THE SUCCEEDER - Center for Economic Empowerment

THE SUCCEEDER
October - November 2011
Issue No. 4
To start CEED got financial support from
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation,
Cumberland Community Foundation,
Florence Rogers Trust, Council on Status
of Women and the Episcopal Church.
After four months of being opened, more
than 50 women came or called the center.
What’s happening at CEED
Students from the technology
class
of
FSU's
Communications’
department have been at
CEED searching its archives
for the material that will
illustrate the printed and
electronic materials to
promote CEED’s 272
activities.
CEED's Small Business
Expo is good to go. Forty
nine vendors have registered
t o p a r t i c i p at e, w i t h 3 5
running in the Race for
Excellence. Participants of
the race have been publicizing
the event through their own
w e b s i t e s, s o c i a l m e d i a ,
distribution lists, store fronts
and all the other resources
they have found to promote
the event. Through the race,
the vendors of the expo who
have registered to participate
will demonstrate their
excellence in all they do. The
winner will win $1,000 in
prizes including cash. There
will be prizes also for second,
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third and fourth place. As part
of the Small Business Expo,
the Center launched the Seal
for Excellence concept with
the first Race for Excellence, a
concept to be implemented
within the organization and
among small business owners
with the goal to help them
increase staff productivity,
business effectiveness and
professionalism.
SUCCESS STORIES
Willene and Jeremiah
Cotten started their business
by setting up a five year
plan. The Cottens received
assistance from the business
center in reviewing their
business plan and securing
financing for their venture in
2006. For Your Glory Beauty
Salon opened in October in
Spring Lake. Willene and
Jeremiah believe their location
has been key to their business'
success. Willene currently
manages the business fulltime. CEED’s mission is to provide resources and advocacy to individuals
and families in order to restore personal dignity for economic
empowerment and development.
ceedinfo@ncceed.org - www.ncceed.org
Willene Cotten
Keicia Owens
Shundra Franklin
Suzy Hrabovsky.
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ORIENTATIONS SESSIONS
Business Center - WBC:
Every Monday, 10 - 11 a.m.
Lease to Home
Every 2nd. and 4th Thursday, 5:30 - 7 p.m.
New Choices: Every 2nd., 3rd. and 4th Thursday, 10 11:30 a.m.
FSU communications department students.
left to right: Ashley
Collins, Fatima Butt, Amanda Sumpter andFrom
Maria Elisa Rodriguez.
In 2007, Shundra Franklin was
living in a mobile home where the
neighborhood was getting out of
hand, and she was concerned about
her teenage child. She got a home
with the assistance of Lease to
Home. She's on track to earn her
bachelor’s degree in birth through
kindergarten education with a
minor in social work from FSU.
Keicia Owens found herself
suddenly without an income, which
motivated her to redirect her career.
She chose the medical field and
s u c c e s s f u l l y c o m p l e t e d t w o
semesters of the Registered Medical
Assistant program at FTCC. New
Choices helped Keicia by paying
for the class, uniforms, shoes,
stethoscope, blood pressure cuff
and her books. Now she is working
for a pediatrician. The whole
process took about 10 months.
PARTNER OF THE MONTH
Fayetteville State University,
FSU, has partnered with CEED to
develop a marketing project with
the senior students of the
university's communications school.
Todd Frobish and Melissa Lyon
have been very instrumental in this
process. The project will consolidate
electronic and printed material
from CEED's 120 orientation
sessions, 149 workshops, two expos
and its major fundraising events.
BOARD MEMBER
OF THE MONTH
Thank you to our board member
and treasurer Suzy Hrabovsky,
who has been instrumental in
assisting the Center with our new
website and in her continued
service as treasurer.
VOLUNTEER OF THE
MONTH
CEED welcomes volunteers with
s k i l l s i n f r o n t d e s k , fi l i n g,
telemarketing and data entry.
CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
October 19
Are you Ready to Own a Business?
Series I Seminar, 10 a.m.- noon,
CEED. October 25
Family Law Clinic, 6 – 8 p.m.,
CEED. Must register.
October 27
EZ Prepare a Business Plan, 10
a.m.- noon, West Branch Library.
October 31
Financial Aid Assistance, 8 a.m. –
noon. CEED. By appointment only.
October 24 – 28
Career Makeover, Mon-Thu, 9
a.m. - 1 p.m. and Fri., 9 a.m. to
noon, CEED. Must preregister.
October 26
I Need Money!, 10 a.m. – noon,
CEED.
October 31 – November 4
Career Makeover, Mon. through
Thurs., 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., and Fri., 9
a.m. to noon, CEED. Must register.
November 2
Write your Own Business Plan, 10
a.m. - noon, CEED.
November 3
Government Contracting 101, 10
a.m. - noon, Cliffdale Library.
November 4
Financial Aid Assistance, 8 a.m. –
noon. CEED. By appointment only.
November 7 - 18
Computers for the Workplace
Class, 9 a.m. – noon, CEED. Must
register.
November 10
Marketing on a Shoestring, 10 a.m.
- noon, HQ Library
THE SUCCEEDER - 230 Hay Street, Fayetteville, NC 28301 - 910-323-3377 - ceedinfo@ncceed.org - www.ncceed.org