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Hospitality House and Combating Hunger!
Community Partner Spotlight Series

Hospitality House and Combating Hunger!

Today we present one of our partners Hospitality House in Walled Lake! Hospitality House is a food pantry program helping combat hunger in families since 2002; “The mission of Hospitality…

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693 923 Yatziry Linares-Lozano
A Letter from the Executive Director
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A Letter from the Executive Director

Dear Making Spirits Bright Community,  As the Executive Director of our nonprofit organization, I wanted to take this moment to share a few key takeaways from our year here at…

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1536 508 Maria Dismondy
Keeping Books in Gervais
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Keeping Books in Gervais

Gervais, a rural town in Western Oregon, almost fits the description of a book desert - a place where a community lacks access to books. The residents are fighting hard…

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1067 729 Gretchen Van Lente
Christmas Book Flood (Jolabokaflod)
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Christmas Book Flood (Jolabokaflod)

Cozy blankets.  Delicious snacks. Loving company. Heart-warming books.  This is

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1545 2000 Heather Wilson
Celebrating Detroit’s ALL THINGS WOMEN
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Celebrating Detroit’s ALL THINGS WOMEN

C Here at Making Spirits Bright, we know how important it is to collaborate with and support the community. That’s why we’re spotlighting all our community partners this year, starting…

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659 879 Logan May
A Time to be Thankful
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A Time to be Thankful

It’s a time to be thankful for so many things here at

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659 879 Maria Dismondy
Back to School
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Back to School

School is back in session and we have been distributing books into schools, at community centers and getting books onto shelves at our partners! To take this month to the…

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1171 879 Maria Dismondy
It Takes a Village
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It Takes a Village

It Takes A Village to Read a Book      It takes a village to read a book, or at least that is the latest trend in marketing children’sbooks. Publishers are pushing…

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1200 675 Gretchen Van Lente
Summer!
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Summer!

Even when school is out MSB is still working hard getting books into the hands of children! This year we learned that you can put around 3000 books in minivan.…

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659 879 Tracy Tullis
The School Year Ends and Summer Reading Begins!
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The School Year Ends and Summer Reading Begins!

This month was a whirlwind. We learned so much as mom’s leading up a nonprofit. That spring is busy in our family lives which makes it super busy in our…

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1230 923 Maria Dismondy
MSB is feeling the Love!
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MSB is feeling the Love!

This start to spring has been filled with support from our community.  We have new sponsors, volunteers, and we’ve received our first grant.  Whoo-hoo!  And a steady stream of amazing…

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693 923 Tracy Tullis
Four Tips to Increase Reading Motivation
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Four Tips to Increase Reading Motivation

Children with boundless imaginations need a steady diet of books, no doubt about it. But not all children can read the fabulous titles that are trending in their classrooms. They…

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          Strategic Plan

          Ensuring Effective Communications & Engagement

          Goal #1

          Increase MSB’s visibility and presence in the larger community in order to ensure that we are able to attract more long-term supporters, donors and volunteers.

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          Develop strategic partnerships with key community organizations in order to ensure maximum reach and efficacy.

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          Continue to expand programs and partnerships with schools to ensure that we are reaching our target market.

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          Develop and implement communications, marketing and evaluation efforts to expand awareness and track MSB’s community impact.

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          Develop policies and procedures to ensure the efficient operations of the staff, board and overall organization.

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          Establish a budget and financial management system that allows MSB’s board and staff to be proactive in ensuring the short- and long-term success of the organization.

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          Focus fundraising efforts on key constituencies that we believe are likely to support MSB, most notably: educators; arts supporters; foundations active in the areas of education, youth development, etc; and individuals who have connections to the Founder and/or board members.

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