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13 people are interested
Gala Team Member
ORGANIZATION: Geneva Foundation
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13 people are interested
Geneva Gala Team members are responsible for planning and managing all aspects of the agency’s annual fundraising event that benefits Geneva’s Transitional Living Program. The Gala Team provides direction and oversight of the event budget, master schedule and timelines, event logistics, auction and sponsor solicitations, and marketing/branding materials.
Responsibilities include participation in 2 committee meetings and 4 conference calls, serving on at least 1 work group, securing auction items and assisting in marketing the event through securing sponsorships and selling tickets. Team members are expected to attend the event and assist with se-tup and break-down.
Geneva Foundation is looking for volunteers for the 2014 year. The Gala will be held in September 2014, with planning starting in April.
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About Geneva Foundation
Location:
3800 W. Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL 60651, US
Mission Statement
The mission of Geneva Foundation is to stabilize, support and educate adolescent males by providing a safe, healing environment in which to build the hope, confidence and life skills to become independent, purposeful young men.
Description
Geneva Foundation is a transitional living program for boys ages 16 - 19 in the state child welfare system. Our innovative therapeutic group home enhances Self Leadership, teaches Life Skills, and develops the support networks necessary for each of our kids to move from state care systems to independence. Our Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy model and Self Leadership coaching serves as an interactive, safe, "hands-on" training environment that allows youth to practice newly acquired skills in the same manner a professional might complete an internship or practicum.
The majority of youth Geneva serves are from neighborhoods plagued by poverty, violence, limited resources and little education. Most were removed from their birth homes before the age of 5 and have stories of severe physical and/or sexual abuse, neglect and trauma. By the time a youth is placed with Geneva, he has lived in an average of 12 foster homes and has spent much of his formative teenage years in institutional care where he is given minimal responsibilities and all household duties are handled by staff. As a result, boys in these settings frequently fail to develop the skills necessary to successfully navigate through life.
To shift this reality, Geneva teaches the boys to manage (with the assistance) all of their own grocery shopping, laundry, cleaning, cooking, education, health and dental care, etc. The training curriculum addresses a range of topics, including interviewing skills, time management, career counseling, child development, home maintenance and personal growth, etc.
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3800 W. Grand AvenueChicago, IL 60651
DATE POSTED
July 16, 2014
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