Share-a-Meal 2009!

I am on the committee for the Community Shares of Illinois Share-a-Meal 2009 and we met yesterday to start the planning and we covered some pertinent details. The first being, we SET THE DATE.

Share-a-Meal 2009 will be held Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at a restaurant near you. We are currently looking for more committee members to get our efforts off the ground. You don't necessarily have to be an employee of a participating Community Shares organization. It can also be a volunteer of your org, a donor or someone involved in what you do in the community. We realize we all have busy schedules and know that sometimes an employee rep can't make it, so we want to make it available in some capacity to have at least ONE person from each of the Chicago organizations (approximately 50) take on an active role within the Share-a-Meal initiative. Email committee chair Kate Williamson at kwilliamson@ichv.org to become apart of this committee.

Our next meeting will take place 10/8/08. Kate can give you the location and agenda when you email her.

When me meet in October, we will:
* Review revised corporate sponsor packets (Barb)
* Have a list of Chicago organizations who are members of Community Shares of Illinois (Kate)
* Go over the corporate sponsor brainstorm list (each committee member is to email Barb a list of 3-5 possible companies to solicit for corporate sponsorships)
* Go over the restaurant sponsor brainstorm list (each committee member is to email Barb a list of 3-5 possible restaurants to solicit for participation in 2009 campaign)
* Go over Share-a-Meal guidelines and participation bonuses for organizations (Kate & Barb)
* Follow the agenda as given

So far we are looking into possible CTA ad campaigns on the Blue line and any CTA buses that depart from the North Park Garage (list to come). So it's imperative we have several corporate sponsors to offset advertising costs.

If you are a Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection volunteer interested in being apart of this committee, participating in Share-a-Meal 2009, or participated in last years with suggestions on how to improve certain aspects as they relate to our organization, feel free to email me your inquiries, as always: cassinaz.cabrini@gmail.com.

Share a meal, and share creating positive change in your community.