New Jersey Anti-poverty Charity Announces Team Building Opportunities for Corporate Volunteers to Help Meet Increasing Need.
Posted by Christopher.Skyi on Jul 23, 2010
Eva’s Village (http://www.evasvillage.org), Paterson, NJ, creates “Bond, Boost, and Build” effort for corporate volunteers to help meet demand for anti-poverty services as donations and foundation grants decline.
Paterson, NJ (PRWEB) July 23, 2010
Eva’s Village, the well-known Paterson, NJ anti-poverty nonprofit, describes a “perfect storm” of declining donations during a time of increasing need among the hungry, homeless and poor.
In a survey conducted in March 2009, The Council on Foundations reported that 62 percent of the 430 foundations surveyed, expect to reduce their grant making this year. Eva’s Village has received notification from numerous foundations that they are not distributing funds at this time because they are redirecting interests elsewhere or because funds have 
been allocated for the year.
Coincidentally, The Center for Non-Profits conducted an online survey of New Jersey Non-Profits in February 2010. Similar to the previous year, they reported that 64% of the responding organizations saw an increase in the demand for their services in 2009 and expect the trend to continue in 2010. Eva’s Village alone experienced a 20% increase in the hungry and homeless coming to Eva’s Kitchen for a hot lunch over the past two years (since 2007). Eva’s Village also reports an increase in the poor and homeless seeking free medical and dental care at the Eva’s Village Primary Care Clinic.
Despite detecting a decline in giving, Eva’s Village is building 50 units of affordable housing, and expanding Eva’s Kitchen and Eva’s Primary Care Clinic to meet the increasing demand.
Sister Gloria Perez, Executive Director of Eva’s Village, notes that the Eva’s Village mission of feeding the hungry, housing the homeless, treating the addicted and providing medical care for the poor has never been driven by donations, but by need. Donna Marie Fico, Chief Marketing Officer at Eva’s Village remains hopeful. She reports that during the current economic downturn, Eva’s Village has been increasingly proactive in employing new fundraising strategies.
Noting that many corporations and foundations were decreasing the funds distributed to charity, Eva’s Village created the “Bond, Boost, and Build” program. This highly successful team building effort for the employees of New Jersey corporations offers tours of Eva’s Village and volunteering in Eva’s Kitchen, a NJ soup kitchen serving a nutritious lunch to more than 350 homeless and working poor individuals daily.
More new efforts at Eva’s Village aim to reach donors and volunteers able to participate at a modest level. A 5K fun walk/run was created last year and deemed a success. Titled the “Journey of Hope”, the second annual walk/run will be held on September 25, 2010 at Garret Mountain Reservation, Woodland Park (West Paterson), NJ. Ms. Fico notes that the event drew participants from a new donor demographic, increased the participation of smaller businesses, and enlisted the help of the youth in the area.
Eva’s Village has also enlisted the help of a Volunteer Coordinator, and is adding another fundraising event titled “Behind the Seams”. This fashion show, featuring the Robert Graham Collection was suggested by two Eva’s Village supporters who are cosponsoring the event; Sal Lauretta for Men, Midland Park, andBottagra Restaurant, Hawthorne. The fashion show will be on June 7, 2010 at Bottagra Restaurant (call 973-523-6220 ext. 235 for more information).
Ms. Fico says, “It is important during this time of economic uncertainty that we put our resources to maximum use and that we be creative and efficient in delivering our programs as well as supporting them.” She reports that as one of the most respected, progressive and effective anti-poverty organizations in the state of New Jersey, Eva’s Village receives high marks for efficiency, including its third consecutive Four-Star rating by Charity Navigator indicating that Eva’s Village “Exceeds industry standards and outperforms most charities in its Cause” (Charity Navigator).
For more information on Eva’s Village and any of its upcoming events, email Donna Fico, Chief Marketing Officer at Donna.Fico@evasvillage.org or call (973) 523-6220 Ext. 230.
Originally a New Jersey soup kitchen, Eva’s Village was founded in 1982 by Msgr. Vincent E. Puma in response to the increasing incidence of homelessness in his Paterson, NJ parish. But Msgr. Puma soon realized that a soup kitchen was not enough. With the generous support of thousands of donors and private and government grants, Eva’s has grown into the most respected anti-poverty program in New Jersey.
For more information about the Eva’s Village “Bond, Boost, and Build” team building effort for corporations, the “Journey of Hope” 5k fun walk/run, “Behind the Seams” fashion show, and other events at Eva’s Village, please go to http://www.evasvillage.org/ call 973.523.6220 or write to: Donna Fico, Chief Marketing Officer, Eva’s Village, 393 Main Street, Paterson, NJ, 07501.
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Millennium Personnel Providing Temps to Red Bull Air Race NYC
Posted by Aryeh.Landowne on Jun 18, 2010
Millennium Personnel has been chosen to providing staffing for the Red Bull Air Race this Sunday, June 20th at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey. The Red Bull sponsored event will take place over the Hudson River at 10 am.For more information, visit RedBullAirRace.com.
Millennium Personnel is the leading New York staffing and temporary employment agency. The staff at Millennium are also job hunting and resume experts. If you or someone you know is in need of job give them at a call at 212-244-2777 or visit their website, www.MPC-NYC-com.
Newly Created Alliance to Drive First Nationwide Coalition of Hosted-IP High-Definition Enterprise Voice Network
Posted by Salem Global on May 10, 2010
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – April 21, 2010) – Stage 2 Networks, a leader in hosted PBX and converged network solutions, today announced it is a founding member of the Cloud Communications Alliance, a consortium of leading industry players driving development and adoption of the first nationwide high-definition enterprise voice and data network in the Internet “cloud.” The Cloud Communications Alliance (CCA) was launched this week at the Cloud Computing Expo in New York City.
“As one of the founding companies of CCA, we feel that this is a wonderful opportunity for friendly competitors to collectively share ideas, best practices, and industry trends,” said Joseph P. Gillette, President of Stage 2 Networks. “Just about every business will utilize Cloud Communications in one form or another and our industry has only scratched the surface on educating these businesses on the future of converged network solutions. As a founding partner of CCA, I am looking forward to working with the industry’s leading expert counterparts on this new endeavor.”
The mission of CCA is to promote awareness of the Cloud Communications technology and drive its development through the pursuit of new technical standards, capabilities and applications. The CCA will also jointly deliver services directly to customers, allowing enterprise customers to experience more flexible and manageable voice and unified communications systems that will increase employee productivity while reducing costs.
CCA is comprised of 8 founding member companies which began by hosting informal quarterly meetings over the past two and a half years before formalizing the alliance in 2010. Each company has its own geographical focus, resulting in a nationwide footprint and all members support the BroadSoft and Polycom technologies. CCA members currently represent more than $100 million in combined annual revenue.
About Stage 2 Networks
Stage 2 is a New York-based converged network services provider that offers a robust and redundant network with connectivity, quality of service and local number portability available across the country and, often, around the world, with CLEC capabilities in the New York metro market. We provide SIP trunking, Private Line services, PRI and Business T1 circuits as well as hosted PBX and business phone system solutions which do not require the capital expenditure typically associated with purchasing a new phone system. Stage 2 also provides phone line replacement at reduced cost with enhanced functionality, whether POTS or PRI services. Finally, all of Stage 2’s products are supported by robust data connectivity that can fully integrate its customers’ communication platform for both voice and data services across multiple locations. Stage 2’s productivity-enhancing features and functionality serve to differentiate its products and offer an added bonus to its customers. For more information visit www.stage2networks.com.
About Cloud Communications Alliance
The Cloud Communications Alliance brings together leading Cloud Communications providers Alteva, Broadcore, Callis Communications, Consolidated Technologies Inc., IPFone, SimpleSignal, Stage 2 Networks and Telesphere to promote development of the Cloud Communications category. The Alliance is aggressively pursuing new technical standards, capabilities and applications. The Alliance harnesses the power of each member’s individual networks and systems to create a seamless, nationwide HD voice network that delivers outstanding voice quality, apps, features and cost savings. For more information about the Cloud Communications Alliance, visit www.cloudcommunicationsalliance.com.
Four Star | Cleaning Their Way Through The Recession
Posted by Christopher.Skyi on Apr 20, 2010
How to Survive The Recession
If you think that the bad economy is mopping the floor with just about every business on the planet — think again. The crazy real estate boom of the past 15 years, the cost advantages of outsourcing, and even the swine flu have all but insured that professional office cleaning companies are the ones doing the mopping up.
According to a 2006 Bureau of Labor Statistics report, professional office cleaning companies are expected to expand their workforce by 14% by 2016 and despite the recession, industry insiders believe that that statistic will still be met.
Office Cleaning Services Clean Up Before, During, and After the Recession
Several factors have conspired to make office cleaning a growth industry for at least the next few years: 1) the huge expansion of office real estimate in the last 15 years and 2) — paradoxically — the severe recession itself.
The massive expansion of office space fueled the demand for office cleaning services but the severe recession forced companies to cut their in-house janitorial staff in favor of lower cost outsourced and contract office cleaners. This has created an obvious opportunity for outside contractors: do a great job, and then when the economy improves, companies will be unlikely to go back to employing a more costly full-time in-house janitorial staff.
Outside contractors have even benefited from the occasional health crisis, like dealing with the H1N1 (swine flu) virus, which requires special products, expertise, and service. Often an in-house janitorial staff doesn’t have access to the specialized products needed to deal with special requests such as these.
But perhaps the biggest reason professional office cleaning services have profited during the recession is that no matter what, somebody’s got to take out the trash:
“There is nothing sexy or exciting about commercial cleaning except for the fact that it is usually a wonderful, successful business that is almost totally recession resistant!” says Jeff Elgin, the CEO of FranChoice Inc., a company that provides free consulting to consumers looking for a franchise that best meets their needs. “Very few business owners are ever going to want to clean their own office space,” he says, “so the demand isn’t going anywhere.”
Four Star Cleaning Service’s trained New York & New Jersey technicians are equipped to handle any type of job in our specialized areas of expertise. We carefully monitor the work of our staff on a regular basis to assure quality. Our high standards generate superior results for your cleaning needs. Call Four Star Office Cleaning Services at 212-741-9400 to hear about our low rates or fill out our form for a free estimate.
Alan Samuels of People Capital Interviewed by Transcapitalist Blog
Posted by Salem Global on Feb 16, 2010
Last week a blogger from Transcapitalis.com sat down with Alan Samuels, Chief Product Officer at People Capital (www.People2Capital.com) to discuss People Capital’s Human Capital Score and how it is revolutionizing the way student loans are given. They wrote:
The HCS [Human Capital Score] innovation shows potential to greatly improve the current approach to education financing in two major ways: 1) More fairly and accurately evaluating the risk of young people seeking loans for educational purposes; and 2) More robustly challenging future students to think critically about what the education they seek will realistically help them achieve post-graduation before making such an investment in time and debt.
Check out the rest of the post here and check out People Capital at www.People2Capital.com and learn more about the Human Capital Score and how it can help you get a great student loan at www.HumanCapitalScore.com.
Millennium Personnel Featured on Fox News
Posted by Aryeh.Landowne on Feb 2, 2010
This Past Friday, NY Staffing Agency and Salem Global Client, Millennium Personnel was featured on a Fox News segment, “On The Job Hunt” The report detailed the rise of companies using temporary employees and how it effects the employers, employees and staffing agencies.
Millennium Personnel is the leading, full-service staffing organization for temporary and permanent office support personnel in New York City such as receptionists, secretaries, &administrative assistants. When it comes to selecting the right candidate for the right position, Millennium has an excellent track record for getting it right on the first try.
Check out Millennium Personnel at www.MPC-NYC.com.
People Capital Launches Student Loan Platform Beta
Posted by Aryeh.Landowne on Dec 16, 2009
People Capital unveiled a beta release of their Student Lending Platform which enable students and individual lenders to connect and exchange a peer to peer loan. People Capital is a leader in P2P Student Loans and the launch of their new platform makes them an even bigger player in the industry.
Register now and begin the process to obtain a private student loan for your education. As a special gift to their users, People Capital will be waiving the registration fee for the first 50 registrants.
Click here to register and click here to find out more information about People Capital.
People Capital Making Noise in Peer-to-Peer News
Posted by Aryeh.Landowne on Dec 7, 2009
People Capital, one of the leading peer-to-peer lending platforms, has been keeping busy this past week. Here is one event and two stories in which People Capital was mentioned this past week.
- People Capital Founder & CEO, Tom Shelton will be on the panel for The Future of Private Student Loans at the International Institute for Business Information & Growth (iiBIG) seminar on the Student Loan Market & the Outlook for 2010.The event will take place on Tuesday December 8th at the Hilton Times Square in New York City.
- People Capital’s Human Capital Score was used in a CBS MoneyWatch article on The Best Route to a Rich Retirement
By far the most momentous decisions you make in building human capital are when you’re young. Projecting off estimates by People Capital, which tracks workers’ earnings history by college and by major, a student’s decision to major in a low-demand field like English rather than a higher-demand one like bio-engineering, might vaporize the equivalent of $700,000 on the spot. (Keep reading…)
- People Capital was also featured in a round up story on WalletPop.com, Top 10 Tips for College Planning:
College Planning Tip #10: Peer to peer loans. Person to person lending, or P2P is another option for college planning, cash strapped parents. You request a loan on a P2P site, and an individual lender or a group of lenders may provide the loan at an interest rate set by the site. Some P2P sites have student loan niches, while other sites focus solely on student loans. (Keep reading…)
Keep of the good work, People Capital! If you would like to learn more about P2P Student Loans check out www.People2Capital.com.
Customer Service Management Sets You Apart From The Competition.
Posted by Aryeh.Landowne on Jul 15, 2009
Many businesses think customer service is just one aspect of their business and it often gets lost as businesses focus more on product development or sales or marketing. But in today’s market there is so much competition, and often the competition is better than you or offers exactly what you offer. So how do you differentiate your business from your competition?
Customer Experience Management or CEM is a business strategy that focuses and redefines your business from your customer’s viewpoint. It involves all aspects of your business, from marketing and research to product development and pricing. Today all it takes is one bad experience to hurt your company. For example, Eric writes a popular blog about technology. He is looking to purchase a new HD television. After much consideration he picks out a “PannaSony” Plasma TV, purchases it, sets it up and begins watching. Halfway through the first episode of Mad Men, half his screen goes black. He calls customer service and waits on hold for hours before finally he reaches someone who is no help to him, All it takes is one blog post on Eric’s blog for thousands of his readers to hear about how bad PannaSony’s customer service is.
Enter Strativity. Strativity can help your company implement a Customer Experience Management strategy and improve your company’s customer experience and in doing so improve the company’s reputation for service, which will set you apart from the competition. With good customer service Eric, the blogger, might still write a blog post about his new TV’s issues but instead of a post bashing the customer service at PannaSony, he writes about his pleasant experience on the phone with a real person and how they sent someone to install a new model within a week.
A positive experience published in a blog can go a long way to sway potential customers or clients and the first step is to actually make your customer service the best it can be. And for that there is Strativity.
Have You Heard of Implantable Contact Lens?
Posted by Edan Shertzer on Jun 9, 2009
Implantable contact lenses or ICLs (also known as phakic intraocular lenses or implantable collamer lenses), are a type of internal corrective lens for the eye. Just like external contact lens, ICLs operate correct the natural shape of the eye’s lens, with the exception that ICLs are surgically inserted into the eye and stay there permanently. There are some big pluses to ICL surgery: for one, ICLs can often correct high refractive errors that LASIK or PRK surgeries simply can’t accomplish. Another advantage over laser surgery is that phakic IOLs do not alter the tissue of the eye, preventing potential damage and infection. Finally, ICL surgery is not only safe, it’s reversible through a minor outpatient procedure.
ICLs are a relatively new surgical option for vision correction, but Dr. Ilan Cohen and his team at the Fifth Avenue Eye Center have pioneered it from the start. In fact, Dr. Cohen was the first eye surgeon in the New York Tri-State area to perform this surgery. Call (866) 731-3937 for more information on the Fifth Avenue Eye Center or to schedule an appointment, and find out whether you are a candidate for ICL.