[Dialogue] [Oe List ...] Special birthday present for Marge Philbrook

[Joyce Sloan]

That is wonderful news Terry!  And what an amazing tribute to an amazing
woman!!  I know that Marge will carefully weigh how this gift will be
designated to best serve our mission.

Joyce Sloan



On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 9:47 PM, <beretgriffith at charter.net> wrote:

> How exciting to hear about the generous contribution in honor of Marge's
> 85th birthday. Marge will be a great steward of the gift.
>
> Beret Griffith
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Terry Bergdall wrote:
>
>  Marge's 85th birthday party was held today at 4750 with many people in
> attendance. A donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, sent a contribution to
> ICA-USA for $8,500 (eight thousand five hundred dollars) with some specific
> instructions. To celebrate her eighty-fifth year, Marge is to designate
> portions of this $8,500 contribution, in amounts as she sees fit, to the
> seven major current program areas at ICA-USA. These are:
>
> - GreenRise Uptown for creating a green culture within the largest
> nonprofit service center in the Midwest;
> -   Resilient Communities via the “Accelerate 77” program in Chicago
> neighborhoods;
> -    Service Learning for leadership development with university
> students;
> -    Learning Basket for early childhood education and family literacy;
> - International Initiatives in support of “peer-to-peer” work with other
> national ICAs;
> -  Global Archives for preserving and passing-on ICA wisdom to future
> generations;
> - Technology of Participation (ToP).
>
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