SCCC MARCH 2019A

Freature Article: Why The Sun City Coordinating Council
Needs Money To Raise The Level Of Participation With
Activity Clubs To Serve Our Senior Community pg6
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SUN CITY GOLD MARCH 2019
DIGITAL MAGAZINE DIRECTORY
Editor: Gary Hawthorne
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3 SCCC & SUN CITY HISTORY
4 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
5 April 2019 AGENDA MEETING
6 lETTER FROM LONI kNOWLES ABOUT WHY SCCC NEEDS
TO RAISE FUNDS FOR ACTIVITIES AND CLUBS
7 SCCC COORDINATING COUNCIL CLUB INTEREST
APPLICATION
8 ARMAND BLAIS BIG BAND
9 SQUARE DANCING
10 EPAC
11 GIOVANNI’S MENIFEE
12 ARCHIBALD’S
13 CARNITAS EXPRESS
14 ANDY’S XPRESS CAR WASH
15 FARMERS INSURANCE
16 Sports Activity Discovery Day Picture Video
17 Yoga Class
18 Lady in Blue Sapphire Awards & Fashion Show
19 Hawthorne WorldWide - Visual Communications
20 Cash Flow For Non-Profits - by Cecilia Burch
Pages 20-21
22 Local Services Directory
23 Lawn Bowling Techniques Video
24 LA’s Artisan Bakery-Laura Ann Tjan-Article by Robbie Motter
Pages 24-25
26 Creative Solutions - Marketing & Printing
27 New Animal Ordinance Letter - Free Dog and Cat Vaccination &
Microchipping - One Stop Shop
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31 Music & Art Festival
32 Menifee Much for Lunch - at Coco’s on Bradley- Join us to get the
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33 Job Fair
34 Innovative Solutions
35 Menifee Matrix
36 Regional Economic Impact Breakfast
37 Neill’s Recycling Center (NEW LOCATION)
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CASH FLOW FOR NON-PROFITS
What do you think of the whole domain of raising
money to support an organization, a cause, a vision? Do
you think it’s a world only available to a select few with
certain credentials and experience who charge a lot of
money to help you raise funds? Do you think there are
secret keys or certain unknowable things you must do
in order to raise money? Do you think that the
knowledge of these things is locked away in the brains
of others, not you? And even if you know something
about raising money, do you think you have what it
takes to be successful at it?
What if I were to tell you that there are a few
important things to know about raising money or fund
raising and being good at it, they are not secrets and
are available to anyone with a passion for a cause.
The first thing is to know what you want. Specifically,
what do you need money for? Is it to support long-term
growth of your organization or group? Do you want to
launch a new program or project? Do you want ongoing
funding to keep the lights and air conditioning on? Be
specific on how much money you need and what you
need it for. You also want to review what funds are
already coming in and where they are coming from.
Once you have this information you can create a
fund-raising budget or the income part of an overall
organization budget. For example, your overall income
from various sources may be budgeted at $50,000 per
year, and the new fund-raising budget for a specific
program or project may be budgeted at $5,000 giving
you a total income budget of $55,000.
The second thing is to find out where you are going to
look for this money.
The first place you want to look is at your existing
resources. Do you have regular donors who support
your organization or group? Do you have regular
membership fees that you can count on? Do you have
board members and volunteers who are dependable to
provide funds as needed? Have you already received
grants from service clubs or civic organizations or
foundations? Do you have corporate sponsors for
special events? Do you dig into your own pockets
from time to time to bridge the gaps between
income and expenses? Do you receive in-kind
resources such as publicity, printing or goods or
services specific to a program or project?
The second place you want to look is into your
community. What service clubs or organizations are
in your community that don’t know about you yet or
that you haven’t talked to in a while? What funds
are available from your local city or county such as
block grants or community improvement
designation funds? Who do you know that works for
a local company or corporation? What organizations
have a similar mission to yours that you could
collaborate with? Who in your community is raising
funds successfully that you could talk to? Who are
your community leaders and movers?
Then what you want to do, once you’ve identified
people and groups, is to talk to those people and
groups. Why are they successful at what they do?
Who do they know? What could we do together
that would expand our community outreach and
resource development? Polish up your public
presentations to be brief, compelling and concise,
and make appointments to present to groups. The
most important aspect of these conversations and
presentations is to say what you want and what it’s
for and to be passionate about your organization’s
vision and mission.
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If you haven’t reviewed and updated your organization’s
vision and mission statement in a while, do that. Be sure
you can speak powerfully about who your organization
represents, what it provides to your community and why
it is unique in what it provides.
I’m going to say a few things about grants, an area that
many perceive as full of secrets, mysteries and hidden
dangers. What you need to know about grants is simple:
Follow the directions exactly as written. That includes
making sure that you qualify for the specific grant for
which you are applying. Some grantors will only grant
funds to 501 (c)(3) tax exempt nonprofit organizations. If
you are not one of those, don’t apply. Some want you to
be in a specific geographic area or provide services to
specific groups of people such as homeless or students.
Some want to see certain financial records. Some want
you to explain who else in the community you
collaborate with or ask how you will evaluate results by
making them specific and measurable. Be sure to follow
all directions and criteria as presented by the grantor
and if they say they want a narrative double spaced
typed in 12-point Calibri of no more than 500 words, be
sure and do that! You also want to be sure that the
grantor meets your organization’s criteria in terms of
what they fund and what they want in return. Grant
research is so much easier now online than having to go
to the special grants library to leaf through numerous
volumes to find grants that meet your organization’s
criteria.
Many organizations utilize special events to raise
funds.Think of the Alzheimer’s Walk, the UNICEF
Masquerade Ball and any number of running and/or
walking events, bake sales, special dinners, charity
auctions, raffles, golf tournaments, rummage sales
and so on. Here is what there is to know about
special event fundraising. It takes a long time and a
lot of staff/volunteer time to plan and execute a
successful special event. Unless you have corporate
and/or in-kind sponsorships for some of the
expenses, special event expenses can end up cutting
significantly into expected income. The advantages
of special events are that they can generate
publicity, reinvigorate or re-inspire people who
formerly were affiliated with your organization and
introduce new people to your organization. That is
why they are also called “friend raisers.”
In summary, don’t be afraid to raise money. Be
visible and active in your community. Talk to
people. Be passionate about what your organization
does. If you do hire an expert to write a grant or put
on a special event, learn from them. Ask them for
tips so you can take on doing it yourself in the
future. And, as with personal finance, diversify.
Don’t depend on one or two income sources.
Develop other resources. Collaborate. Think outside
the box. Look at raising funds as resource
development and find out all the wonderful
available resources that there are in your
community for you to find and utilize.
ARTICLE BY:
Cecilia Burch holds a master’s degree in public
health education and over 25 years’ experience in
nonprofit organization management, including
managing volunteers, team building and community
collaboration, putting on special events and writing
grants. She is passionate about writing, gardening
and her three grandsons.
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MEET LAURA ANN TJAN
LA’s ARTISAN BAKERY- by Robbie Motter
Our beautiful town of Menifee has so many great jewels
and I I just recently met one. Her name is Laura Ann Tjan,
she and her husband Paul are Menifee residents. She loves
to bake and has a licensed Cottage Kitchen.
Below is a photo of a beautiful cake I just ordered. A
friend of mine introduced Laura to me and told me about
this cake that Laura had baked for her and told me it was
outstanding so decided to order one and check it out.So
can't wait to get it and taste it. Its called an Orange Grand
Marnier Three Layer Cake with Grand Marnier Simple Syrup and White Chocolate Orange Grand Marnier
Whipped Cream Frosting. Topped with Grand Marnier Infused Candied Orange Slices....
Truly beautiful and decadent adult dessert.
During her time in the military, she did three
tours of duty in Honduras. She was assigned
to a MASH unit. They serviced the local
military community and provided emergent
care to the indigent population. She said "It
was an extremely humbling experience"
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One of her fondest memories was taking the
helicopters into the villages and immunizing
the children. she held the record for doing
971 children immunizations in one day. she
said t was hard work, but very rewarding.
After the military, she relocated to San
Francisco and became a foodie by default.
San Francisco has the highest number of
restaurants, per capita. The food culture in
San Francisco and Napa are world
renowned. Laura met her husband, Paul in
SF and they were avid cyclists. They spent more than 30 weekends a year cycling in Napa Valley,
enjoying visiting the local vineyards and restaurants. "Riding their bikes to the wineries, was not only an
amazing conversation starter, but really allowed them to experience the local food and wine culture", says
Laura.
They also toured Europe on their bikes and connected with a travel company known for their first class
trips. They would cycle from one country to the next, averaging 50 to 60 miles per day. They spent their
days enjoying lunch in a family owned cafe, followed with a dinner in a Michelin Rated Restaurant.
She fondly recalls having lunch in a remote European Village: they were on their bikes, hungry and
exhausted. This state of mind coupled with the fact that they spoke not one word of English, which forced
her to rely on her use of her high school foreign language skills." It's amazing how quickly you learn any art
or language when you are thrown into the midst of it " she said !
From her European travel experiences, she quickly learned how passionate Europeans are about their
dishes.
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She fell in love with the artisan breads, pastries and desserts, all of which cannot be easily replicated in the
United States. To star Michelin restaurants in Paris and Bordeaux. Her inquisitive nature garnered so many
questions for the local artisans. They were so open and inviting, literally inviting the cyclists into their homes
to share a meal.l
In 2008 she retired from nursing. It was at that point that
she made it her goal and mission, to perfect the art of
bread making and baking. She said "she started her
journey in Austin. Texas/. Austin is a very progressive
and young city. They are Innovators and risk takers.
They think outside the box and push the limits of
innovation".
Pulling all three influences and experiences together is
what she I believes has blessed here with the skills she
uses today.
She received rave reviews from friends and family and
they encouraged her to grow and to share the baked
goods she created.She said the baking has given her
the enjoyment of creating incredible baked goods, made
with love and also giving to the community.
In 2017, they moved to Menifee and opened LA's
Artisan Bakery. It is an online, made to order business
serving Temecula and the surrounding areas. She
provide's free delivery service. She has a large
retirement community with mobility issues and she
wanted everyone to have access to her baked goods. Also,she believes in providing only the best
customer service. she considers all her customers part of her extended family and she treats them as
such. This is truly a labor of love for her and a way to stay connected to their community.
Laura said "Paul and I have a 24 year old son, Joshua. He is a senior at the University of Texas, El
Paso,. and is majoring in Chemistry. He plans on attending Arizona State University for a graduate
degree in Chemical Engineering and then possibly his PhD .Laura said "we love animals, especially
dogs. We have Shadow, our German Shepherd and Pika, our beloved 13 year old Chinchilla. In my free
time, I love to read. Thank goodness for ebooks! I no longer have any room to store them all".
Laura said *A note to the readers: Everything is made from scratch. Nothing is pre made. We only use
the finest, freshest ingredients. No preservatives. Our products are only made to order. Artisan bread
making is a slow process, sometimes taking as much as 24-48 hours to make. The slow fermentation
process is what develops the flavor and the crumb (texture) of the bread. Please allow at least a day's
notice when ordering bread. Two days is normally sufficient when ordering cakes, pies, cookies and
desserts. We usually require 24 hour notice as it is our goal to provide you with the freshest products
and highest quality baked goods.
You may reach Laura on Facebook: LA's Artisan Bakery .Phone number: (213) 220-3008
Email: LauraAnnBakery@gmail.com
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