In August, The Pick Group is launching its second class of the Board Development Training Program!

The academy will serve to train and develop young professionals – US - to be able to serve effectively and actively on non-profit boards for the betterment of Riverside.

Why sit on your couch and be BORED, instead get Board Trained!

Here is what you get from 7 class sessions:

• The necessary skills, instruction, and education to enhance our awareness of the need for professional relationships with non-profits
• To educate on the roles and responsibilities for non-profit board participation
• To inspire us  to utilize their skills to address the community’s needs
• To raise up effective board members that serve as a model for the future leaders and betterment of Riverside.

Applications available!!!!

Download PDF Application

Applications due by July 30, 2009
Start contacting your local mentors as 2 letters of reference will be required.

Please direct any questions to margaret@anromaway.com.

Founding Membership is a limited opportunity for those that believe in the Mission and Vision of the The Pick Group and desire to invest it’s sustainable future. Founding members will be noted as the vanguards and highly desired professionals who helped ensure a more vibrant future for Riverside’s Young Professionals.

IF YOU’VE BEEN AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, YOU SHOULD BE COUNTED AMONGST THESE INDIVIDUALS!

As a side-benefit, Founding Members also receive:

o    Lifetime Recognition on The Pick Group website and other special marketing

materials for your pioneering spirit and valuable contribution to our community!

o    Access to the members section of The Pick Group website.

o    Invitations from community organizations to events and community activities

accessible only to Pick Group Founding Members.

o    Reduced or free access to specific Pick Group events.

o    A complimentary membership to The Pick Group for the 2010-2011 year!

o    Opportunity to serve as a Pick Group Board member for the 2010/2011 Pick

Group year.

We invite you to become a Founding Member and to make a permanent mark in our community and your career!

For more information, or to register as a Founding Member, please contact Damien O’Farrell at damienryanofarrell@gmail.com or use the “Become a Member Link”

Leadership Riverside is currently accepting applications for the Class of 2011. Since 1986, Leadership Riverside has strengthened the community by offering an intensive series of classes and workshops will give you the breadth and depth of knowledge and relationships to be effective as an advocate, policy influencer and maker. As a member of the 25th class, you will get a unique opportunity to dissect and distill the critical challenges facing our city and region, while experiencing a civic leadership framework to enhance personal and professional development. The deadline to submit an application is Friday, July 9, 2010 at 5 PM. Class sessions will commence in September 2010. For more information or to receive an application, contact Nicholas Adcock.

Another great Verge Social Event for Young Professionals!

July 22nd
7:30 AM
Pick Power Breakfast @ Market Broiler at the Riverside Plaza

Our honored host for July’s Pick Power Breakfast will be Mr. RODNEY COUCH.

Mr. Couch is the founder and CEO of Market Broiler Restaurants and Provider Foods, and has proven himself as a business professional capable of building strong and valued businesses that meet the needs of people and communites.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn in an intimate setting from one of our community’s best and brightest!

Plus.. you’ll get the special treat of touring The Market Broiler on off business hours.

August 14th
11am – 2pm
Pick’s Annual Membership “Picknic” @ Andulka Park!

Save the date and make sure to join us for a little business and a lot of fun!

August 20th
Civic Involvement Committee Lunch – Business with a Twist
Noon @ The Mission Galleria Cafe (Downstairs in the Mission Galleria at Main and Mission Inn Ave.)

The Pick Group’s Civic Involvement Committee is hosting Business with a Twist. Have lunch with a successful local business owner and community leader, Jeff White.

Jeff has created a successful enterprise and at the same time has chosen to use his business as a tool towards helping the community and caring for venerable citizens.

Join us hear actual stories and see how you too can make a twist in your business!

Lunch is at Mission Galleria Cafe (downstairs). Please purchase your food and we will begin promptly at noon.

The Pick Group General Meeting – Building a New Reality:
Discover what it takes for Young Professionals to secure our position as business and community leaders with global impact through innovative thinking, risk taking, and commitment to excellence! with guest speaker Sundip Doshi, CEO and Founder of Surado Solutions, and Chairman of the Riverside Technology CEO Forum.

April 14^th @ the Downtown Marriott

6 pm

As a prominent and successful business and community leader, our guest Speaker, Sundip Doshi will be sharing from his experience in creating a highly successful multi-national business, and sharing his insights into the role Young Professionals and The Pick Group play in building a new reality in which Riverside is recognized as a Global leader for innovation and the future.

Attached to this email is the final version of the event flyer, outreach letter and participant forms. Please feel free to contact Don Smith (DMSmith@riversideca.gov) if you have any questions. For more information or to register please visit the website at: http://www.riversideca.gov/neighborhoods/homeless-project-homeless.asp

Pick and Pledge offers a unique and interesting way to inspire our members and to provide us space to further develop our talents by volunteering with non-profits.

Pick and Pledge, as are all other meetings, are open to the public, so whether you’re a member, curious, or even just looking for an engaging and empowering evening with peer….We want you there!

Our 2nd Annual Pick and Pledge takes a twist to the standard get to know you and does it “speed dating style”.

This “get to know you” will allow you one-on-one time with non-profits and groups all over our city. This is your chance to ask questions, see how you can help, and learn more of the resources our city has.

Join us for a fast night and to celebrate our 1st graduating Board Development Training Academy class!

6:30 P.M.

INVOCATION

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

12. Mayor Loveridge to present a certificate to the Riverside Chiefs Football Team and Cheerleading Squad winners of the Mount Baldy Pop Warner Conference

13. Mayor Loveridge to call upon Riverside Youth Council to present a certificate to Inspiring Youth of the Month honoree the Ramona High School AVID program

14. Mayor Pro Tempore Gardner to call upon Riverside County Director of Animal Services Robert Miller to present a Home for the Holidays pet adoption update

DISCUSSION CALENDAR–This portion of the City Council/Redevelopment Agency Agenda is for all matters where staff and public participation is anticipated. Audience participation is encouraged.

PLEASE NOTE–Individual audience participation is limited to 3 minutes.

14a. Riverside Renaissance – Joint item with Redevelopment Agency – Award Bid 6796 to Cyrcon Builders LP, Valencia, for $3,288,860 for demolition and construction from 2007 Un-Programmed Taxable Bonds and Arlington 2007 Un-Programmed Tax-Exempt Bond funds for Hunt Park Renck Community Center and Gymnasium – Funds transfer – 4015 Jackson Street (Ward 5)

15. “Seizing our Destiny: The Agenda for Riverside’s Innovative Future” economic development strategic vision (All Wards)

Agenda #15 is where we want Pick to share its voice….this future is our future, our children’s and their children’s future.
Hear the vision and share your thoughts!