Successes and Challenges of Small and All-Volunteer Nonprofits

The Successes and Challenges of
Small & All-Volunteer Nonprofits
Thursday, February 3, 2022 - Noon-1:00 pm (U.S. Central Time)

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Aaron Carapella, Cartographer – Lands circa 1480

Land Acknowledgement
We collectively recognize that our homes and community spaces sit on
traditional Native American homelands, water, and resources. We
acknowledge the 11 Tribal Nations and the 165,000+ Indigenous people with
whom we share this geography called Minnesota.

Bois Forte Band of Chippewa - https://boisforte.com/
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa - http://www.fdlrez.com/
Grand Portage Band of Chippewa Indians -
https://www.facebook.com/GrandPortageBandofLakeSuperiorChippewa/
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe - http://www.llojibwe.com/
Lower Sioux Indian Community - http://lowersioux.com/
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe - https://millelacsband.com/
Prairie Island Indian Community - http://prairieisland.org/
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians - https://www.redlakenation.org/
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community - https://www.shakopeedakota.org/
Upper Sioux Community - http://www.uppersiouxcommunity-nsn.gov/
White Earth Nation - https://whiteearth.com/home
An Invitation to Learn More About
Minnesota’s Tribes & Native People
Check out the websites for Minnesota’s
11 Ojibwe and Dakota Sioux Communities

Learn More about
North Dakota Tribes
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Nation - https://www.swo-
nsn.gov/
Spirit Lake Nation - http://www.spiritlakenation.com/
Standing Rock Nation - https://www.standingrock.org/
MHA Nation (Three Affiliated Tribes - Mandan, Hidatsa, and
Arikara Nations) - https://www.mhanation.com/
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa –
https://tmchippewa.com/

Learn More About
South Dakota Tribes
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe - https://www.cheyenneriversiouxtribe.org/
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe -http://www.crowcreekconnections.org/
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe - https://fsst-nsn.gov/
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe - https://www.lowerbrulesiouxtribe.com/
Oglala Sioux Tribe - www.oglalalakotanation.org
Rosebud Sioux Tribe - https://www.rosebudsiouxtribe-nsn.gov
Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe - https://www.swo-nsn.gov/
Yankton Sioux - https://www.yanktonsiouxtribe.net
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe - https://www.standingrock.org

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• We put community first. We are here to
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Chapter Co-Hosts
Please feel free to reach out and connect with us
Kathy Ahlers − Email: ahle0009@umn.edu
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathyahlers/
Becky Schueller − Email: Becky@bemidjiconsulting.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-becky-schueller-133510a8/
Mary Ann Van Cura − Email: maryann.vancura@yahoo.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryannvancura/

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•Kickoff questions, and a general panel discussion
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stay past 1:00–we can stick around as late as 1:15 pm
The Plan for Today
•Introductory info about our nonprofit sponsor, TechSoup, and
our TechSoup Connect chapter for MN & the Dakotas

•Victoria Karpeh, president, Legacy Family Center, a reading
program for children covering Brooklyn Center & Brooklyn Park
•Frost Simula, "reluctant tech guy," HeightsNEXT, a
community-building organization covering Columbia Heights
Our Guests
•Mary Ann Van Cura, treasurer, Heart of a Border Collie Rescue,
having a regional presence & with partners, a nationwide scope

A Sustainable Community
Columbia Heights, MN

What’s next for Columbia Heights?
In 2015 we asked:
Sustainable
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Inclusive
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Walkable
Eco-conscious
Cooperative
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Green Tech
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Get together. Serve together. Improve together.
Community building is done together.

Systems That Serve Us
Frost Simula, Systems Administrator
● Form and collection systems
● Map systems
● Calendar systems
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● Virtual meeting systems
● Streaming systems
● Relationship management systems
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● Shopping cart systems
● Payment gateways
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● Communication systems
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● Merchandise fulfillment
…and more

Thank you!
heightsnext.org
Frost Simula, Systems Administrator
frost.simula@heightsnext.org

•Victoria Karpeh, Legacy Family Center lfcbpmn24@gmail.com
•Mary Ann Van Cura, Heart of a Border Collie Rescue maryann.vancura@yahoo.com
•Frost Simula, HeightsNEXT frost.simula@gmail.com
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