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resources and talent with the organization.
“They’re not all business owners
but they’re in a position that they offer
opportunities for our children,” she said.
“Everybody comes with a different talent
that’s necessary to make an organization,
especially a non-profit organization, work.”
Creating that perfect mix of synergy
has been of great benefit to Volusia-based
Forough Hosseini
nonprofit Duvall Homes according to Lisa
Habermehl, Director of Marketing and Special Projects. Their
organization has provided residential supportive care and day
training for people with developmental
disabilities since 1945, and Habermehl gave
insight to their operations and the success of
their fundraising.
“Every member of the Duvall team, from
our support staff to our executive team and
board of regents, are community advocates
and key players to our longevity and success.
We couldn’t attract competent board members
and committed sponsors if we weren’t good
Lisa Habermehl,
right, with Elizabeth stewards of their time and financial support,”
Bhimjee, at Duvall she said.
Homes’ 2018
Habermehl gives credit to Duvall’s Chief
Inspiration Gala
Executive Officer, Steven DeVane, and Chief
Fundraiser.
Marketing & Development Officer, Elizabeth
Bhimjee, for recognizing talented individuals who will help serve
and strengthen their mission.
“Both appreciate how board members facilitate introductions to
help build new relationships and new partnerships. And when your
work and messaging is consistent, authentic and sincere, the work
of finding effective board members comes easier, whether they’re
retired professionals, active executives or just passionate citizens.”
Branching Out – Volunteers with Time
Sustaining a non-profit requires people willing to step up and
step in when needed, with no monetary compensation, simply
because they feel connected to
a specific cause.
The Halifax Humane
Society is one of the
organizations that tug at the
heartstrings of the community
and appreciates the support
of volunteers to help with
projects. They get a helping
hand from teams representing
businesses around Volusia
CarMax Volunteers
County who are looking
to engage and provide a community service. In fact, in 2018
volunteers provided over 85,000 service hours to the organization.
When multiplied by the IRS volunteer rate of $25.43, it represents
$2,161,550 in savings.
Barry Kukes, community outreach director for the Halifax
Humane Society says the animal shelter is grateful for the teams
of volunteers from CarMax that come to help with chores like
installing posts in the dog run area to create
canopied shade or helping with outdoor work.
The shelter is also thankful for the Teledyne
Marine volunteers who walk the smaller dogs,
with supervision, and help collect food for the
animals.
“They’re pretty open about doing anything
we have available, and they’re always a big
help,” said Kukes.
Saving critical man hour dollars in the non-profit’s budget, the
volunteers receive the added benefit of team-building with their co-
workers while doing something new, together.
“It’s something new and fresh, so they
enjoy doing it, and always do it with a smile
on their face,” said Kukes.
Tiffany Jolley, human resources generalist
at Teledyne says employees enjoy helping
when the Halifax Humane Society asks,
springing into action to provide needed
supplies and foster care for animals at the
shelter, creating a win-win situation.
“Here at Teledyne we make great efforts to
Tiffany Jolley
be involved with our local community,” said
Jolley. “Over the years, we have built a very strong relationship
with the Halifax Humane Society with donations as well as
supporting their goals of helping animals in need.”
“Providing the necessary resources to the Humane Society
allows them to make benefits available to our community with pet
adoptions, obedience classes, spay/neutering of pets that may not
have been adopted at their facility.”
“We believe that it is our corporate social responsibility to be an
advocate for local non-profit organizations, especially supporting
the Humane Society’s goals of helping each and every healthy,
adoptable pet find a fur-ever home,” she said.
The Big Ask – Share Your Treasure
The final piece of the puzzle is funding – which may come in the
form of grants, donations or in-kind contributions from a variety of
sources, including the business community. They are an important
part of a non-profit’s ability to fund operations, take on capital
projects, start a needed program or create an awareness campaign
for their mission.
Halifax Humane Society recently unveiled their three year, $3.6
million renovation to the main campus and shares how important
“The Big Ask” is to success.
Major donors, such as PetSmart Charities, PetCo Foundation,
the Lohman family, Cunningham Oil, and Florida Power & Light,
have contributed to the building’s capital campaign, and Barry
Kukes says that while it can be intimidating to ask, when the pitch
and goals are clear, donors are willing to contribute.
“You lay out the plan of what you want to do and you present
it to your donors and supporters,” said Kukes. “They look at it
and if it makes sense, they’ll step up. That’s the reason people are
generous in donating, because they see results,” he said.
Did You Know? According to BoardSource.org, there is no
difference between a board of governors, a board of directors and a board
of trustees.
Legally and in practice, all of these definitions describe the same
governing body of a nonprofit. The term “trustee” originally
referred to the person who has the fiduciary duty for a charitable
trust or a foundation. By tradition, higher education institutions
also tend to refer to their board members as trustees.
Danielle Anderson has worked in the public
relations and media industry for a decade.
She started her career as a reporter for Flagler
Broadcasting where she discovered her passion for
telling the stories of communities in Florida.
Barry Kukes
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