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May 2, 2005
Changes to the Jamestown Biz Association
Jamestown Business Association President Craig Gaskie will leave that post after Jamestown Day, which is Saturday. He's served as president for three years.
"I have enjoyed it (being president) and wish I could continue," Gaskie said. "But I feel that the JBA needs somebody in town to continue to grow. Being in uptown Greensboro and traveling as I do for work at times makes it difficult for me to do as good a job as the JBA deserves."
Gaskie wants to devote himeself to the charitable arm of the JBA, which has evolved into an organization resembling a community foundation. A community foundation takes in money, grows it, and uses portions of the proceeds to support charitable organizations in the community.
The JBA has a donor-advised fund through Greensboro's community foundation, the money in which is used to support Jamestown-area nonprofit agencies. Gaskie's vision is to make the JBA a full-fledged nonprofit, capable of going after grants that could be used to help other nonprofits.
The JBA is in the process of finding a new president.
Here's a link to the JBA Web site:
Posted by at May 2, 2005 12:26 PM
Comments
I believe charities in Jamestown are going to see donations dropping as more and more parents shift decretionary funds from charity to private school tuition.
Posted by: Tatersmaters at May 2, 2005 7:13 PM
Of course those IN NEED of charity get their first pick of high schools. I'm going to quit my job so my kids can get "free-reduced lunch" then, they can to to the high school of their choice.
And I hear that Ragsdale, Jamestown's "official" high school, will be joining the lottery very soon.
I predict many more self-made, charity cases to come. Jamestown will just have to get it's own Goodwill Truck and park it right in the middle of town.
Posted by: charity-case at May 2, 2005 7:43 PM
You can donate all your kids clothes to the Jamestown Goodwill Truck. I hear that uniforms are coming soon too so all the kids from all the lotteries will blend in. They will just have a 5 digit number, 3 of those digits will be their bus number.
Posted by: Raymond at May 2, 2005 10:10 PM
