We will not have a Thursday noon meeting. Meet at the Macatawa Bay Yacht Club at 9 AM on Nov 22 for a morning of visioning. There will be refreshments at the start and the session will conclude with lunch.
Executive Director Kory Plockmeyer provided an overview of the organization, which has 210 non-profit members in greater Ottawa County. The organization started in 2006 to strengthen the non-profit organizations. They work on three areas.
Healthy Leadership - Transitions in leadership are costly in many ways. Healthy leaders stay longer and develop better leaders within an organization. The Alliance has a 3-year leadership development program for executive directors. They also offer training for board members of non-profits.
Operational Excellence - working with organizations to train in best practices.
Collaborative impact - Connecting organizations to increase their impact.
The Alliance performs a non-profit community assessment every 3 years. The next one will be released in February of next year. One of the interesting statistics is that volunteers contribute $12 million in services per month.
The HHOP-sponsored work trip to install a library in a Honduran public school is scheduled for June 21-28/2026. The official Chispa Project sign-up link is now active. So far, I have 5 students saying they want to go, one student's parents, and me for a total of 8 so far.
The trip is also open to Rotarians. Would love to have some of you come along!
The HHOP-sponsored work trip to install a library in a Honduran public school is scheduled for June 21-28/2026. The official Chispa Project sign-up link is now active. So far, I have 5 students saying they want to go, one student's parents, and me for a total of 8 so far.