CityConnect 2016
ReddingLife.org is sponsoring City Connect on Saturday, November 12, 2016 from 1-4 p.m. at the Good News Rescue Mission, 3100 So. Market Street, Redding, CA.
CityConnect is a free, family-friendly event to make connections and get involved with solutions for the challenges we face as a community. CityConnect 2016 will have food samplings from local restaurants, fun creative arts to include face painting, balloon creations and other “connection” themed attractions, drawings for gift certificates from Redding owned businesses and a photo and civic information booth to “Meet Your Civic Leaders”.
Over 30 local non-profit organizations will be on-site to discuss their roles in the fall 2016-winter 2017 Redding LIFE Volunteer Partnership Opportunities Catalog. There will be an ongoing partner-match workshop where attendees can enlist a CityConnect facilitator and assess which partnership opportunities fit them best.Redding area non-profit opportunities offer a variety of commitment levels and positions ranging from community gardening, teaching your favorite hobby, mentoring adults and children, to serving alongside neighbors and new friends in a soup kitchen, an administrative office setting or working with people who are rebuilding their lives.
CityConnect 2016 is a bi-annual community-wide partnership event produced by Redding LIFE. The City of Redding, Shasta County, Good News Rescue Mission, Neighborhood Church, United Way, Redding Chamber of Commerce, Risen King, Shasta CAPCC, Bethel Church and Shasta Builder’s Exchange are only a handful of the many local businesses, agencies and organizations coming together to make CityConnect 2016 possible.
Over the past year, Redding LIFE has hosted 4 similar events on a much smaller scale. These events have brought out 100’s of people who want to be more involved in their community. The result has been over 100 people finding partnership with local public and social benefit organizations. These partnerships take on many forms to include advocates, educators, promoters, financial investors and administrative or client services volunteers. Come out to CityConnect and take your place in Redding life.
About City Connect 2016
CityConnect was developed to provide non-profit collaboration and a venue for civic-minded people to get more involved. CityConnect 2016 is a free community sponsored event suitable for all ages with food vendors offering bite-sized eats, purpose-oriented creations handmade on-site, prize drawings every hour and a purpose-match workshop for individuals looking to partner with public and social benefit organizations.
About Redding LIFE
Redding LIFE aims to provide solutions-focused opportunities for people who want to invest in our city. The mission of Redding LIFE is to facilitate connection with meaningful public and social benefit work that aligns with an individual’s interests, skills, pr
eferences and motivation. Redding LIFE offers an online purpose-match survey to help define those roles and a bi-annual catalog of the partnership opportunities available in our city.
Rediscover your city and community in a role that fits your desire to serve.
Article originally appeared at http://reddingvoice.com/2016/11/03/city-connect-2016/.