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In This Issue... United Way's Own Top Woman in Business Power of Partnership: Chapter 2 United Way: Lending a Helping Hand
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Judy Goodbody was named one of 2007’s Top 50 Women in Business by the Pacific Coast Business Times, and will be honored at an awards reception on April 16 at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort. Judy began her career with United Way of Santa Barbara County on January 24, 2000. As Gift Planning Services Officer, her responsibilities include oversight of United Way’s Endowment and Gift Planning programs, and assisting donors and their professional advisors with complex charitable giving vehicles. With the aid of a volunteer team of premier estate planning professionals, Judy’s department assists in developing plans for our donors to achieve their charitable and financial planning goals. Judy is a Certified Fundraising Executive, a Registered Investment Principal and a licensed tax consultant. Judy has a strong business background, having worked as an Account Manager for Procter & Gamble, and as Sales Manager for Core Mark Distributors. Judy is the Executive Director for HELP of Carpinteria, serves as President of the Planned Giving Roundtable of Santa Barbara, and is an active volunteer for several nonprofit organizations throughout the community. United Way congratulates Judy, and all of those who are recognized as 2007's Top 50 Women in Business.
Need: In the region spanning Santa Ynez Valley to Carpinteria, there are currently no comprehensive, community-wide strategic plans for Children, Families, or Seniors that have general acceptance and adherence from a majority of different stakeholders. While in the last thirty years our community has seen a tremendous proliferation of services to local people in need, we have not during this time adopted a strategy to help integrate our efforts and align our resources towards agreed-upon goals. The situation is analogous to a large organization (the community) providing no common vision, goals, measurable objectives, or strategies to its various divisions or departments (service providers, funders, families etc.) and still expecting successful results. Further aggravating this situation is the fact that area experts predict escalating numbers of people needing services, reduced resources, greater competition among providers, and critical program failures within the next ten years. Currently, no one – including the experts – is quite sure how we will adapt to meet these growing needs. In next issue
Chapter 3: Power of PartnershipTM: Initiative Description
Erin* is a 7 year old 2nd grader and second year participant of Fun in the Sun. She is an only child living with both her mother and father. They rent one room in a three bedroom house and live with two other families. Erin is a little below average in school, and struggles emotionally as well. She is overweight and extremely hard on herself. Erin was having a hard time relating to other children and beginning to isolate herself from others. After attending Fun in the Sun, Erin was not only doing better in school with a significantly higher reading proficiency, she was beginning to realize she is a person of value no matter what her size. Throughout her time at Fun in the Sun, she began learning through others that she matters and that she is valuable, something she never thought before. Through the understanding and support of others at Fun in the Sun, Erin is succeeding not only academically but emotionally. She has a bright future ahead of her that might not have been possible without Fun in the Sun. *Name has been changed for privacy
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