Archive for July, 2009

SAVE THE DATE: CONVERSATION 2009

Monday, July 27th, 2009


OPERATION SHOESTRING’S Annual Dinner

A Conversation About Community
A Panel Discussion With:
Jim Barksdale
Founder, Barksdale Reading Institute
Oleta Fitzgerald
Director, Children’s Defense Fund’s Southern Regional Office
Luther Ott
Chairman, Community Foundation of Greater Jackson
Aaron Shirley
Chairman, Jackson Medical Mall Foundation
Thursday, September 17, 2009 6:30 – 9:00
Jackson Convention Complex
105 E. Pascagoula Street
Jackson, MS
SPONSOR LEVELS
$25,000 Community: VIP Reception Sponsor; Link to your website from ours; Logo on all publicity; Logo on signage at event; Recognition during event and preceding VIP Reception; 10 tickets to VIP Reception; Reserved Table for 10

$15,000 Metro: Link to your website from ours; Logo on all publicity; Logo on signage at event; Recognition during event and preceding VIP Reception; 10 tickets to VIP Reception; Reserved Table for 10

$10,000 City-Wide: Logo on all publicity; Logo on signage at event; Recognition during event and preceding VIP Reception; 8 tickets to VIP Reception; Reserved Table for 10

$5,000 Central Jackson: Logo on all publicity; Logo on signage at event; Recognition during event and preceding VIP Reception; 6 tickets to VIP Reception; Reserved Table for 10

$2,500 Mid-City / Georgetown: Logo on signage at event; Recognition during event and preceding VIP Reception; 4 tickets to VIP Reception; Reserved Table for 10

$1,000 Bailey Avenue: Recognition during event and preceding VIP Reception; 2 tickets to VIP Reception; Reserved Table for 10

$500 1700 Block: Logo on signage at event; Table for 10

Individual tickets will be $50

Checks should be made payable to Operation Shoestring, P.O. Box 11223, Jackson MS 39283. Tickets can be reserved by contacting our office via phone (601-353-6336) or email dharkins@operationshoestring.org. Tickets will be delivered to you. If you have questions or need more info, contact DeMatt Harkins at dharkins@operationshoestring.org or 601-353-6336.

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SHOESTRING HOSTS CHILD FUND EXECUTIVES

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Mississippi is one of six states served by Child Fund International – formerly the Christian Children’s Fund. Operation Shoestring is one of four Mississippi affiliates of the organization, along with We Care in Vicksburg, North Delta in Lambert, and the Brickfire Project in Starkville. On June 15 & 16, Shoestring hosted National representatives from the Child Fund, as well as, colleagues from the state office. With the gracious help of the Child Fund, Shoestring is able to assist over 800 children in the area.

(From L-R), Robert Norfleet (Board Member), Patricia Wright (MS Sponsor Relations Specialist), Jaya Sarkar (America’s Regional Director), Julia Campbell (National Office Program Coordinator), Ada Robison (OS Family Development Coordinator), Anne Goddard (President & CEO), Marilyn Grist (Board Member), Elaine Wolverton (MS Area Manager), Charlie Caravati (Board Chairman), Martha Alexander (OS Deputy Director), Robert Langford (OS Executive Director)

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BAILEY BEAUTIFICATION

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Recently a few of the Project KIDS Summer Campers took the time to restock the flower beds in front of the Ellen Harris Center. They joyful gardeners planted Impatiens to give the façade an aesthetic boost.

For more pictures of the springing sprouts, click here.

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ST. D MAKES ANOTHER HOUSE CALL

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

In continuing with their generosity, St. Dominic Hospital once again sent it’s Care-A-Van to Shoestring’s Ellen Harris Center. The RV arrived chocked full friendly technicians to check the ears, noses, and throats (among other things) of our growing Project KIDS Summer Campers. Thanks again to St. Dominic’s for their longstanding support of Shoestring.

For more tongue depressors, stethoscopes, and captains chairs, click here.

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PK LEARNS OF WEST AFRICAN HISTORY

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
On June 15th, a group of Project KIDS Summer Campers traveled downtown to see the International Museum of Muslim Cultures’ latest exhibit, The Legacy of Timbuktu: The Wonders of the Written Word. The outing proved extra special because they were led through the displays by PK teacher Maryam Washington – whose mother runs the museum. The children learned many interesting things about the city of Timbuktu and it’s country of Mali. The exhibit explains the rediscovery of intentionally hidden pre-colonial manuscripts that chart the region’s intellectual past. In addition to being a renowned center for international gold trade, Timbuktu was also a hotbed of education and the printing industry.

For pictures from this eye-opening exhibit, click here.

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