure in exploring improvisation music at Ron’s studio. He has an array of fun percussion instruments from around the world and back again. Of course bring your own instrument. We invite all styles of music, all instruments and all levels of experience. Through simple structures we will play music in the moment, and develop skills in playing authentically from the heart.  Join us, it’s fun!! This workshop is an opportunity to work with faculty from Music for People in a small intimate setting. (limited to 19). Saturday, March 19, 2016 9:00 A.M. – 4:30 P.M. $80.00/workshop registration by 3/13 / $10.00 for show $110.00 / workshop after 3/13 / $20 for show 1012 E Southampton Ave. Wyndmoor, Pa 19038 There will be a concert afterward, Ron’s Underground -an eclectic performance by Music for People staff and friends.

register here

Saturday, March 19, 2016 7 – 7:50 pm Community Drum Circle & Potluck 8 – 9:30 pm Show Ron’s basement is transformed into a theater that seats about 70 people. A pre-concert jam session and potluck brings the community together to make music, and get to know the performers. featuring Lynn Miller – vocals, guitar, zen harp Lesley Tao Mowat – guitar, ukulele, percussion Mary Knysh – flutes, percussion Michael London – guitar, vocals Mostafa Mouhib – percussion Ron Kravitz – percussion, vocals 1012 E Southampton Ave. Wyndmoor, Pa 19038 Suggested donation: $20. at the door

Music for People Satellite SpiritArts, Transformation through music and dance Improvisation   May 20-22 2016 Eric and Lynn Miller welcome you to their studios. Friday and Sunday the topic will be music and well being. Participants will experience Lynn’s sound-bed (massage table with 50 strings underneath). Saturday, Eric invites you to his new 3,000 square foot facility lots of room for music & movement including celebration Sat night! 7pm Friday-(wine and cheese reception)- Healing Arts Studio-Soundbed 10-5pm Sat.-Smashville, Music for People forms and recording- lot’s of playing! 7-9pm Music and dance celebration (community invited to dance) Sunday 10-1pm Sound Healing techniques-Healing Arts studio location: Smashville-Pottstown, PA /Healing Arts Studio, Phoenixville, PA $89.00/workshop registration by 5/06 $99.00 / workshop after 5/03     includes entire weekend! $20 Saturday night Community dance only  *   $40. Sunday Sound Healing only register at SpiritArts.us

SpiritArts | Lynn@lynnmiller.org  | Spiritarts.us

Mosaic CLT Is On The MOVE!

UPCOMING EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS

Saturday, September 26, 2015
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Fourth Annual Honey Festival
Cedarville United Methodist Church
1092 Laurelwood Road
Pottstown, PA  19465
EVENT CONTACT: Tammy Bowman at tbowman@dejazzd.com
Or May Smith at maysmith@ptd.net
WEBSITE: http://www.cedarvilleumc.org
 
Annual Honey Festival event with demonstrations by local bee keepers and and local goods and crafts for sale by various local vendors, from apples and pears to local grown mums. PA Honey Queen in attendance, honey tasting, activities for children, and more. Free admission and parking. Our facility is handicap accessible. Honey food items will be available for purchase, and an operating hive will be on display. There will also be activities for the children.

Saturday, September 26, 2015
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
St. Luke’s Community Day
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Obelisk
3206 Big Road
Zieglerville, PA  19492
(610) 754-7762
www.stlukeschurchpa.com
 
It’s a day of affordable fun!  Penguins from Lehigh Valley Zoo will be joining the party, zip lines and giant slides…games and prizes, too!  They will also provide CPR training, food samplings, massages and many other fun and educating activities!  Visit their website for more information!

Saturday, October 24, 2015
2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
MOSAIC’s ANNUAL FALL FESTIVAL
Mosaic Community Garden
423 Chestnut Street
Pottstown, PA  19464
(484) 300-2410
mosaicclt.lw@gmail.com
Facebook:  Mosaic Community Land Trust

Join Mosaic as we celebrate another great growing season!  We will clean up for the first hour, officially closing our 2015 growing season.  Then we will celebrate with warm apple cider, music, fall goodies and sweets, a fire pit for marshmallow roasting (no, marshmallows are not healthy but sure are fun to roast this time of year) and to keep warm….with lots and lots of wonderful conversation and community fellowship!  Please plan to join us during this special event!

Our next workshop, All About Canning and Preserving, is coming soon!  Be on the lookout for more information and save the date!

Flute Haven Native Flute School Conference Center Of Valley Forge, PA – Sept 13 – 20th

Flute Haven offers a full week or weekend of workshops, recording, classes, performing and performances, presentations, and (most enjoyably) music-making and jamming.

Flute Haven is for people of all levels of musical experience – including beginners and experienced players. The amount of time you have played Native flutes is not important – only your desire to explore and expand your musicality.

September 13-20 come for a week or a weekend

flutehaven.com

VIDEO: https://vimeo.com/clintgoss/flutehaven 

Flute Haven           Live OnLine Concert 7PM EDT on YouTube

The participants of this year’s Flute Haven Native Flute School are broadcasting a live concert … on YouTube at 7PM EDT (6:00 PM Central, 5:00 PM Mountain, 4:00 PM Pacific). We will probably broadcast for 90-120 minutes. Join us by clicking on View Broadcast Now. You can also visit YouTube, search for Clint Goss, click on the [CHANNEL] button, and then click on the live event at the top of the list.

Flute Haven Native Flute School

Conference Center of Valley Forge, PA   Sept 13-20th

 

Flute Haven offers a full week or weekend of workshops, recording, classes, performing and performances, presentations, and (most enjoyably) music-making and jamming.

Flute Haven is for people of all levels of musical experience – including beginners and experienced players. The amount of time you have played Native flutes is not important – only your desire to explore and expand your musicality.

September 13-20 come for a week or a weekend

flutehaven.com

Nonprofit Conference To Be Held June 18th At MCCC West Campus, Pottstown

Flute Haven Mini 2015 Saturday June 13

 

 

Flute Haven Mini offers a day of Native Flute workshops, a flute circle, classes, and performances, and (most enjoyably) music-making and jamming.

At Flute Haven you can:

• raise your level of flute playing,
• learn to play with  percussion, guitar, and piano,
• dive into performing,
• expand your flute playing into new genres,

Flute Haven is for people of all levels of musical experience – including beginners and experienced players. The amount of time you have played Native flutes is not important – only your desire to explore and expand your musicality.

 

Optional Friday night wine & cheese jam & reception 6:30pm – 8:30pm

 

Flutehaven Staff

Clint Goss, Eric and Lynn Miller, Ron Kravitz, Frank Henninger, Ron Volkman, Vera Shanov

9:30-12:30  Workshops * 12:30-1:30  Lunch * 2-5pm  Flute Circle

6:30-8:30 Outdoor Concert Stage Performance and Flute Facilitation

 

REGISTER HERE

Summer “Soul-stice”   Expressive Arts workshop Sue Mistretta and Lynn Miller Saturday June 20th 10am – 5pm    Summer Solstice is the longest day of the year, providing us with the most Light of any day. It also happens to be the day when the shortest shadow is found. Using this as a metaphor for our personal and spiritual growth journey, we will create a day of celebration and purification. Using expressive arts, we will explore our soul longings through painting, sound and movement. We will make this Soul-stice an opportunity to let go of the “old story” we each carry in our lives…even if just for a moment. Only when we let go, are we open to possibilities that exist in our lives. We will shed light on the most meaningful parts of our lives and give these parts of us a voice. Cost for the workshop is $100 and includes lunch and all workshop materials. Early bird special – $90 if you sign up before June 6th!   Additional information and registration: SpiritArts.US

Music for People’s,  Adventures in Improvisation Join Our Musical Community Find your authentic sound, explore your music Lynn Miller, Ron Kravitz, Mary Knysh and Jim Oshinsky will guide you through singing, drumming, and instrument playing with MFP improvisational structures. All styles, instruments and levels of experience welcomed.   Immaculata University, Malvern, PA  June 26-28, 2015 Special tuition rate for first timers ($199 full weekend, $99 Saturday only) Additional information and registration: MusicforPeople.org

Nonprofit Conference To Be Held At Montgomery County Community College West Campus In Pottstown

Wilkinsburg Tour To Highlight Blight In Hopes Of Spurring Redevelopment

It’s a home tour visitors don’t typically take: overgrown gardens leading to homes with boarded-up windows, peeling paint and broken stairs.

The Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation and a group of Carnegie Mellon University students hope to highlight hidden beauty in the borough and reframe how people see vacant properties. The students conceived the idea for a Vacant Home Tour on May 9 as a way to address blight.

They’ll walk people through the history of five vacant properties in Wilkinsburg that could be prime candidates for restoration.

At each house, volunteer docents from the neighborhood, who researched the homes’ histories and owners, will present old photos or documents to show the houses in their heydays, said Marlee Gallagher, communications and outreach coordinator for the CDC.

Read more: http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/8083071-74/wilkinsburg-tour-properties#ixzz3XCZ490tS
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Stylebook Snapshot: Pittsburgh Knit And Crochet Festival Embraces Growth With New Venue

What do you compare to covering the Andy Warhol Bridge with a rainbow of 500-plus knitted and crocheted blankets as part of the Knit the Bridge fiber arts installation in 2013? How about a 78-foot “waterfall” of yarn cascading along the walls of a Downtown hotel?

This spectacle will be among the sights next weekend at the 11th annual Pittsburgh Knit and Crochet Festival, which will include a fashion show, design contest, giveaways and more than 80 classes and hands-on activities. This year, the event also will attract a film crew to Pittsburgh that will tape a segment about the city and its fiber arts scene for a reality television show.

For the first time, the festival will be held Downtown at the Westin Convention Center Pittsburgh hotel to accommodate its growing attendance. Last year, about 3,500 people came out for the festivities at the Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Marshall, where the festival took place for several years.

“We have people who come from across the country to attend,” says festival organizer Barbara Grossman. “It’s become like a retreat.”

Read more:

http://www.post-gazette.com/life/fashion/2015/03/22/Stylebook-snapshot-Pittsburgh-Knit-and-Crochet-Festival-embraces-growth-with-new-venue/stories/201503220015

Pottsgrove Manor To Host Symposium On Historic Clothing And Textiles

Pottstown, PA – On Saturday, July 19, 2014 and Sunday, July 20, 2014 from 9:00am to 4:00pm, historic Pottsgrove Manor will present “Fashioning a New World: A Symposium on Clothing and Textiles in Early America” at the West Campus of Montgomery County Community College in Pottstown.

Pottsgrove Manor is pleased to offer this program of engaging lectures from experts in the study of historical costume and textiles. Scheduled presentations include: “Textiles in America: Dispelling the Myths” by Linda Eaton, Director of Collections and Senior Curator of Textiles at the Winterthur Museum; “Had on When She Went Away: American Runaway Advertisements, 1750-1790” by Rebecca Fifield, Collections Manager for the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; “Fit for a Child: Fashions Thought Suitable for Children in 18^th Century America” by Lynn Edgar, independent researcher; “With the Genteelest Taste and Newest Fashions: The Three Piece Suit 1660-1800” by Neal Hurst, Journeyman Tailor and fellow at the Winterthur Museum; “Put Your Best Foot Forward: Footwear of Early America” by Brett Walker, Journeyman Boot at Shoemaker at Colonial Williamsburg.

There will be optional sewing workshops offered on Sunday afternoon. Attendees can sign up for one of the following workshops: “Construction of an 18^th Century Infant/Toddler Jacket” with Lynn Edgar; “An 18^th Century Embroidered Needlebook” with Lynn Symborski, Pottsgrove Manor’s museum educator; “The Basics of Death Head Buttons” with Wendy Moyer, historical seamstress; or “Sewing a Gentleman’s Neck Stock” with Neal Hurst.

This program is being held in conjunction with Pottsgrove Manor’s current exhibit of both reproduction and original 18^th Century garments, “To the Manor Worn: Clothing the 18^th Century Household,” a tour of which will be included as part of the symposium.

The cost of the symposium is $75 per person, which includes Saturday and Sunday lunches; the optional Sunday afternoon workshops require an additional materials fee of $15 per person. Spaces are limited. Registration and payment is required by July 11, 2014. A registration packet can be downloaded from Pottsgrove Manor’s website: www.montcopa.org/pottsgrovemanor.

The “To the Manor Worn” exhibit can also be toured during regular museum hours through November 2, 2014: Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00am to 4:00pm and Sunday from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. Tours are given on the hour. The last tour of the day begins at 3:00pm. The site is closed Mondays and major holidays. Groups of ten or more should pre-register by calling 610-326-4014.

Pottsgrove Manor is located at 100 West King Street near the intersection of King Street and Route 100, just off Route 422, in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Pottsgrove Manor is operated by Montgomery County under the direction of the Parks, Trails, and Historic Sites Division of the Assets and Infrastructure Department. For more information, please call 610-326-4014, or visit the website at www.montcopa.org/pottsgrovemanor. Like Pottsgrove Manor on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pottsgrovemanor.