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).