Saturday, November 14, 2009

heartprints inc. (General Information)







heartprints inc. is a community driven | positive impact 501(c)(3) approved non-profit organization that improves the lives of youth, families, and our communities through the focus areas of Mentoring | Jobs | Outreach to live a successful life.


We partner with schools, shelters, and churches to provide mentoring, tutoring, and also materials and supplies for those in need. Our CincyJobSpace initiative connects people to job leads, guidance, and resources for re-employment, as well as general career related activities.



Our Outreach consists of connecting our mentoring and jobs efforts to the materials, supplies, and other items to assist with basic needs so people can “go beyond the basics” to live a life of significance, respect, and success.



We not only provide our services in the Cincinnati, OH area, but have connected with schools, shelters, orphanages, churches, and other organizations with mutual initiatives and values to collaborate on providing our assistance by sending clothes, food, health products, and educational supplies. Our international Outreach includes Nigeria (Lagos), Ghana (Accra), the Central African Republic, and the Honduras (La Ceiba).



Our partnerships are with Crimson Outreach and the Think!! Campaign. Collaborating with Crimson Outreach has allowed us to utilize the sales of coffee (“Coffee With A Cause!”) from the local Honduran area to assist in building a middle class, as well as provide assistance such as how we helped build 3 homes, a school, and a water pump for residents. While mentoring with the Think!! Campaign in the Lebanon, OH Prison System, we discovered that 35% of youth in the shelters we had assisted over the years would see jail and or prison one or more times in their life. While mentoring inmates, the pattern of “thinking about consequences to actions” arose in each inmate’s story of civilian to prison example were the same. We profiled the stories of African Americans, Latinos, and Caucasians, male, female, rich, and poor to connect this powerful message not only to inmates, but to inspire youth to consider their decision making as well.


Our partnerships and collaborations allow heartprints inc. to support our efforts towards sustainability and long term impact through the Development of our DVD and Curriculum with the Think!!, as well as coffee sales from “Coffee With A Cause!” with Crimson. We also invite participation and support through Volunteering and Outreach with our events, projects, and other initiatives. This along with depending on the generosity of Individual and Leadership Gifts and Donors (Cincinnatian Society), Corporate Donations and Support, Sponsorships, and the donations of individuals/groups/organizations time, money, and materials allow us to exist and perform the community driven outreach we lead.



We invite you to learn more about us, our story, and initiatives at www.heartprints.org.



Sincerely,

heartprints inc.

www.heartprints.org

info@heartprints.org








Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Get Involved and Help heartprints Make A Difference!





Calling all Community Driven Leaders and Friends!

As we are in economically challenging times, now more than ever we need to get involved. Company layoffs, financial losses, unemployment, foreclosures, hunger, and other basic needs are becoming larger issues. We need to connect as a community and make positive impact together. Whether it’s our time, money, or donations, it is our duty to get involved. I am reaching out to you because I believe in our mission, and together we can make a difference!

I introduce to you a way to make that difference with “community driven | positive impact”, heartprints, an approved non-profit focused on making impact through our focus areas of Mentoring | Jobs | Outreach. We amplify our efforts through our volunteers, donors, partners, and projects for sustainable change in our communities.

Our efforts assist the lives of youth and families who are in need of support to live a successful life. We bridge the gaps by connecting our efforts with shelters, schools, churches and related organizations. Improving lives by assisting needs around mentoring, education, jobs, leadership, and opportunities locally and globally.

heartprints initiatives
heartprints project Mentoring and tutoring youth in shelters and schools, helped over 1000 students increase performance is 10% (one letter grade). Provided educational opportunities by giving tickets to over 500 youth and families to the Freedom Center, Cincinnati Zoo, Reds, Cincinnati Museum Center, and the Cincinnati Art Museum to share a few of our generous supporters.
CincyJobSpace Our re-employment initiative to provide job, resource, and guidance. Over 3000 opportunities shared, connected with over 350 people for career and leadership goals through mentoring.
“Coffee With A Cause!” Partnered with Crimson Outreach to improve our reach globally by improving the standard of living, jobs, and education in La Ceiba, Honduras through our partnership with local schools and also coffee farmers. Supported the building of 3 homes, a water pump, and school. Through the heartprints project, we provide basic needs such as food, water, clothes, and school supplies to verified and trusted contacts through international outreach in Ghana, Nigeria, Honduras, and the Central African Republic.
Think!! Campaign Mentor and tutor youth, and members of the prison system to eliminate vicious cycles such as violence against women, and other negative decision making. We strive to improve accountability, leadership, and decision making through the awareness and consequences of one’s decisions. Due to more than 35% of youth that were clients of the shelter system seeing the inside of a jail cell one or more times in their life, we felt this was a relevant partner to have with our mentoring in schools and shelters.

We are in need of your support, and invite participation through volunteering and donations!

Donation Needs
• Educational Supplies pens, pencils, art supplies, crayons, backpacks, calculators, music instruments, sporting equipment, paper, notebooks, folders, vouchers, computers, tickets to venues, books
• Clothes t-shirts, pants, school uniforms (belts, pants, shirts), shoes, coats/gloves/hats, vouchers
• Health Products soap, shampoo, deodorant, mouthwash, toothpaste/brushes, diapers, toilet paper
• Food non-perishable items (multigrain, cereal, oatmeal, rice, water, healthy snacks, soup, canned goods)
• Other Monetary giving, job opportunities and training, scholarships, higher education, basic medicine, homes

To learn more about us and how to get involved, we invite you to visit us at www.heartprints.org. I look forward to collaborating together in some manner to inspire true change through our outreach. Let us know how we can be of service and value to your initiatives. We appreciate your time, support, and community driven spirit tremendously!


Sincerely,
Brian Siegel
Founder and Chief Giving Officer
www.heartprints.org
info@heartprints.org

heartprints - invitation to support through DVD Purchase






















Check out a media piece on heartprints inc. partner the Think!! Campaign

http://www.cetconnect.org/MediaPlayer.aspx?vid=4414


Support our "community driven | positive impact" efforts focused on improving the lives of youth, families, and our communities through Mentoring | Jobs | Outreach by purchasing our DVD for $21.99 which supports our "community driven - positive impact" initiatives

contact info@heartprints.org
*title your email "Think!! Campaign DVD"
*payments accepted through charity approved and secure PayPal site www.paypal.com (reference heartprints inc. and info@heartprints.org)

Happy Veterans Day 11/11/09






Thank you to those currently serving in our military, and who are Veterans. My sincerest gratitude extends to you for defending liberty and freedom that we are blessed with. My heart also extends to the families and friends of those who serve.

Here is a link for a profile on my Grandfather who served during WWII
http://www.local12.com/ugc/cat/news_tips_photos/hs6CjTu4P0WbQ4SM_xJLfQ.aspx



This is a photo of Cincinnati Vet and our father/grandfather, Sgt. First Class Anthony "Bud" Raabe, who was a Cartographer in the U.S. Army during WWII. He was stationed in the Pacific Theater, landing in Japan just five days after the second atomic bomb. His war service lasted four years, and he departed from and returned to Cincinnati via Union Terminal. His name is inscribed in Delhi Township's Veterans Wall of Honor. He passed away in 1988. His five children and their families reside in and around Cincinnati, one of them my mother (Happy Birthday to you and Sis as well!!!)


I wish I could have gotten to know him better, and my thank you extends to my father who served in the Army during Vietnam, as well as the others who have stand for our American values.

God Bless You All!