Director Of Development/Public Relations
Les Passees Children'S Rehabilitation Center
Responsibilities included creating and staffing the Development/Public Relations Department and all fund raising and public relations activities, donor research, research and writing grant proposals, cultivating and soliciting individual, corporate and foundation donors, organizing public relations events such as a reunion for past clients, graduation ceremonies and press conferences, creating, promoting, and organizing major special events such as a golf tournament, 5K run and a New Year's Eve Party, developing a "direct mail" and phonathon campaign, developing donor recognition activities, writing and editing a quarterly newsletter and the Annual Report, coordinating and training numerous volunteers in a variety of capacities, conducting tours and speaking to diverse groups, writing and editing all press releases and public service announcements, soliciting media coverage for special events, organizing the Board of Directors in their fund raising activities, developing and managing a department budget, implementing Center objectives as a member of an eight member Management Team, developing a marketing plan for the Center for 1993, developing reporting procedures and a computer data base for all donations and mailing lists on an Apple SE computer, representing Les Passees at a variety of meetings and workshops, and participating as a steering committee member of a Total Quality Management Program.