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Free Grant Writing Workshops Planned For December
The Center for Non-Profit and Community Development, Inc., will host two free profes- sional grant-writing workshops.
Both workshops will be held at the Robert W. Saunders Pub- lic Library, 1505 N. Nebraska Avenue.
The topics of discussion this month are: “How To Start A 501c3 Nonprofit,” and “Free Professional Grant Writing Workshop.”
The first workshop will take place on Thursday, December 28, from 1 p.m. until 3:30 p.m.
The first hour discussion will be “How To Start A 501 c3 Nonprofit.” The second hour discussion will be a The second workshop will take place on Saturday, December 30th, from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. A “Free Professional Grant Writing Workshop” session will be covered during the sec- ond half of the event.
The second workshop of the month will take place on Satur-
day, December 30th, from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The topics for the workshop are: “How To Start A 501c3 Non-Profit,” and a “Free Professional Grant Writing Workshop.”
Both workshops will cover topics such as “About The Different Federal And State Forms And Applica- tions Required To Form A 501 C3 Corporation;” “About Developing Your 5- Year Plan To Attain Fund- ing And Build Your Organizational Capacity;” “About What Funders Con- sider When Funding An Organization;” and “About How To Prepare A Grant Proposal.”
Seating is limited. Anyone wishing to attend is asked to call (813) 857-7657; send an email to centerfornonprofitandcom- munity@gmail.com; or contact the center on the website at www.centerfornonprofitsand- development.com.
Black Heritage Festival Set To Kick Off 17th Year
BY KENYA WOODARD Sentinel Feature Writer
The Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival, the city’s longest-running event of its kind, is set to kick off its 17th year of events involving 10 days of food, fun, and music.
Planning for the festival is about “99 percent” complete, said longtime festival co-chair William Sanders.
“We’re pretty much on easy street,” he said.
Co-chair Ruby Jackson concurred.
“I really feel good about this,” she said. “Every year that God blesses us to do this again, I feel wonderful.”
Sanders said excitement for this year’s festival is high, thanks to a series of fortunate events, beginning with the an- nouncement last October of Zenith Education Group as the presenting sponsor for the free two-day music concert in downtown Tampa’s Curtis Hixon Park.
The festival has been with- out a presenting sponsor since 2009, Sanders said.
Also, a new partnership with Visit Tampa Bay has helped boost the festival’s profile and attract more visi- tors, he said.
Founded in 2000 by for- mer University of South Florida ombudsman, Samuel Wright, the festival has blossomed from a two- day event into a cultural at- traction featuring lectures, concerts, galas, and lunch- eons that begins the weekend before and concludes the weekend after the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday.
This year’s events include the Leadership Luncheon fea- turing Vashti Murphy
William Sanders and Ruby Jackson, co-chairs of the Black Her- itage Festival.
popular attraction is the music concert and the collec- tion of vendors called “the Villages” – which features displays from artists, authors, fraternal organizations, and businesses – that fill the park.
R&B act, The Dazz Band and jazz artist David San- born will headline the con- cert on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
While the music concert has become the festival’s main event luring people from throughout the state and as far away as California, the core purpose of the festival is education, Sanders said.
This mission is fulfilled through the cultural, finance, and business seminars sprin- kled throughout the length of the festival, Sanders said.
“The festival has always been more than the music,” he said.
It’s unclear how much money the festival pumps into the local economy and exact figures for average festival at- tendance. However, last year’s concert attendance was estimated at about 15,000, Sanders said.
Organizers are wanting to increase that number and po- sition the festival as a destina- tion event as its 20th
“I have to give it to the community,” she said. “As long as they stay a part of this, I think we will stay.”
If You Go:
The
Tampa Bay Black Her- itage Festival will kick off on Thursday, Jan. 12, with the Heritage Gala at TPepin’s Hospitality Cen- tre, 4121 N. 50th St., in Tampa.
Tickets are $55 per person or $100 a couple and can be purchased at www.tampablackheri- tage.org.
Other events include: •Gospel Night with Todd Dulaney, 8 p. m., Sunday, Jan. 15, Allen Temple AME Church, 2101 Lowe St., Tampa. Cost is $10. Tickets can be pur- chased at www.tampa- blackheritage.org.
•Heritage Youth Night, 5:30 to 8 p. m., HCC Ybor Campus, 2112 N. 15th St., Tampa. Admission to this event is free.
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renowned the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the 5K Walk/Run for Health, and the Heritage Gala with entertainment by R&B band,
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Jackson credits the city, county, and local commu- nity’s continued support and interest in the festival as rea- sons for its survival.
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with Bishop Vashti Mur- phy McKenzie, 11:30 a. m. to 1:30 p. m., University Area Community Center,
Tickets are $20 per person and can be pur- chased at www.tampa- blackheritage.org.
•17th Annual Music Fest, 10a.m.to7:30p.m.,Jan. 21 and 22, Curtis Hixon Park, 600 N. Ashley Dr., Tampa. Admission is free.
For more information about the Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival, visit www. tampablackheritage.org.
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