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If you want to help end homelessness, join the Metro Chamber and hundreds of Sacramentans in launching a region-wide campaign by signing an endorsement form and attending the campaign’s kick-off event on November 5th.

 

Mayor Kevin Johnson and the Policy Board of the Initiative to End Chronic Homelessness is rolling out a new region-wide campaign called Sacramento Steps Forward – a community wide effort to ensure that all Sacramentans have a place to call home. The Sacramento Steps Forward campaign represents the united efforts in our community to find solutions to the complex and long-standing issues of homelessness. The five pillars of this campaign include permanent housing, services, funding, advocacy, and accountability. Together, these five pillars will enable a sustainable system which can empower homeless citizens and guide them on the road back to permanent housing.


If you want to help end homelessness in the Sacramento region, demonstrate your support for Sacramento Steps Forward by signing the endorsement form and joining me on November 5th at 10 am at MLK Village (on the corner of MLK Avenue and 47th Avenue) for the campaign’s formal launch. 


Click here to download the endorsement form and fax to 916-264-7680

Click here to RSVP for the launch event on Nov. 5, 2009

Click here for more information on the "five pillars" of the Sacramento Steps Forward campaign 

Let's show the region that businesses care about the community - join the Sacramento Metro Chamber team for the 15th Annual Run to Feed the Hungry, benefiting the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services, this Thanksgiving Day. Metro Chamber members, friends and family are encouraged to join the team! Cost is $50 to join the team - all proceeds go directly to the Sacramento Food Bank.

Benefits of joining the Sacramento Metro Chamber team are as follows:

  • Traditional race t-shirt for each team member customized with your team name on the back
  • VIP parking
  • VIP tent area with coffee, water and breakfast snacks
  • Team photo with members holding a team banner (banner will be provided)
  • Pre-race media opportunities
  • One team professional photograph

    CLICK HERE to access a registration form OR follow the below instructions to join the Sacramento Metro Chamber team online:

    1. Go to www.RunToFeedTheHungry.com
    2. Click the TEAMS link at the top of the page
    3. Scroll down past the CREATE A TEAM request form and read the information about teams.  A team packet is available in pdf form if you are interested in downloading it.
    4. FIRST STEP:  Click the REGISTER link under JOIN A TEAM
    5. Fill out the registration form online – start by choosing

    TIMED TEAM MEMBER –$50    or   UNTIMED TEAM MEMBER - $50

    (NOTE #1:  Only choose VIRTUAL Team Member if you are NOT planning to be there on race day, but still want to participate on the team and receive a shirt.  Note #2:  ONLY choose TIMED if you are running the race and want to be timed.  All walkers MUST choose UNTIMED.)

    1. Continue filling in personal data
    2. Under TEAM Signup: enter your Team #  352  in the small box on the left   OR  use the TEAM LOOKUP tab to choose your team
    3. PAY VIA CREDIT CARD:  Continue with credit card information in its entirety.
    4. You will now be registered on your chosen team.

      AFTER registering, please click on MY FUNDRAISING PAGE to create your personal fundraising page.  Click on CREATE YOUR LOGIN, choose your user and password…then head to your page. There, you can keep track of your donations and find tools to help with raising funds, including online email blasts, letters, etc.  Your team captain will be able to see your donations on the team page as well.  DON’T FORGET that when you raise donations, you earn cool stuff for yourself!  Check out the PRIZING page for details.

     

    THANKS for your support.  See you on Thanksgiving Day!

     

    Questions or Problems? 

    Contact your Shirley Kwan Smith at (916) 321-9146 or the RTFH Team Coordinator at Teams@RunToFeedTheHungry.com or (916) 712-5366

    Are you a Leadership Sacramento alum or a member of the Metro Chamber's new young professionals program, Metro EDGE? If so, you have the option of joining the Leadership Sacramento or the Metro EDGE RTFH team. Contact our Director of Community Development, Shirley Kwan Smith, for more information.

    THE METRO CHAMBER'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS strengthen the region's business and economic climate by supporting programs and activities that inspire community-minded leadership, volunteerism and philanthropy. We believe that when businesses operate with the community in mind, the entire region benefits. Key to the Metro Chamber's community development efforts are the Leadership Sacramento program and the Metro Chamber Foundation.

    Since 1985, the Metro Chamber has cultivated community-minded leadership in its annual     Leadership Sacramento program. Today, more than 800 graduates of the program are the top business, community and civic leaders in the Sacramento region. This program continues today, with applications open to the public each fall. Participation is limited to 35 individuals each year.

    The     Sacramento Metro Chamber Foundation was established in 2005 as a 501c3 to enable more direct support of community programs that improve the overall quality of life in the Sacramento region. The Foundation aligns community development activites with the Metro Chamber's goals and helps to facilitate the philanthropic efforts of our members and affiliates.

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