Volunteer Management 101: All You Wanted To Know But Were Afraid To Ask!

Toronto, ON                   February 1       

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Rural Development Conference 2006

Collingwood, ON           April 10-12

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Foundation for Rural Living’s Awards of Rural Excellence

Collingwood, ON           April 11

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Ontario Association of CFDCs’ Annual Conference

Cornwall, ON                 June 25-27

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FRL Awards of Rural Excellence Call For Nominations

The Rural Development Handbook: A Guide to Personal, Organizational, and Community Development

Click here and visit OMAFRA’s website to access their informative and comprehensive resource for improving your organization!

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7th Annual Awards of Rural Excellence:

 

What are the Awards?

 

The Categories

 

The Nomination Brochure

 

Stories of Past Winners

Volume 2   Issue 1   January 2006

Tales, Tips & Tech of RURAL Networking, Fundraising & Philanthropy

The Thomas Sill Foundation is a Winnipeg funder with a mandate to grant funds in part to rural non-profit organizations in Manitoba. Here, Executive Director Hugh Arklie discusses in detail the Foundation’s recent efforts.

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Prince Edward County has earned a special place in Ontario as a region of realized potential. Amongst many past achievements, organizations from the county have received numerous Awards of Rural Excellence. As Janet Davies tells us in her story A Culinary Strategy, the county’s hard work continues to be noticed today. Click here. (photo courtesy of www.pec.on.ca)

 

A Culinary Strategy: Prince Edward County Revisited

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In the non-profit world, organizations are always trying to keep pace with a fast moving sector. Nonprofitscan.ca is a public information portal created by Imagine Canada to offer resources in support of this struggle. Kim Turner, Manager of Library Services, gives us a guided tour of this virtual library.

Resource Discovery: A Profile of Nonprofitscan.ca

Building a Nation: The Thomas Sill Foundation

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Tractor Ride Across Canada

 

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Guide to Special Events Fundraising

Click here to access fundraiser Ken Wyman’s integral handbook on all aspects of the special events process. Ideas, strategies, and everything else!  To sign up for Ken’s Fundraising Tips, send him an email.

rare : Preserving Learning 

FRL is excited to announce that the date for the 7th annual Awards of Rural Excellence has been confirmed for April 11, 2006 at Blue Mountain Resort in Collingwood, Ontario.

 

The Call for Nominations will be sent out by mail soon. For more information on the Awards, see  the More Rural Tales section.

Located in Cambridge, the non-profit organization rare is Canada’s largest urban green space. With a major campaign just launched, Executive Director Moragh Lippert gives us an inside look at what rare’s future will look like. Click here.