Support Project Cornerstone in the Metro Silicon Valley Marathon® 5K Run/Walk
Join the Project Cornerstone team in the Metro Silicon Valley Marathon® 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, November 4, 2007! This year's 5K course contains new and unique elements, and the finish line is located at the post-race celebration area where you can enjoy live entertainment, family activities, massages, food, and more.
Sign up yourself, your partner, and your kids to build assets in this fun, healthy event! We'll start with a team cheer and end at the finish line with a group photo. This is a great opportunity for everyone to enjoy fresh air and companionship while showing support for Project Cornerstone. (We'll receive a donation for every participant who chooses us as their affiliated charity.)
Registration is simple. Just visit www.svmarathon.com, and follow the links to register. When asked to choose your charity affiliation, select Project Cornerstone. When you get to the start line, look for the Project Cornerstone banner so you can start off with the team!
Last year, Project Cornerstone's team of adults and youth won the Spirit Award for demonstrating the most spirited, creative commitment to generating awareness for our cause. Let's see if we can do it again!
Call for Nominations: 2008 Asset Champions Awards
Project Cornerstone is pleased to announce a call for nominations for the 2008 Asset Champions Awards. Asset champions are the individuals and organizations that make extraordinary efforts to build developmental assets and create positive connections with young people, and inspire others to do the same. Winners will be honored at the Fifth Annual Asset Champions Awards Breakfast on March 6, 2008.
Awards will be given in the following categories:
- Positive Cultural Identity
- Adult Role Model
- Positive Peer Influence: Because this award recognizes positive peer influence among young people, both the nominator and nominee must be 24 years old or younger.
- Community Values Youth
- Caring School Climate: Individual awards will be presented to elementary, middle, and high schools.
Click here for more information and to retrieve nomination forms.
United Way Silicon Valley Selects Project Cornerstone as Partner Agency
Project Cornerstone is pleased to announce that we have been selected as a United Way Silicon Valley partner agency.
In July 2007, United Way implemented its Community Impact investment model, a more targeted, strategic approach to awarding grants for community programs and services run by agencies. The organization now concentrates on three priority areas: building adult living skills, developing children and youth, and supporting basic needs. With its new focus in place, United Way will invest the money it raises through public funding and private donations, including its annual workplace campaign, in programs and services that can achieve lasting, measurable change through three-year grants. To learn more, please visit www.uwsv.org.
Funds from United Way will be used to strengthen and expand our School Partnerships programs in the Franklin-McKinley, Alum Rock, and Luther Burbank school districts and extend our services to reach at-risk youth in alternative schools.
We are grateful to the United Way Silicon Valley for its support.
Project Cornerstone Reaches 30,000 Bay Area Radio Listeners
On Sunday, April 29, Project Cornerstone Executive Director Mary Patterson was a guest on the radio show "Childhood Matters," hosted by Rona Renner, R.N. Mary and San Francisco Sheriff Michael Hennessey spoke with Ms. Renner on the topic "Reducing Violence in Our Communities."
The show provided a wonderful opportunity to share Project Cornerstone's strategies and successes for building safe and caring communities for kids. You can listen to this informative radio show at http://www.childhoodmatters.org/2007.html.
