Development Coordinator needed at MAU.

Development Coordinator, Mothers Acting Up

Reply to: Joellen Raderstorf, Executive Director

Starting Aug 15, 2007

If you have an appetite for raising money for social change, this is an outrageously great opportunity: great mission, great organization, great team!

Flexible hours, can work from home.

Volunteer position with potential to move into a paid position.

Become the Development Diva of Mothers Acting Up (MAU), a movement of mothers publicly and passionately advocating for the world’s children. MAU inspires, educates and engages mothers* a gigantic force to be reckoned with to prioritize children in our corporate and public policies. MAU believes that when mothers lead, generations of global citizens will follow. The organization is in its fifth year with a strong foundation and well-connected team.

All the raw materials are in place, awaiting someone who is inspired!

* mothers and others, on stilts or off, who exercise protective care over someone smaller

Qualifications:

• Love raising money for social change
• Development, Marketing and PR experience
• Familiarity with grant funding sources and processes
• Donor cultivation knowledge and/or experience
• Passionate commitment to a peaceful, child-friendly world
• Excellent communication skills
• Computer savvy
• Event planning knowledge and/or experience

Major responsibilities include:

• Work with MAU team to create development plan
• Pursue sponsorship opportunities for MAU’s 5th annual Handbook
• Support marketing and distribution of MAU Handbook
• Assist in planning, coordination and implementation of fall fundraiser
• Research and apply for grants (corporate and foundation) for MAU
• Maintain and enhance current donor tracking/management systems
• Provide donor cultivation guidance

Check out MAU at www.mothersactingup.org

joellen@mothersactingup.org

PO Box 1244

Boulder, CO 80306

303.474.1286

Tonight's supper: Easy Cheesy Pie.

I saw Robin Miller do something sort of like this on the Food Network but I didn’t have the grilled chicken she used or the premade refrigerator puff pastry pie shell stuff she used for muffin tins. I didn’t have fresh parsley either, so used some dried, and didn’t have Dijon, which she used in her dish. The Worcestershire brings out a tang in the sharp cheddar instead. I added baking mix to my pie (you can make your own healthier than store bought if you like) and some organic cow milk to make it wetter.

Ziggy really loved this.

You could totally add seasonal veggies—I just was looking for something really quick to put together after spending the afternoon reading books with my boy.

Easy Cheesy Pie

2 eggs, beaten

1 C part skim ricotta cheese

¾ C extra sharp cheddar, grated

½ C onion diced

¼ C parmesan, grated

¾ C baking mix

½ C milk

parsley

1 T Worcestershire sauce

Salt

Pepper

Beat eggs. Add in ricotta, cheddar, onion. Stir. Blend in everything but parmesan. Coat 9 inch pie pan or cake round with nonstick baking spray, spoon in pie. Top with parmesan. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes or until cooked through and nicely golden browned.

I served this with a really simple salad of locally grown organic delicious juliet tomatoes halved, half moons of Nancy's lemon cucumbers and thinly sliced sweet onion dressed in good EVOO, salt and pepper.

Chatterbox.

The boy has been up since 5:45 and has been talking nearly non-stop.

"There's dirt down there." (I tell him it's cinnamon that Mommy put down to keep the ants out) "Spilled it down there," he says. "See the antses?" (Cinnamon's no longer keeping them at bay.)

"A branch fell from that tree today. Is that tree sad, Mommy? Is that tall tree sad? Is that tall tree okay? Is it fine?"

"You have bubbles in your coffee."

"[Ziggy] wants canteloupe. Don't like mango."

"A little dog came by last night."

"Is that bird singing? I hear something!"

"I heard something else. It is a car. Who honked it? Go see car."


Currently he's playing with cars and trains a few feet away and talking, "Now here we go. How are you doing? I am fine. Look over there."

One train to another, "I'm stuck. Down in a tree."

Other train: "Oh, no!"

First train: "I'm fine down in the tree."



This child isn't even two and he's just getting started. I can hardly wait to hear whta kind of stuff he's going to be telling me in a year. My mother keeps telling me that it'll be a long time before I have any room to feel lonely since Ziggy is likely to keep me company and talk my ears off at least until he's a teen / preteen and thinks I'm too poopy to talk to.

(Also, he's already dissing clothing I choose for him to wear. "No overalls. Don't like them. Just shorts. Just big shorts. Bug shorts or just green shorts.")

I can't imagine how my child came by his deeply held opinions!

*photo by Keel Hunt at the East Nashville Tomato Art Festival over the weekend.