Next week, a team from Redwoods will join nearly 2,000 youth development professionals at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta for the American Camp Associations (ACA) national conference. Attendees will be immersed in three days of lectures and discussions with industry professionals on topics ranging from social responsibility to abuse prevention. I’m excited about attending ACA...
This year at the North American YMCA Development Organization (NAYDO) Conference we’re bringing two important events – a session on the Y’s powerful force for transformational change, and an opportunity to give back. Our session will be an open conversation between Diana Wells, growth philanthropist and President of Ashoka, and Kevin Trapani, a practicing...
The 2012 event season has officially begun. Below is a list of the various events and conferences we will be attending in the next quarter. If you’re planning to attend, be sure to stop by and say hi to one of the following people: Date Conference Location Jan. 25 JCC Executive Seminar Kevin Trapani will be leading a keynote session...
There are still 4-months until Philanthropy LIVE! but I am excited about the opportunities the North American YMCA Development Officers (NAYDO) conference attendees will have to help transform Pittsburgh. This year, an estimated 1,000 philanthropy officers will attend NAYDO on April 25 -28th, and they will all be given a chance to change Pittsburgh. On April...
Bullying can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. It can take the form of physical, social, verbal or cyber. It can be hard to identify or to know when to intervene. What distinguishes bullying from common teasing is the deliberate, repeated action from someone who has power over another person. My son David was in 5th...
Yesterday, YMCA, JCC and Camp CEOs joined our Mission First: Employee Safety Webinar to discuss how crucial staff are to the accomplishment of your mission. Our panelists included: Danny Carroll, Executive Director, Peninsula Metropolitan YMCA Barak Hermann, Executive Director, JCC of Central New Jersey John Flynn, President & CEO, YMCA of Philadelphia and Vicinity We recorded the webinar...
We are pleased to share an episode of ABC11’s “Heart of Carolina Perspectives” with host Angela Hampton interviewing Redwoods very own Kevin and Jennifer Trapani. When it comes to affordable housing there is no other organization that has had a greater impact in our community than Habitat for Humanity. Kevin and Jennifer share how...
We’ve discussed this topic internally and externally, and our collective learning is that achieving a balanced approach between playing and supervising is often easier said than done. But this post will help to give you an idea of where to draw the line between playing and supervising. An effective balance is achieved when staff understand...
Amanda Nieman recently wrote a post about the YMCA of Delaware’s commitment to eradicate child sexual abuse in their state by training 35,000 adults in sexual abuse prevention over the next 5 years. To accomplish this, the Y has partnered with several government entities and nonprofits, including the state’s Attorney General and a nonprofit...
Stephen Ives, CEO of the Merrimack Valley YMCA, has been with the Y movement for 23 years—15 of those years as a customer of The Redwoods Group. There were two difficult years where Merrimack Valley Y had to respond to the unthinkable: a sexual abuse case. The incident occurred during the years they were...