SDSVP Summer Party in the City

Joanne Pastula, JA CEO & Wendy Gillespie, SDSVP Partner/JA Board Member, in front of "City Hall"

On June 28, SDSVP held its Summer Party and Annual Meeting at BizTown, created by SDSVP's very own Investee, Junior Achievement. Partners and guests enjoyed celebrating together in a venue that teaches kids about the real world of business! Marion Paul, JA Executive Vice President & SDSVP Board member, led tours through the life sized interactive city which includes businesses such as WaMu, Jack in the Box, Cox Communications, and Sea World.

Peggy Kidd, SDSVP ED, presents Aaron Contorer with the
2008 Bingham Stone Award

Mike & Joyce Kole and Sharon Bockoff

Mark Fackler was introduced as the newly re-elected SDSVP Board Chairman. Thanks to our Partners contributions, volunteer hours and Mark’s efforts, SDSVP has made a greater impact in San Diego than ever before. Mark highlighted the following accomplishments reiterating SDSVP’s mission statement of cultivating effective philanthropists who drive community solutions with investments of time, expertise and resources.

· Cultivating philanthropists – between First Fridays, Investment Working Group, Portfolio Working Group and all other committees, SVP has provided over 800 “touches” to our Partnership with educational opportunities for learning about becoming a more effective philanthropist

· Investments of time – SVP has donated over 13,000 hours in the last year

· Expertise – Partners have revamped mission statements, assisted with board development, assured minimum accounting standards for all Investees, created strategic plans, assisted with hiring process, built IT systems, created marketing campaigns

o One Investee's improved infrastructure has reduced annual expenses by two-thirds

o Capacity building efforts helped move Coastkeeper from operating in the ‘red’ to being in the ‘black’ the last 3 years.

o Our Resource Teams are receiving requests weekly to work with various nonprofits

· Resources - Over $200,000 was donated in grants and double that number in co-funding with an additional $1.3 M in in-kind services to community

In addition, Mark honored three graduating board members: David Field, Amy Larson, and Diane Rosenberg for their years of service and dedication. The FY ‘09 SDSVP Board of Directors was announced as follows: Ann Field, serving as Board Treasurer/ Secretary; Joyce Ross serving as Board Development Officer; Richard Bockoff; Aaron Contorer; Marjorie Fox; Marion Paul; Alan Sorkin; Bill Hahn; Duane Trombly; David Johnson; Stan Pappelbaum; Ray Ellis; Mike Kole.

The annual Bingham Stone Award was given to Aaron Contorer to honor his outstanding leadership skills, commitment and "no BS" attitude. Thanks, Aaron, for all your hard work! Executive Director, Peggy Kidd, introduced SDSVP’s two new Investees, ElderHelp and Elder Law & Advocacy, who are serving the elderly of San Diego. As usual, we had great food, great wine, and great company!

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