Lead Partner: Sue Sanderson
Imagine leaving home with no money, no education and a young child. More than 50% of the pregnant and parenting foster teen girls who emancipate from the foster care system at 18 face these obstacles. YES for Haven provides assistance – a twenty-bed group home and training facility known as The Salvation Army’s Door of Hope Haven Program. By providing shelter, job skills training and career guidance to these teenage mothers, we significantly reduce human tragedy by helping them become self-sufficient. YES for Haven’s goal is to help these young women find a career path and life skills that allow them to support themselves and their children long-term.
SDSVP’s three-year grant to YES for Haven has provided work readiness training, career exploration and the development of a life plan for these girls, in addition to one-on-one career guidance. In the last two years, the program assisted over 44 girls. Over 61% of them have completed an internship in an area of career interest, attended vocational school or secured a job.
“Our collaboration with SDSVP and the Door of Hope is exciting and productive. These YES for Haven young women and their children need all of the help and support we can give them.”
Marilyn Stewart, Director, YES Transition Network
“With the help of SDSVP, we have set up a Career Resource Board composed of business and community leaders. This Board will provide us with valuable employment opportunities and connections as we move forward.”
Lynn Sharpe-Underwood, Administrator, Door of Hope
September 1, 2006
Sierra Club Canyons Campaign
Lead Partner: Mike Kole
The Sierra Club’s Canyons Campaign’s mission is to foster awareness, appreciation and ongoing community involvement in the protection and stewardship of the unique habitats found in San Diego’s canyons. The strategy is to establish and support localized “friends groups” for individual neighborhood canyons throughout San Diego County. Over the last six years, 34 new groups have been built.
This year, the program established five new Canyon Friend Groups, bolstered membership in seven others and led 584 children and adults on 21 educational tours.
SDSVP Partners Michael Kole, Eric Busboom and Susie Hayes have joined the Canyons Campaign Steering Committee and assisted in developing a capacity-building Strategic Plan. The Campaign has now leveraged SDSVP’s funding to double the budget and plans to triple the staff as it begins its second year of support.
“SDSVP’s steady support has enabled us to achieve broader campaign goals such as enrollment of students and youth groups into canyon restoration projects and promotion of a concept to establish a San Diego Regional Canyonlands Park.“
Eric Bowlby,
Campaign Coordinator
The Sierra Club’s Canyons Campaign’s mission is to foster awareness, appreciation and ongoing community involvement in the protection and stewardship of the unique habitats found in San Diego’s canyons. The strategy is to establish and support localized “friends groups” for individual neighborhood canyons throughout San Diego County. Over the last six years, 34 new groups have been built.
This year, the program established five new Canyon Friend Groups, bolstered membership in seven others and led 584 children and adults on 21 educational tours.
SDSVP Partners Michael Kole, Eric Busboom and Susie Hayes have joined the Canyons Campaign Steering Committee and assisted in developing a capacity-building Strategic Plan. The Campaign has now leveraged SDSVP’s funding to double the budget and plans to triple the staff as it begins its second year of support.
“SDSVP’s steady support has enabled us to achieve broader campaign goals such as enrollment of students and youth groups into canyon restoration projects and promotion of a concept to establish a San Diego Regional Canyonlands Park.“
Eric Bowlby,
Campaign Coordinator
Second Chance
Lead Partner: Diane Rosenberg
Ben & Jerry’s Second Chance PartnerShop has completed its second year of providing paid work experience and customer service skills for STRIVE graduates and at-risk youth in San Diego.
SDSVP helped Second Chance improve the efficiency of this social enterprise, create new marketing strategies and identify other options for expanding revenue. SDSVP’s work with Second Chance enabled the PartnerShop to nearly break-even, develop a profitable catering business and achieve the second highest sales per transaction of all PartnerShops in the country.
The PartnerShop gives Second Chance clients the opportunity to build personal confidence, create résumé credibility and reinforce the critical standards of behavior needed for becoming self-sufficient, contributing members of the community. Laura Bermudez, a STRIVE graduate, has overcome the “Rocky Road” of incarceration and “scooped” up success, learning valuable employment skills at the Ben & Jerry’s PartnerShop, then transitioning to a full-time job at Urban Corps. SDSVP is proud of its collaboration with Second Chance to take a “scoop” out of chronic unemployment, reincarceration and homelessness.
“The SDSVP Partners expertise in finance, marketing and operations helped us build a stronger social enterprise, which creates more job opportunities for STRIVE graduates. Their time, talent and treasury have been invaluable.”
Scott Silverman,
Executive Director
Ben & Jerry’s Second Chance PartnerShop has completed its second year of providing paid work experience and customer service skills for STRIVE graduates and at-risk youth in San Diego.
SDSVP helped Second Chance improve the efficiency of this social enterprise, create new marketing strategies and identify other options for expanding revenue. SDSVP’s work with Second Chance enabled the PartnerShop to nearly break-even, develop a profitable catering business and achieve the second highest sales per transaction of all PartnerShops in the country.
The PartnerShop gives Second Chance clients the opportunity to build personal confidence, create résumé credibility and reinforce the critical standards of behavior needed for becoming self-sufficient, contributing members of the community. Laura Bermudez, a STRIVE graduate, has overcome the “Rocky Road” of incarceration and “scooped” up success, learning valuable employment skills at the Ben & Jerry’s PartnerShop, then transitioning to a full-time job at Urban Corps. SDSVP is proud of its collaboration with Second Chance to take a “scoop” out of chronic unemployment, reincarceration and homelessness.
“The SDSVP Partners expertise in finance, marketing and operations helped us build a stronger social enterprise, which creates more job opportunities for STRIVE graduates. Their time, talent and treasury have been invaluable.”
Scott Silverman,
Executive Director
San Diego Coastkeeper
Lead Partners: Sondra Kiss and Scott Lininger
In 2005, San Diego Coastkeeper celebrated an important milestone - ten years of successfully fighting the pollution of San Diego’s waterways. They took the time to reflect on their victories and look forward to addressing the challenges that face them in the coming decade.
To accurately reflect the organization’s evolution, San Diego Baykeeper became San Diego Coastkeeper - a new name for a growing organization whose mission now encompasses protecting all of San Diego County’s waterways. SDSVP supported Coastkeeper’s marketing campaign to change the name, logo and mission of the organization in order to better represent the work they do county-wide. Partner David Field became so actively involved that he is now a member of the San Diego Coastkeeper Board.
Launching a marketing campaign allowed Coastkeeper to have the exposure needed to reach a broader audience. This enabled them to gain more members and secure additional support for their environmental programs. Coastkeeper’s staff engages over 5,000 volunteers at beach cleanups, conducts water and habitat monitoring from Oceanside to Baja, educates more than 24,000 children county-wide while continuing to address the sewage, stormwater and industrial pollution impacting all of San Diego’s communities.
“San Diego Coastkeeper would not have been able to launch our successful marketing campaign last year without the help of San Diego Social Venture Partners!”
Bruce Reznik,
Executive Director
In 2005, San Diego Coastkeeper celebrated an important milestone - ten years of successfully fighting the pollution of San Diego’s waterways. They took the time to reflect on their victories and look forward to addressing the challenges that face them in the coming decade.
To accurately reflect the organization’s evolution, San Diego Baykeeper became San Diego Coastkeeper - a new name for a growing organization whose mission now encompasses protecting all of San Diego County’s waterways. SDSVP supported Coastkeeper’s marketing campaign to change the name, logo and mission of the organization in order to better represent the work they do county-wide. Partner David Field became so actively involved that he is now a member of the San Diego Coastkeeper Board.
Launching a marketing campaign allowed Coastkeeper to have the exposure needed to reach a broader audience. This enabled them to gain more members and secure additional support for their environmental programs. Coastkeeper’s staff engages over 5,000 volunteers at beach cleanups, conducts water and habitat monitoring from Oceanside to Baja, educates more than 24,000 children county-wide while continuing to address the sewage, stormwater and industrial pollution impacting all of San Diego’s communities.
“San Diego Coastkeeper would not have been able to launch our successful marketing campaign last year without the help of San Diego Social Venture Partners!”
Bruce Reznik,
Executive Director
Junior Achievement
Lead Partner: Wendy Gillespie
Get ready for hardhats! SDSVP joined hands with Junior Achievement to create a special place that will inspire the future generation of entrepreneurs and business leaders – Enterprise Village.
Junior Achievement is an international organization that has served Greater San Diego for 50 years. Enterprise Village is an innovative project that teaches our youth about money management, credit and investing for the future to prepare them for a more productive life.
Enterprise Village will be a 10,000 square foot replica of a small American city, complete with a city hall, bank, and 18 bustling enterprises. Enterprise Village will also have a non-profit center so students learn the value of giving back to their communities, just like SDSVP!
To make this dream come true for San Diego students, SDSVP contributed a capacity-building grant and significant energy from its Partners to ensure that this project is brought in on schedule with the funds to make it happen. From creating a thoughtful business plan to product-launch marketing advice, the Partners have been fully engaged in every aspect of the project.
The timing could not be better! More students drop out of college due to credit card debt than academic failure. Enterprise Village teaches financial literacy in a hands-on engaging format that kids love to learn. Thanks to the help of SDSVP, Enterprise Village is scheduled to open its doors to its first students in May 2007.
“SDSVP brought an energy and enthusiasm to this project that was contagious. The dedication of the Partners was an inspiration to our entire staff. The guidance that SDSVP provided at strategic junctures was irreplaceable. It was clear the Partners were doing what they do best: being entrepreneurs and launching new projects!”
Marion Paul,
Executive Vice President
Get ready for hardhats! SDSVP joined hands with Junior Achievement to create a special place that will inspire the future generation of entrepreneurs and business leaders – Enterprise Village.
Junior Achievement is an international organization that has served Greater San Diego for 50 years. Enterprise Village is an innovative project that teaches our youth about money management, credit and investing for the future to prepare them for a more productive life.
Enterprise Village will be a 10,000 square foot replica of a small American city, complete with a city hall, bank, and 18 bustling enterprises. Enterprise Village will also have a non-profit center so students learn the value of giving back to their communities, just like SDSVP!
To make this dream come true for San Diego students, SDSVP contributed a capacity-building grant and significant energy from its Partners to ensure that this project is brought in on schedule with the funds to make it happen. From creating a thoughtful business plan to product-launch marketing advice, the Partners have been fully engaged in every aspect of the project.
The timing could not be better! More students drop out of college due to credit card debt than academic failure. Enterprise Village teaches financial literacy in a hands-on engaging format that kids love to learn. Thanks to the help of SDSVP, Enterprise Village is scheduled to open its doors to its first students in May 2007.
“SDSVP brought an energy and enthusiasm to this project that was contagious. The dedication of the Partners was an inspiration to our entire staff. The guidance that SDSVP provided at strategic junctures was irreplaceable. It was clear the Partners were doing what they do best: being entrepreneurs and launching new projects!”
Marion Paul,
Executive Vice President
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