1. Moving Beyond the Campaign Confines
Making the Connection to Community Impact
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2. Dustie Lanier Heather Bolt Director of Strategic Initiatives
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Heather Bolt
Assistant Director of Strategic Initiatives
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3. United Way of Forsyth County Women’s Leadership Council
Official Launch in 2007
More than 1,030 members raising $2.8 million
RAI Foundation Challenge Match
Brief background of the WLC
Importance of rallying women around a cause to raise more funds
Donor interests, affinity groups
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4. Focusing For Results Alignment with United Way Community Impact Agenda
Researching and discussion around specific priority areas
The WLC adopted improving the high school graduation rate as its signature cause until the group reaches the goal of a 90% graduation rate or 2018.
Pick a cause already supported by your United Way/the community
What programs have seen success? What do they want to add to continue greater success?
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5. Focusing Our Strategy
To provide success-ready students to the 9th grade, with initial focus on Middle School students that will enter 9th grade at our community’s most struggling high schools by funding the following projects:
Tutoring
Family Engagement
Summer Success Academy
Do no recreate the wheel.
Implement strategies
Work with the schools; Identify school personal to help identify correct schools, work with each school to set targets
Example – Our RFP process
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6. Measuring our Success Intermediate Success is measured by:
improvements in standardized test scores
the number of students that are functioning at grade level
the number of students that are promoted to the next grade
reduced behavior problems in school
Increased family engagement
Final Success is measured by:
Graduation from high school
Successful adults
Require updates, data, tracking – contract for these agreements
Show the community the outcomes, use as a tool for recruitment
EVASS Data
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7. Results Key Outcomes Philo Middle School 2008 2011 Percent Change
2008 to 2011
All Students (6th – 8th) Passing Math & Reading End of Grade Test at Philo Middle School
29.6% Math 18.3% Reading
70.1% Math 39.3% Reading
137% Math 115% Reading
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8. What does this investment offer?
Connecting women to community impact
Volunteer Opportunities
Increased giving
So these are some of the steps we’ve taken. (List first four bullet points)
And what we will do next. (List last two bullet points)
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