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OUR
GOALS
· PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS
· COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
· PARK DEVELOPMENT
· PARK / OPEN SPACE EXPANSION
· PRCS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
· INCREASED / ENHANCED PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES
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!FUN HIGHLIGHTS!
 FUN is on it's way! -
Parks, Recreation &
Community Services (PRCS) recently received it's first major donation
to Fresno United Neighborhoods (FUN), the departments non-profit arm
that aims to improve the quality of life in Fresno by expanding grant
opportunities for PRCS services, empowering neighborhoods and
community groups by offering non-profit partnership and allowing
businesses a tax write-off for donations to parks and recreation.
Just before the start of the Starbucks / FUN 'movie in the park night'
in the Rotary Amphitheater of Woodward Park on August 13th, Starbucks
Regional Operations Manager John Bennett unveiled an oversized check
and announced to the crowd that Starbucks is committed to increasing
fun in Fresno by donating
$5,000
to FUN.
The
free movie attracted over 1,000 people and is just the first of many
potential FUN / Starbucks events. Starbucks was recognized on August
30th by the Fresno City Council for their generous contribution and
commitment to FUN and parks and recreation. Pictured from left to
right are: FUN Chairman Bob Hall, City Councilmen Jerry Duncan, PRCS
Director Randy Cooper, Starbucks' Cardell Moore and John Bennett.
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The FUN fund will build capacity
for PRCS in the following ways:
- Greatly expand grant opportunities.
(Most foundations will not fund municipalities.)
- Empower neighborhood and
community groups without non-profit status, so that they can fundraise
through FUN
- Give private citizens and
the community a tax-write off for the donation of land and equipment,
which PRCS needs.
- Receive funding by being
embarked through the United Way funding system.
- Provide new funding
sources for the construction / improvement of parks. With a nonprofit,
private and corporate groups can donate money for commemoration on a
specific feature or amenity in a park. (i.e.: softball / soccer fields,
gymnasiums, benches, walkways, picnic shelters, sculptures, etc.)
- Expand partnership opportunities
- Partner with area corporations,
such as Home Depot, to help build pocket parks.
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This non-profit is a function
of:
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PRCS is establishing a non
profit as a major engine of capacity-building. Fresno United Neighborhoods
(FUN) is a 501 (c )(3 ) community services agency whose mission is to
improve the quality of life in Fresno, California, through innovative
and collaborative outreach initiatives in recreation, health, and learning.
FUN will replace the CERIAL (Community Educational Recreational Instructional
Activities League) non-profit, which was more narrowly focused on after
school and summer camp programs. |
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