Your E-Connections - New No-Contact Volunteer & Item Needs, Return to Work and Donor Stewardship Webinars This Week, and More!

To find Needs, Services & Resources during the COVID-19 outbreak, click here .

Food Drive – The Community of Faith Mission is again partnering with Smith Memorial Baptist Church to hold a Food Drive on Saturday, May 16 from 10-2 p.m. All items collected will be distributed to local food pantries. For list of items needed, click here .

Food Donations & Biweekly Food Delivery – May 22 – Serve the City Peninsula needs packers and drivers, as well as food donations for their work to provide food to families and elderly in Southeast Newport News. To learn more, click h ere.

OUR WEBINAR SERIES CONTINUES THIS WEEK!

Managing your Workforce Now! Return to Work Strategies

Wednesday, May 13

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Beth Williams & Kevin Grey

Warren Whitney

With the focus shifting to how to bring your workforce back safely, this webinar will address the best strategies for your organization for a smooth transition back to the workplace. Join us as we look toward opening our doors again. To Register, click here .

Donor Stewardship

Even in Times of Crisis

Thursday, May 14

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Stephanie Cory

This webinar will provide actionable steps nonprofit organizations of all sizes can take to improve communications with donors and encourage their ongoing support. You will learn how to develop a donor stewardship plan and implement strategies to keep donors engaged during challenging times. To Register, click here .

Early numbers show the response rate for some of our Peninsula communities are very low .The 2020 census data determines how more than $675 BILLION will be spent supporting state, city, and county programs every year for the next 10 years.

Please reach out to your connections and encourage them to complete the Census .

Reopening Guidelines - Governor Northam recently presented a framework for the first phase of the "Forward Virginia" plan to safely and gradually ease public health restrictions. For a graphic on what this entails, click here . For detailed info, click here .

Assistance Hotline & Guidelines for People Facing Eviction - The VA Poverty Law Center has an assistance hotline for those facing eviction. To learn more, click here . They have also released this flowchart that can help people quickly determine their rights related to eviction.

Job Readiness Services -

Commonwealth Catholic Charities offers help for job seekers to prepare them for employment. Newport News and Hampton residents will receive soft skills training, resume preparation, role play/mock interviewing, Workplace Excellence Training and make direct referral/recommendation with the employer for the type job listed. Job seekers may email the CCC Employment Navigator to be signed up for upcoming Job Readiness Training Sessions.

JOIN US!

Join NetworkPeninsula to help us raise awareness for our nonprofits that are #AlwaysServing ! We are highlighting a different nonprofit each day to share how they have pivoted and adapted to meet the continuing needs of their clients. Please visit our Facebook , Twitter , Instagram , and LinkedIn to share these posts with your friends and family and to help us help the nonprofits today so they are still able to serve tomorrow!

Here at NetworkPeninsula , we are working hard to keep the lines of communication wide open with our nonprofits and to ensure that we are helping them in the best way possible to remain sustainable, able to continue their valuable work in our communities. Our current programs include Virtual Peer to Peer Networking Groups , Online Messaging Platform , Weekly Webinars , and continued sharing of Needs, Services, and Resources to help our nonprofits.

HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? We know your priority right now is taking care of your families, employees, and clients. If they are in need of services, click here for a list of services currently available across the Peninsula.

HOW CAN YOU HELP IF YOU ARE ABLE? Please keep checking our Needs page to find ways that you and others can help remotely and/or via appropriate social distancing.