Below is the current list of charities that will be receiving free software implementations at the 3rd Annual Coders4Charities event on March 26-28, 2010 at Centriq Training in Leawood, KS.
1st Breath
1st Breath is committed to providing education, advocacy, and public awareness of stillbirth in addition to assisting families and medical professionals dealing with the death of a baby.
Needs: 1st Breath would like C4C to update their website to allow for interactive forms and the ability to accept donations. The would like the ability to have non-IT people be able to add text and pictures as well as pull summary of data submitted via "fill in the blank" forms.
Mission Statement: Honoring those born who never took a breath... Serving so all born may have a 1st Breath.
Hope House
Needs: We'd like software for an online "flipper catalog" designed that would be used to display auction items for two of our annual events. We're hoping to use it as a teaser to get people excited about the event and parlay that into higher bids.
Mission Statement: Hope House's mission is to break the cycle of domestic violence by providing safe refuge and supportive services that educate and empower women and children. Hope House will advocate social change that protects and engenders a person's right to live a life free of abuse.
Kansas City Hospice House
Needs: Software that allows us to manage many different schedules: nursing staff, 150 active volunteers, over 1,000 community volunteers providing baked goods, meals, etc. Online and interactive calendars would be fabulous! Secured online tools to track hours, receive instant notifications, reminders, etc.
Mission Statement: Kansas City Hospice House provides medical and nursing care for patients facing advanced illnesses, as well as emotional and spiritual support for patients and their families, all in the comfort of a beautiful, homelike environment.
Kids and Cars
Needs: KidsAndCars.org has been collecting data about nontraffic tragedies for over 10 years and entering the information into an Excel spreadsheet. We know there are better methods for entering, analyzing and managing these data but do not have the resources to do so. Technology can help us to be more efficient and effective in our work to save the lives of innocent children.
Mission Statement: KidsAndCars.org is a national nonprofit child safety organization dedicated to preventing injuries and death to children in or around motor vehicles.
Harvest Home Inc.
Needs: Harvest Home currently does not have a database; all work is done manually.
1st need - Membership database for mailings and email marketing.
2nd need - Harvest Home has a very large community garden where they will freely share food with those in need throughout the greater Kansas City area & surrounding cities. However, some of the food will be shared with those who can afford the fresh produce at a suggested donated price. All donations help sustain the garden. We need to be able to track the volume of produce, donated dollar, participating partners, volunteers, and materials needed to support the garden. If there is time, I'd like to be able to better keep garden records (time of plantings, fertilization, watering, etc). We grow our food naturally and use Heirloon varieties (no pesticides, etc).
Mission Statement: We believe that no one is too poor or insignificant to be loved and valued!
Who are we?:
Harvest Home, Inc. is a Not for Profit 501 (C)(3) organization founded by Danny and Rhonda Calhoun in 1995.
What is our vision?:
Our vision is to lead primarily women and children who are in crisis to the Father by demonstrating His unconditional love.
What do we do?:
We reach out in friendship armed with food, clothing, and other necessities to those in need. Our heart is to love, not only with words, but also in deed. The Lord has given us Our Father's Farm, which is a place of refuge for those seeking help. By providing a community of life-changing ministries we offer the opportunity and necessary support to transform lives and restore hope.
Our reach extends throughout the greater Kansas City area and surrounding cities. Our books and CDs have been purchased around the world. We host local conferences and often speak at national and international conferences.
"And those who are most helpless will eat, and the needy will lie down in security." Isaiah 14:30
Community Services League
Needs: Need to clean up existing database; need to be able to get accurate and consistent reporting; need to fully migrate from Windows NT/2003 Servers to Windows 2008 Servers; Need to install MS Exchange Server; Need to create a true Intranet for staff and volunteers.
Mission Statement: The mission of CSL is to promote self-sufficiency to the poor and to provide resources to those in need.
The Gifted Learning Project
Needs: Update webpage or donor giving tracking, or online education software.
Mission Statement: It is the sincere mission of the GLP to be dedicated to achieving the following goals:
1. Educate the general public about learning disabilities.
2. Provide school in-service programs, videos, books on tape/CD, and DVDs.
3. Host a GLP website.
Redemptorist Social Services Center
Needs: New website (content management with front end)
New logo and website design.
Have the ability for non-IT people to upload new pictures and video.
Better way for people to donate money (PayPal), time, food, and items. Along with the ability to manage this.
Event management for fund raisers (ability to create events, staff, register people, share user comments), interactive calendar.
Ability to track contacts and email them based on their abilities, etc (e.g. person fills out contact form and checks that they are available for Saturday events).
Ability for non-IT people to input latest news, updates, etc and maybe even email distribution/newsletters.
Mission Statement: The Redemptorist Social Services Center, founded in 1986, is a nonsectarian, 501(c)3 non-profit agency. The Center provides a lifeline for many of midtown's poor and elderly...widows left behind in a changing city; the working poor; the sick; the homebound and the homeless; the emotionally and mentally challenged. We are known for providing compassionate service to people in need while respecting the dignity of those we serve. The mission of the Center is to help prevent a temporary crisis from becoming a permanent tragedy. This mission involves:
1.) Helping to assure the immediate survival of the low income and aging populations in midtown Kansas City, Missouri.
2.) Helping to prevent people in our community from becoming or staying homeless.
3.) Ministering to the physical, social and economic needs of senior citizens in the area served.
4.) Seeking long range solutions to client problems of hunger and poverty.
Building a Sustainable Earth Community (BSECKC)
Needs: We need to learn how to have complete control of our website and how to make it more interactive.
Mission Statement: Our mission is to engage our multi-cultural society in a positive manner which empowers individuals to collaborate and promote ideas
Kirk M. Foundation (Life4Donor Program)
Needs: Complete website, ability to have commerce transactions (Paypal etc), informational pages, supporters list pages & future events etc.
Mission Statement: The Kirk M Foundation is a 501(c)3 registered non for profit organization focused on bringing awareness to the public on organ, blood and bone marrow donations. Our goals are to increase the total numbers of people signing their organ cards, donating pints of blood and acting on the bone marrow registry. We look to inform the public of the processes involved and how they can help their communities.
Merriam Christian Church
Needs: We need a website implementation to provide information to our congregation.