March 6: Kristen Hertzog, Executive Director of Haitian Connection
Network (HCN), a 501c3 non profit organization, headquartered in Lancaster
County, PA. They run a safe Student Computer Center located in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti where students can earn an AA in Business Admin or
Computer Science, on-line and tuition-free through the U.S.-based
University of the People. Their partners include Yale University Law
School, NYU, Hewlett Packard and the Clinton Global Initiative. HCN then
provides opportunities for internships and post-graduation job placement
assistance within Haiti via a collaborative professional network. Their
website is: http://www.haitianconnectionnetwork.org/
March 13: Jeffrey Tinsman who is the Chairman of the Board of Directors
for the Harrisburg Area River Boat Society will be speaking. They maintain
and operate the Pride of Susquehanna that does river boat cruises during
the spring and summer. They are a 501(c)3 and are very involved in community service. All of their board members are volunteers. Their website is http://www.harrisburgriverboat.com/.
March 20: Duane from Danzante Community Art Center is coming to speak.
Danzante program began in 1978 with the presentation of Spanish flamenco
dance and culture to residents of Central Pennsylvania. In 1992, Danzante
received 501(c)3 status and began after-school programming in collaboration
with the Church of the Brethren in South Allison Hill, Harrisburg, serving
primarily a Latino population. In 1999, Danzante initiated a capital
campaign totaling $333,000 and developed its state-of-the-art community
arts center in the McFarland Building on Crescent Street in South Allison
Hill. In 2004 Danzante received funding through the National Endowment on
the Arts to create and install the Mulberry Street murals. They are now in
their thirty-third year of existence and serve a multi-cultural group of
youth and adults. Their mission is to serve as a multicultural community
resource to provide artistic education for Latinos, Hispanics and others as
a means of developing career opportunities, healthy minds and bodies, and
respect for self and the environment. Their website is:
http://danzante.org/
March 27: Doug Tierney from Kids Chance. They are a non-profit organization who raises scholarships for children whose parents were killed in a work related accident. http://www.kidschance.org/
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