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November 2006

Join PYNL Next Wednesday for Our Panel on Starting a Non-profit!
Whether you're interested in one day starting your own non-profit organization or you just want to learn about some of the experiences of folks who have, this should be an exciting an informative event. There's a lot of collective experience on this panel, and they're all coming together to share what it takes to start with a great idea and turn it into a viable and effective program. It's a great way to get a bottom-up overview of how the non-profit sector works. We hope to see you there.

Panelists include:

• Tim Ifill: Co-founder and Co-Director of Philly Fellows
• Gayle Isa: Founder and Executive Director of Asian Arts Initiative
• Marciene Mattleman: Founder and President of ASAP/After School Activities Partnerships
• Megan McNamara: Director of New Beginnings Nonprofit Incubator, Resources for Human Development, Inc.
• Blane Stoddard: Founder and former Executive Director of Partnership CDC
• Moderator: Naomi Leapheart: President and CEO of The Matchstick Group

When: Wednesday, November 15th, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Where: Free Library of Philadelphia, 19th and Vine Streets, Philadelphia

For more details and to register, click here.

Leadership Lunch with Eric Fraint of Your Part-Time Controller
Join PYNL on Thursday, November 30th, for an informal brown bag lunch with Eric Fraint, Founder and President of Your Part-Time Controller

Eric Fraint, a Certified Public Accountant with a degree from The Wharton School of Business provides accounting and financial services to non-profit organizations through Your Part time Controller, a company he founded in 1993. Fraint has served hundreds of organizations throughout the region and is widely known as an accounting guru, with a special expertise and passion for the nonprofit sector. He sits on numerous nonprofit Boards and is an avid writer and educator on accounting best practices. Fraint also ran a wonderful session on finance and reporting at PYNL's Emerging Leaders Board Training Program.

When: Thursday, November 30th, 12:30 - 1:30
Where: Philadelphia Center for Arts and Heritage, 1608 Walnut Street, Suite 1800, Philadelphia

For more details and to register, click here.

...Shortly Followed by a Leadership Lunch with Nancy Burd of the Philadelphia Foundation on Tuesday, December 5th.
** Lunch will be provided for free – RSVP required.**

Come spend an hour with one of the most intriguing and accomplished nonprofit leaders in Philadelphia, Nancy Burd.

Nancy will share with us the experiences, career moves, and decisions that have guided her career in nonprofits, finally landing her the position of Vice President of Grant Making at The Philadelphia Foundation, one of the region's largest foundations.

When: Tuesday, December 5th, 11:45am - 1:00pm
Where: The Philadelphia Foundation, 1234 Market Street, Suite 1800, Philadelphia

For details and to register, click here.

PYNL's Annual Holiday Toy Drive is Just Around the Corner!
PYNL is planning our 5th annual holiday toy drive and we will be accepting new unwrapped toy donations for Project HOME. Look for more information in our next newsletter for our Happy Hour/Toy Drive in early December. And here's a great holiday idea… try organizing a toy drive of your own in support of PYNL and Project Home in your office or among your family and friends! You can join us at our Happy Hour/Toy Drive and bring the toys, your co-workers, family and friends with you and help to celebrate the spirit of the season by making the holidays a little brighter for a child. Stay tuned for more info. Check out our website at www.pynl.org or call Steven Fynes at 215-563-5848.