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Comment by Paul D'Andrea on June 19, 2009 at 12:24pm

If it would be useful, I'd be happy to help out by doing business portraits for these folks, Cissi. They may not need them if they're using regular resumes and such, but if they're online looking for work and would like to present a professional image let me know.

Comment by Cissi Sherlock on June 15, 2009 at 6:14pm

Thank you Shawn. You have been with me in spirit all along!

Comment by Shawn Quick-Raflik on June 15, 2009 at 4:30pm

You go, Cissi! I am proud of you!

Comment by Cissi Sherlock on June 15, 2009 at 4:18pm

God Bless, Julie!!!!!

Comment by Julie Schrader on June 15, 2009 at 4:16pm

Thanks for sharing the news Cissi! My exciting news is that I get to mow the grass tonight! Woo Hoo! :)

Comment by Cissi Sherlock on June 15, 2009 at 3:50pm

An update on Operation"OpenUP!"

I am bubbling over with pride!

On Friday, I sat with a gentleman for 5 hours to get my 501c3 on the road to reality. He's is a "grouping" specialist for the IRS.

Today I spoke with a representative from Putnam Country Comprehensive Services and we have registered with them to employ bonded ex-offenders and receive government assistance in doing so.

Last week, I met with Issac Randolf from the Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives who will be helping OP move forward with serveral programs including ATR Access to Recovery (ATR) which is a joint venture between the Division of Mental Health and Addiction (DMHA) and OFBCI.

I am also in negotiations with Page Plus Wireless to further the outreach arms of Operation "OpenUP!" and its clients.

Dianne Brown of the Veteran's Administration has sent out a letter to her clients telling them of the program. As a result, I have a waiting list of about 5 veteran's waiting to receive recycled phones with activations. I am working with a vocational rehabilitation program at the VA on 10th St. in Indianapaolis. As a result of that, we have about 4 on the waiting list. My list of re-entry recipients tops off at about 10. Consequently, we need lot's of phones as our list of prospective recipients is growing daily! For collections, we pay particular attention to CDMA Verizon-based phones and unlocked SIM phones, though we collect them all!

We are looking for businesses, churches and organizations to partner with to partner with for our cell phone outreach program.

God put me on this earth to perform a mission and I am so blessed to be filled with the spirit of fulfilling my task!

We connect people, hence, we open the lines of communications in our community in more ways than one!

Comment by Patricia C. Coleman on June 10, 2009 at 1:51pm

Hello All, I have great news from Bloomington! After viewing a recording of Judy Wicks keynote presentation (recorded by CATS - http://catstv.net/)at last years "Simply Healthy: Creating Sustainable Communities" Simply Living Fair and Wellness Expo - http://www.indianaholistichealth.net/wellnessexpo.htm, where she spoke about the organization she founded called BALLE, the Business Alliance of Local Living Economies; a group has moved to establish a BALLE in Bloomington. Local First Indiana is a new project under the Center for Sustainable Living - http://www.simplycsl.org.

Comment by Patricia C. Coleman on June 10, 2009 at 1:37pm

Congratulations Tom!

Comment by Tom Wagenhauser on May 29, 2009 at 8:05am

Hello my fellow smaller indiana friends. I have some great news!!! I just purchased FishersFind.com, a website dedicated to the Fishers community.

FishersFind.com receives approximately 3,000 - 4,000 unique visitors per week and can offer some great exposure for your business. All business, event, and classified listings are absolutely FREE.

Visit www.FishersFind.com today and post your FREE business listing. Business listings are open to any business in Indianapolis and surrounding counties and listing on the site can give your business great exposure with the Fishers Community.

Comment by Nicki Laycoax on May 22, 2009 at 11:27am

Woohoo!!!! Congrats Julie!

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