This year's winning team...Team Victory! 

Making a 20-year-old organization - CHOICE - sustainable into the next 20 years 

Organization: Children Have Options In Choosing Experiences, Inc. (CHOICE) offers drug/substance abuse prevention and counseling programs in JCPS, targeted towards at-risk youth ages 9-19. Objective is building healthy decision-making skills early in life.

TEAM VICTORY:
(left to right)
Dwight Maddox, Transit Authority of River City; 
Kate Caufield, One Southern Indiana;
Neal Thomas, Ernst & Young LLP;
Devon Woodlee, Olmstead Academy South;
Chris Jones, Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC;
Luke Boyett, Humana Inc.
Accomplishments: Team Victory created a new interactive website, new promotional video, custom contact management database, updated curriculum and materials. To broaden funding sources they created and managed a new annual fundraiser. The team’s project added $7,500 to the organization’s bottom line. The team is in the process of creating and seeding an endowment fund. They are also assisting with management of financial statements and regulatory filings, and have created a Board of Directors/Advisory Board Development Plan.

To learn more or to assist with this project, contact Devon Woodlee. 

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Increasing awareness, enrollment and funding for Carriage House Educational Services and Preschool

Organization: Carriage House provides a cost effective, comprehensive educational program for all young children including those diagnosed with autism and other developmental disabilities in a quality preschool environment.

TEAM ENDEAVOR:
(left to right)
Michael Leland, PNC Bank;
Sarah Beauerle, Yum! Brands, Inc.;
Brittany Campisano, Doe-Anderson;
Adam Kempf, Norton Healthcare;
Geoff White, Frost Brown Todd LLC
Warren Forney, Humana Inc.
Accomplishments:  Team Endeavor planned and executed two community events: an open house and an outreach event for young professionals in partnership with YPAL. They raised $6,000 in 2 weeks to purchase and install new signage for better recognition in the community. They also performed financial analysis and recommended specific ways to increase revenue. The team partnered with Doe Anderson to create attractive donor materials and created a recognition award for the organization. They made policy recommendations to the board and provided 3 new board members.

To learn more or to assist with this project, contact Adam Kempf.

Helping GuardiaCare with branding, marketing and fundraising

Organization: GuardiaCare Services, Inc. promotes and supports independent and stable lives for senior adults who are at physical and financial risk.

TEAM STEALTH:
(left to right)
Sean Wachsman, Brown-Forman Corporation;
Aimee Webb, Jefferson County Public Schools;
Eric Schrenger, E.ON U.S. LLC; 
Karen Ernspiker, Kosair Charities;
Kevin Bays, Citi Cards; Michael Hufford, Charter Communications

Accomplishments: Team Stealth performed a brand analysis, provided web consultation and developed a social media marketing strategy. They also performed a board analysis, including an efficiency audit and initiated accountability measures for the board and committees. They developed an action plan for increasing volunteer engagement.  The team donated a major raffle item to GuardiaCare’s major annual fundraiser, and impacted the organization's bottom line by $5,400.

To learn more or to assist with this project, contact Eric Schrenger.

Creating and launching a youth board for the Louisville Science Center

Organization: The Louisville Science Center encourages people of all ages to enjoy science, mathematics and technology in a stimulating and engaging environment that is educational as well as entertaining.

TEAM ICARIAN:
(left to right)
Stacie Linn, UPS Airlines;
Bryan Taylor, BB&T;
Stacy Chinn, Brown-Forman Corporation;
Cyril Ledoux, Humana Inc.;
Steve Heilman, Norton Healthcare;
Kristie Higdon, Fifth Third Bank 

Accomplishments:  Team Icarian was asked to create a youth board for the Louisville Science Center. In response, the team developed the structure for the board and recruited members. They interviewed candidates, aged 12-18, and offered board positions to 9 and committee leadership roles to 23. They developed a comprehensive plan for the youth board that would promote leadership skills, foster teamwork and public-speaking skills, and encourage participants to become ambassadors for the LSC. The team developed a sustainability model, created a first-year plan to include a kick off meeting/networking event and forged partnerships with corporations, schools, and government.

To learn more or to assist with this project, contact Bryan Taylor.

Transforming a concept into a nonprofit organization - Passionate About Kids

Organization: Passionate About Kids provides programs in college preparation, career skills and mentoring for high school students. The goal is to help them transition to post-secondary education through improving self-esteem, social competence and academic achievement.

IGNITE PASSION team: (left to right)
Daryle Unseld, YMCA of Greater Louisville; Aaron Watt, The Rawlings Group;
Stephen Houston, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC;
Shelley Gast, Norton Healthcare;
Laura Rives;
Chris Ward, Deming, Malone, Livesay & Ostroff

Accomplishments: The Ignite Passion team was charged with developing a brand new nonprofit organization based on a vision. They shaped the organization, Passionate about Kids, from the ground up. They started and completed the 501(c)3 application process. They created the new organization’s logo, tagline and website. The team staffed the organization’s officers and board of directors and helped raise funds. Team members played a major role in bringing a pilot program at Doss High School to fruition: finding speakers, making presentations to the students, and persuading retailers to donate new clothes to students preparing for job interviews.

To learn more or to assist with this project, contact Chris Ward.

Engaging young professionals to reinvigorate Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kentuckiana

Organization: Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kentuckianan provides a “home away from home” for families of children receiving healthcare at area medical facilities while also lending support to other organizations who aid children.

TEAM 5x5:
(left to right) 
Sarah Settle, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
Caroline Hughes, Hughes Group Inc.;
Todd Higgins, Kindred Healthcare;
Jenny Bosley, Humana Military Healthcare Services;
Brian Jones, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce

Accomplishments: Team 5x5 was asked to recruit young professionals as volunteers, committee and board members. They identified 18 prospective board or committee members, created a Marketing Communications Committee that included 8 young professionals. They discovered a perfect fit with Spalding University nursing students for an ongoing partnership to provide volunteers. They selected a technology solution to track donors, volunteers, committee members, staff and board members. They created an event for young professionals to compliment the organization's main fundraiser, McDazzle and produced record attendance and profits at the event. The team also implemented a marketing outreach plan and trained staff on new email marketing tool and social media strategies.

To learn more or to assist with this project, contact Jenny Bosley.

Leading a strategic marketing and branding effort for The Steward’s Staff

Organization: The Steward's Staff is dedicated to empowering youth & young adults through leadership development, community engagement and positive reinforcement of self-esteem.

The Indelibles team:
(left to right)
Gathan Borden, Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau;
Jessica Durbin, Louisville Metro Animal Services; 
Shane Moseley, Cauttrell Agency
Jill Kaplan, The Louisville Zoo;
Peter Cummins, Frost Brown Todd LLC;
Jennifer Ball, Greater Louisville Inc.
Accomplishments:  The Indelibles' marketing strategy was “let your customers tell your story”. To implement the strategy, they developed a media kit, social media plan and event signage for the organization's annual Unity Brunch. Thanks to the team’s efforts, the organization's "Unity Brunch" will become a sustainable annual fundraiser. They created and funded a “purple bracelet” campaign to empower students to recruit other students to the Steward’s Staff program. They initiated partnerships to help with the annual fundraiser and developed a strategy to diversify the board. In total, their efforts boosted the organization’s bottom line by $7,000.

To learn more or to assist with this project, contact Shane Moseley.

Creating and launching "Friends of VIPS" to support the work of Visually Impaired Preschool Services

Organization: Visually Impaired Preschool Services, Inc. (VIPS) offers services to infants, toddlers, and preschoolers who are visually impaired or blind and to their families.

Team Spark:
(left to right)
Charlie LeBoeuf, Mountjoy Chilton Medley; 
Nora Meldrum, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP;
Jarrod Little,
University of Louisville; 
Tom Brammer, University of Louisville;
Ruth Hans, Presentation Academy;
Scott Skinner, Norton Healthcare

To learn more or to assist with this project, contact Jarrod Little.