Miss cranston special $9.99

Classic diner bacon, sausage and eggs with French toast. It's delicious and exactly what you would expect from a greasy spoon.

French toast was delicious with
Mounds of butter.

Deb liked her hash but not as good as Pazi's in east providence.

I'll be back 😊

Mock intern email

Welcome to the Babies for Us team!  Congratulations on reaching this most exciting stage in your life.  In the next several months you will be working on the most fascinating projects. We are very excited to get the semester started and on its way.  We have many fun ideas and things panned throughout the semester and year.  First, please watch a welcome video from me our founder and CEO.

https://youtu.be/SHcpATknbwQ

I hope you enjoyed the video.  Bellow you will find a link to my blog which will give you options and ideas on how you can participate in and help Babies for Us.  Please read through and take notes because you'll be asked to choose some options tomorrow.  Please feel free to poke around the blog and get a feel for how Babies for Us was created and what our thoughts and process are.

http://taicordeiro.blogspot.com/2016/12/intern-projects.html

I would like to work very closely with you and believe that open communication is very important.  Please feel free to contact me at any time with any questions or ideas.  All of my personal info is bellow.  I am looking forward to meeting you and a wonderful and productive semester.

Spread the love and have some fun,

Tai Cordero

Babies for Us

Tai.cordeiro@yahoo.com

401.391.1355

Intern Projects

Overview of intern projects

Babies couples program
Outreach to couples to inform them of the program
Outreach to service providers and supporters to inform them of the program
Individual meetings with couples to connect them to services and resources
Fielding calls for couples, supporters and donors
Creating digital files for couples and supporters
Follow up with couples that need support

Fundraising & Awareness Events
Assist with calendar of events
Assist with raffle prizes
Reach out to potential venues
Analysis of past fundraisers
Assist with other fundraising ideas

Finances
Grant research
Writing and submitting grants
Outreach to potential private sponsors

Design
Design and create brochure
Develop flyers as needed
Develop collateral for various projects

Publications
Assist with monthly email
Assist with blog
Assist with Facebook and Twitter

Miscellaneous
Coordinate and attend various workshops
Assist with ideas about website
Research what other alternative conception groups are doing

Need sperm? A list of approved sperm banks

Raffle Donation Packages

to have a successful raffle it is important to have really good prizes.  The first time contacting anyone can be some what of a challenge.  They call it a cold call and you never know what the answer is going to be.  But the 1st time is the hardest and it only gets easier.  Always start with the people you know, it makes good practice and you will most likely get a yes.

i started with friends who worked for or owned various big and little businesses.  Early i learned that i needed some kind of a request letter on letter head.  I went to my favorite source of all that is creative, Pinterest, and searched.  There i found a letter that i liked, tweaked it, then let it evolve depending on who i was asking for a request from.

here's what my first letter looked like:

i later added a paragraph about how we will affect the community.

Here are some learnings:

Require Email:

Dave's Market- only really like to help food related organizations: food banks 

Foxwood's Casino- kasia Radicioni- Kradicioni@foxwoods.com

LaSalle Bakery- lasalledonations@gmail.org

URI- 

PC-

Requires letter in person:

Shaw's- super helpful

99 restaurant- super nice

Mulligan's Island- prefer sports related

Macy's- 

Dave & Busters- follow-up, follow-up, follow-up

Petsmart- 

Snail Mail:

Pawsox- very friendly

Mail to: Grace Eng

Po box 2365

Pawtucket, RI 02861

Fax: 

Benny's

Attn: Donation requests

Require: when need by, letter on letterhead, tax exempt ID #, Flyer

Not helpful:

Liquor warehouse- better to hit up early in the year

Petco- Must be pet related

Job lot- not very nice

So just FYI this is a couple weeks worth of work.  I hope it saves you a lot of time.  I know it will be easier for me next time.

Oh, yea!  Little tip:  i made a generic letter and a million copies of my tax exempt letter to randomly stop by places.

Thanks for listening!

Spread the love ❤️ 

-tai

Meet the Neighbors

Im so excited to say that i found the research i have been looking for.  For the past year i have been looking for information on LGBTQ in RI.  I just stumbled across it.  Meet the Neighbors is such an easy read and enjoyable.

http://www.rifoundation.org/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Working-Together/For-Nonprofits/Meet_the_Neighbors_01-22-04.pdf

Some great take aways:

-LGBTQ in RI are more likely to have a bachelors or better

81.1% of LGBTQ vs. 25.6% non-LGBTQ

-40% of RI LGBTQ living with a parter and only 5% with children vs. 48% US non-LGBTQ living with a partner and 31% with children

-1 in 4 wish to have children

44% not sure how

26% want to adopt

17% alternative insemination 

This leads me to believe more people want children but either don't know how or cant afford to.  

                             this article affirms the need for Babies for Us.  In that there 

                                is a need for the community impacts which we address. 

Impact on LGBTQ couples:

- expanding access to welcoming health care

- Supporting families

- building support systems

Impact on Community:

- Supporting families

- Building Community cohesiveness

- addressing diversity with in the community

- Increasing awareness and visibility of the LGBTQ community

- Creating a community/ Resource center

- Creating more community-wide events and celebrations including social, cultural. And recreational activities

- Combatting homophobia and transphobia in the non-LGBTQ community

I find that i am a person who has trouble putting things into words.  This article has done so for Babies for Us and has been a little boost to push us.

Spread the love ❤️ 

-tai

Ted.ed.com

This was so easy.. and the directions are already out there.. here are the ones i used:

How to make your own ted.ed

And here's my ted.ed.. please enjoy, interact and let me know what you think....

Babies for Us ted ed

Spread the love

-tai