Chris Grams of New Kind, a partner to and friend of The Redwoods Group, posted some musings yesterday on the concept, “Of the community, not above the community.” We love this concept, and attempt to live it daily because we feel that thriving communities are the key to successful organizations. At Redwoods, we define...
In late February, a gathering of social entrepreneurs and academics will occur in Durham, NC, at Duke University. The main event is the Ashoka U Exchange. Ashoka U is the university-focused arm of Ashoka, an organization founded in 1980 to grow social entrepreneurship globally. Here’s a descriptive excerpt on the Exchange from their website: Exchange...
The Wichita Eagle yesterday ran an article highlighting plans for a brand new facility for their Central Family Y branch. The article provides good insight on: why the Y’s leadership is confident about its ability to raise funds in a down economy, how the new downtown facility will support efforts to reduce childhood obesity and...
Our President and CEO, Kevin Trapani, was recently interviewed on a local talk radio station, WCHL. The host, Hampton Dellinger, interviewed four personalities asking them to share learnings from 2010. Kevin’s thoughts are shared in the first 11 minutes of the show, providing great insight on how last year went for us. Here’s the...
Our hearts go out to the family and friends who lost 6 of their loved ones this weekend in this passenger van accident (see articles below) in New York, and we hope for rapid healing for the other 8 injured, as well as for the Joy Fellowship Christian Assemblies community. New York Daily News CNN Please encourage any...
Understanding harm before harm occurs puts you in a position of strength when you actually have to respond to harm.
Today, the News & Observer did a write-up on our recently released 2009 Corporate Report: Civic-minded Redwoods loses money with pride. It’s always interesting to see our story told through the eyes of others. In this case, the reporter, John Murawski, is one that we have an existing relationship with, and he’s captured us...
Easement preserves 2,800 acres of YMCA of the Rockies
Yesterday, a column in the Raleigh News & Observer tackled this topic and mentioned us as a good example of a social enterprise, specifically a B Corp. Thanks to the authors, Chris Gergen and Stephen Martin, for including us and for saying kind things. You can read the column on the News & Observer’s...
We want to applaud our partner, The Hartford, for their recent grant to YMCA of the USA (imagine stadium applause in your mind’s ear). The Redwoods Group partners with The Hartford to offer workers compensation insurance and workplace safety guidance to our customers (YMCAs, Jewish Community Centers and Non-Profit Resident...