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Rebuilding Together Launches Non-Profit Organizational Development Institute

Article type: Press Release

Long Beach, CA (December 9, 2007) —From the floor of their most attended national conference in a nearly 20 year history, Rebuilding Together announced the launch of the Organizational Development Institute.  
 
As the nation’s lead nonprofit preserving affordable homeownership, Rebuilding Together serves low-income homeowners in nearly 1800 communities through the work of more than 225 affiliates.  The Organizational Development Institute (ODI) will serve the affiliate network with training programs in nonprofit management practices to support the work of paid and volunteer staff as well as local and regional board members.
 
“The ODI is absolutely necessary to support today’s complex and sophisticated nonprofit organization,” said Gary A. Officer, President and CEO of Rebuilding Together.  “We will provide experts and offer training in all facets of organizational governance and management to continuously improve the quality and sustainability of our diverse affiliate network.”
 
Led by Kristine Dunn, Director of Organizational Development, who has brought her unique experience in designing curriculum and training platforms to the National headquarters of Rebuilding Together to create a series of programs for the affiliate network which will include regional training opportunities, routine webinars and conference calls.   Some of the topics that will be covered in 2008 include Standards of Excellence, Program and Project Management, Advocacy, Marketing and Communications and web site development.  
 
Contact Kristine Dunn at the National Office to learn more at Kristine_Dunn@RebuildingTogether.org.
 
 
About Rebuilding Together
 
Rebuilding Together is the nation’s largest nonprofit organization working to preserve homeownership and neighborhoods by providing rehabilitation services free of charge to those in need.  Through the support of corporate sponsors, local businesses, and the hands-on work of a quarter-million volunteers, Rebuilding Together rehabs and repairs more than 9,000 homes each year.  The market value of this work is in excess of $100 million annually.  Rebuilding Together responds to the needs of low-income homeowners including families at risk, the elderly and veterans through four specific practice areas: Safe & Healthy Homes, Disaster Recovery &Reconstruction, Veterans Housing, and National Rebuilding Day to ensure that homeowners live in safe, warm and dry homes. Rebuilding Together celebrated the rehabilitation of its 100,000th home in 2006 and has grown to more than 225 affiliates nationwide
since its founding in 1988.  For details, see www.rebuildingtogether.org, or call 1-800-REHAB-9.
 
Contacts:
Cynthia Woodruff, Rebuilding Together, (202) 420-0824 CWoodruff@RebuildingTogether.org
Becky Carter, Rebuilding Together, (202) 518-3500 Becky_Carter@RebuildingTogether.org
 
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