2007-08

Notice of APPLICATION for Agency Collaboration

Mail application materials to:  Gifts For Seniors, Attn: K. Poelzer, mailcode 163

300 South 6th Street   Minneapolis Minnesota 55487-0163

Orientation for NEW collaborating agencies:

attend one:   Friday, October 19th, 2:00 pm    Friday, November 2nd , 11:00 am and 12:30 pm

at the Community Meeting Room of the Ramsey County Library – Roseville

2180 North Hamline – Roseville, MN  55113

Qualifying Criteria:

A.  Qualifying Criteria for Collaborating Agency

 

Gifts For Seniors is designed to collaborate with agencies / organizations / places of faith (herein referred to as ‘agency/ies’) that meet this set of criteria:

 

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provides face-to-face service(s) to isolated senior citizens who meet the criteria listed in the section below,

 

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have no or very limited winter holiday gift donations to provide to isolated senior citizens,

is able to provide authorized staff and/or volunteers to:

 

 

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complete and submit the:

application materials and results through written reporting process,

comply with the Accountability and Responsibility Agreement,

attend the January 10, 2008 meeting of all Collaborating Agencies,

 

 

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select and pickup donated gifts by appointment at the Internal Operations Center in Roseville in December and/or January on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and/or Fridays, mornings and/or afternoons,

 

 

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match donated gifts to the isolated seniors’ needs, and

 

 

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arrange for the gifts to be personally delivered as a surprise to the isolated seniors from December through March with an attached Gifts For Seniors gift tag.

 

 

B.  Qualifying Criteria for isolated senior citizens

 

 

Gifts For Seniors is designed to serve isolated senior citizens, regardless of income, who have little or no contact with family or friends. Gifts donated to Gifts For Seniors are given to seniors through the Collaborating Agency.  Isolated senior citizens receiving a gift meet this set of criteria:

 

 

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Are 60 years of age and better,

 

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Are isolated or forgotten - meaning the seniors are not expected to receive any other winter holiday gifts -, have little or no positive contact with family or friends, and are among the most isolated seniors the agency serves,

 

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are clients/residents/patients/participants/parishioners of the collaborating agency, and

 

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reside in one of these 12 metropolitan counties of the Twin Cities, Minnesota: Anoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin,  Nicollet, Ramsey, Rice, Scott, Washington, Wright.
           

C. If your agency meets the two sets of criteria above:

1.      Print, review, and keep for reference the Procedures

2.      Print, review, and use the checklist of application materials to complete and submit – see below Section D

3.      Print, review, complete the application materials

·         Accountability & Responsibility Agreement

·         Collaborating Agency Application

·         Wish list A

·         Wish List B

4.      Photocopy the completed application materials as these are required for check-in at the Internal Operations Center.

5.      Submit application materials by mail as quickly as possible or by:     Deadline for completed application materials:  Postmark by Friday, November 9, 2007 Mail application materials to:  Gifts For Seniors, Attn: K. Poelzer, mailcode 163             300 South 6th Street    Minneapolis Minnesota 55487-0163

Orientation for NEW collaborating agencies:

attend one:   Friday, October 19th, 2:00 pm    Friday, November 2nd , 11:00 am and 12:30 pm

at the Community Meeting Room of the Ramsey County Library – Roseville

2180 North Hamline – Roseville, MN  55113

 

D. Use this checklist of application materials to complete and submit:

1.       A cover letter on your agency’s letterhead that provides:

a.       Your agency’s mission statement,

b.       The service(s) your agency provides to isolated senior citizens,

c.       The days and times of the week that work best for staff and/or volunteers to pick up *gifts at the Internal Operations Center in Roseville – choices: Tuesday’s mornings and/or afternoons, Wednesday’s mornings and/or afternoons, Friday’s mornings and/or afternoons.  *Gifts include: unwrapped gifts, SunShine Club gifts, gift cards/certificates and prepaid items such as postage stamps, transit cards.

d.       Staple your business card to the cover letter.

2.       Accountability and Responsibility Agreement

3.       Collaborating Agency Application

4.       One or both of these:

a.       Wish list A = gift cards/certificates, pre-paid items and/or

b.       Wish list B =  unwrapped gifts

Note: The SunShine Club referral form and briefing will be provided to agencies that wish to collaborate in this way with Gifts For Seniors.