We are proud to once again lend our team to help create a great experience at the 2010 Blue Breakfast – Huddle Up for Coburn Place on Wednesday, April 21, 2010. This year’s speaker is Bill Polian! You’ll not want to miss this great event. Tickets are just $50 each with tables of eight starting at only $500. Contact us to get involved! We will see you there.
Invitation design by Silver Square
There are lots of ways people make a difference: time, talent and money just happen to be three of the most common. I personally don’t have a lot of any of the three, but have spent, what some would say, is a considerable amount of at least time and talent in finding ways to give back. Sometimes I get involved in a charity project because it’s helping a cause that’s near to my own passion. More often than not, though, it’s because someone is building on an act that can help the greater good in a way that makes me want to get on board and help expand the reach. I have always been about the reach.
This is why I am so saddened we have lost one of our City’s most amazing women of reach – Ruth Lilly. I never met her, but man would I have loved to. I would have loved to sit for hours and hear about her personal life, her personal times, and would have probably annoyed her with my questions of her decision making process for helping so many so well. I would have sat in awe listening to each and every word.
In a time when many wealthy philanthropists are narrowing their scope and increasing their depth, I’m worried that seeing someone such as Ruth Lilly go is also a passage of her type of giving. I muse to myself that maybe she just gave to each and every place because, like me, she just liked a lot of stuff! She had many interests and wanted to cater to those that serve those worlds. Perfectly OK with that! Today, though, it’s not in style to give so much to so many. It’s probably odd coming from a marketing professional, but the narrow approach to giving, while it definitely has its perks, isn’t preferred by me. Now I can narrow my areas, or categories, if you will, but I find it perfectly OK to give in a dozen areas. Two dozen areas!
The timing of her passing is a reminder to me, as I’m finalizing my personal goals for this year, to continue my reach. I act on my gut, case-by-case, on where I can help the most. I told myself end of 2009 that maybe I should focus more; cut back. Do less, God forbid! Maybe another year down the road I will find it worthy to narrow my focus and make a large impact, but not now. Not when many need more.
Thank you Ruth Lilly. Thank you for all you have done in our community, in our region, in our nation, and in our world. I know your reach went far. I know your inspiration will continue in me. I know.
Network of Women In Business (NOWIB) released the finalist list for their annual business awards with Raquel Richardson on the finalist’s list for a Woman to Watch. This award recognizes a visionary woman who is charting new territory, and has positively influenced and inspired other business women, and demonstrates ability to continue to do so into the future.
“I’m honored to be nominated and a finalists for this category,” said Raquel Richardson, president of Silver Square. “I think there are many fasinating up-and-comers in our community. I’m flattered to be on the list with them.”
Richardson is indeed in good company. The other Women to Watch finalists include: Nikki Lewallen, Vice President of Development, Rainmakers; Dheepa Maturi, President of East West Blends, LLC; Nicki Laycoax, Executive, Squish Designs; Molly Chavers, Executive Director of IndyHub; Taylor Ann Smith, Abstract Modern Art; Erin Albert, Founder of Yuspie and Author.
To learn more about the award and other recognition categories, please visit the NOWIB official press release.
Raquel Richardson Joins Coburn Place Board of Directors
Indianapolis, IN – August 17, 2009 – Raquel Richardson joins the Coburn Place board of directors. Coburn Place provides women and their children who have suffered from domestic violence a chance to start anew, to accomplish a dream that an abusive partner and circumstances prevented.
“Raquel has been a valuable partner in our work for many years,” said Lianne Somerville, executive director of Coburn Place. “The board and I are pleased to welcome her in a leadership role for Coburn Place. In addition to her marketing expertise, she brings a natural gift of networking to us. She’s great at connecting people to each other.”
Coburn Place’s board of directors includes:
Heather Moss, Vice Chairwoman Domestic Violence Consultant
Stacy Knapper, Vice Chairwoman/ Chairwoman Elect V.P. – General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Haynes International, Inc. LLC
Dennis Cecil, Treasurer, Vice President, Commercial Lending, State Bank of Lizton
Martin Hill, PhD, Secretary, Consultant, OR Consulting, Inc.
Members
Anu Bag Senior Manager, Midwest ISO
Elizabeth Gibson, President, Gibson & Associates, LLC
Jerry Harbin Manager, Team Partnerships, Indianapolis Colts
Bart Herriman, Attorney, Clark, Quinn, Moses, Scott & Grahn
Steve Katzenberger President and COO, Creative Street Media Group
Yvonne Perkins Vice President of Community Relations, Citizens Energy Group
Phil Stoffregen Executive Vice President and COO, Pedcor Investments, LLC
Charles Sutphin, Professor, University of Indianapolis
Ralph Taylor Project Coordinator, Indianapolis Mayor’s Office of Cultural & International Affairs
Rita Venable, Customer Accounts Specialist, RCI
Jeffrey Whiting, Executive Vice President – City Real Estate Advisors, Inc.
Jill Wohlford, Director of Planning and Organizational Learning, Lumina Foundation for Education
“I’m excited to be part of the Coburn Place family,” said Richardson. “I have volunteered on some level with Coburn Place for about four years. I am looking forward to helping more women and children transition from a not so great situation to creating the kind of life they have always wanted. The Coburn Place team knows how to help people make that transition.”
The Coburn Place program takes a holistic approach to serving the women and children in need of our services. They provide a safe, clean and caring environment. The building houses both the organization’s offices and the apartments for the women and children that call our building home. Coburn Place provides many supportive services designed to help families achieve their dreams and independence. Housing and supportive services, coupled with time, give women the chance to make a fresh start.
Please take the time to learn more about Coburn Place by visiting their website, www.coburnplace.org or joining Raquel at an upcoming fun event supporting Coburn Place. September 19th is CoburnFest! Lean more by asking Raquel or visiting them online.
###
About Silver Square: Silver Square creates and develops strategic and creative experiences for business owners who have thriving businesses and want to make that leap to the next big milestone. We help the business owner get back to the “entrepreneur” in them to push for big dreams and big results. We challenge our clients to use technology in all the new ways to explore and inspire their audience to meet their company in a whole new way.Media Contact
Raquel Richardson
Silver Square Inc.
11650 N. Lantern Rd., Suite 220
Fishers, IN 43038
317.576.8511
Raquel@SilverSquareInc.com
Once someone gets to know me, and the many activities I do very well at getting myself in to, this question is always next: Why do you do all that? I’m often asked in a not so polite way, like the choice I’ve made for myself to give back and get involved (albeit sometimes too much involved) are simply idiotic. I kindly smile and say, well, it’s just what I do. But, not anymore. I’m going to tell you why I do all that today.
You get out of life what you put in. Many people will not challenge this statement for a project, a job or an association that they join, but for some reason many people don’t look at it as a blanket statement for a way of life. I do. The experiences I’ve had, the people I’ve met, the learning about my community and the social challenges within, and the personal and professional development I’ve gained, out weigh any other experience I’ve gotten myself in to in life. I’ll share a few examples…
The Junior League of Indianapolis is an organization I’ve been proud to be a part of for 12 years. These years have been as a member, as a board member and as a committee leader. I’ve managed more than 400+ women’s community involvement in one of my roles and helped them all, yes, all 400+ of them, find their next year’s committee. I did this through managing a committee of 20ish mentors who each managed a group of 20ish members. This was a huge learning experience both in time and people management. I’ve also manged almost 200 women in specific community-realted hands-on projects and helped release over $150,000 in to our Indianapolis community. That’s just cool!
Right now I’m involved with Shanna’s Story, a team of us working to raise money for the Man and Woman of the Year competition for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. This group of dynamic people are all new people to me! I went to our kick-off event and knew threee people out of about 75. I always find it an energizing experience to meet new people, hear their story and make connections.
In terms of business, over the years of Silver Square’s history, we have had a dozen clients come to us due to volunteer connections. People I have met through volunteer have experienced our brand and decided we were the kind of people that would be a fit for working together in business too.
So that’s why I get myself involved in many, many things. I really have been given back what I have put in, and life is better because of those experiences. I challenge you to get involved in a cause, mission or organization that you believe in and see how it will add to your life – because it will.
Even More Silver Square: |
|
Silver Square
11650 Lantern Road, Suite 220
Fishers, IN 46038
317.576.8511 phone
317.863.1030 fax
©2007-2010 Silver Square Inc. All Rights Reserved.
