The National Community Network Agenda 2014-15
Presented by: Rev.
Frank Paul Jones aka Apostle Paul Castellano
1: Operation Solution
and Response: Pages - 1 - 18 Effective 1
November 2014 - 31 October 2015
2: Three Day Annual Thanksgiving
Weekend Events: Pages 18 -21 Effective 27
November 2014 - 29 November 2014 - Gift collections should continue until the
end of the holiday season.
3: Potential Funders:
Pages 22 - 25 Solicit Grants from corporate
Funders to support our programs continuously, promote our program to the
community for grassroots support, sought after volunteer labor and work side by
side with the local businesses as well.
4: Recording Studio
Music Project: Page
25 "Social Impact"
- 1 September 2014 - 30 November 2014 or as long as it takes. We plan to record and master at least 12
songs by various local artist as a fund raising campaign and a message sender to
our young adults and youth, which will be addressing issues such as AIDS,
racism, drug infestation in black communities, the illiteracy challenge, black
on black crime and so forth.
We will advertise and request for songs and performers. We plan to run our studio around the hours of 12 AM - 5 AM.
5: Promotion of
Establishment of AIDS Research Facility: Pages 25 - 28
We would like to be the organization at the forefront that helps
revolve the many issues surrounding the AIDS pandemic and help find its cure or
release it. We believe we have the
answer the world has be awaiting, which is the Blood of the Lamb.
6: Dinners & Fund
Raisers: Page 28 We will support a food
sale campaign whereby part for the proceeds will help pay monthly expenses, to
allow us to run higher electric bills in order to run our office longer hours with
more energy to search for funding for our programs and help fund our recording
studio music project, which we hope will also raise money and resonate with the
kids in a tasteful manner.
7: Promotion and
Updates on the Legalization of Marijuana in the State of Florida
Activities:
1: Operation Solution and Response: Pages - 1 - 18
Operation Solution & Response
Rev. Frank Paul Jones
The National Community Network, INC
Formally: the National Community Network and Coalition
of Highlands, INC
Office: (863)
657-2407
Website:
TheNationalCommunityNetwork.org
E-Mail:
Info@TheNationalCommunityNetwork.org
A Project of the
National Community Network, INC.
The Agenda: November
1st - Fiscal Year 2014-15
Our Services Addresses these community related problems:
1: Preventing Criminal Recidivism
2: Education and Illiteracy
3: Hunger
4: Community Activities
5: Poor Community Economy
6: Disproportionately High Community Unemployment Rates
7: Homelessness and Housing Issues
8: AIDS/HIV
9: Human Rights
Introduction and Overview:
The National Community Network, INC, was founded on October
20th, 2009, as the National Community Network and Coalition of Highlands, INC.,
in the State of Florida , in the City of Avon
Park, located in Highlands
County
We owned our two story headquarters is located at 923 South A Avenue Avon Park ,
FL. 33825, we refer to our headquarters location as the Blue Building
investments. We need
a 3 ton condenser unit for our downstairs central AC unit, two 12,000 BTU
window units upstairs, a parking lot to expand our educational services and
fence placed around our perimeter.
Our purposes, mission and vision was designed intentionally
to act as the framework for different types of
comprehensive plans to redevelop poor communities that have falling
behind economically across our nation, but this specific operation was designed
for Avon Park , FL.
The National Community Network, INC. is designed to face the
challenges of economically deprived neighborhoods and has built in mechanisms
to support Community Redevelopment Agencies "CRA" nationwide and not
just in Avon Park Avon Park FL. , this program may be duplicated in another
community in the State of Florida or even in
States in America , such as New York City
The function of the NCN is to act as an agent, to assistant
and also to take on the leadership role in solving community problems with our
main focus on economics and social issues. Our complete program design is meant
to be duplicated with modifications to create community solutions wherever
needed where there are programs designed with the intentions of "building a better community" in
mind.
The National Community Network, INC., admits to our humble
beginnings, but what we are introducing is a potential nation builder. The
reason for our limited community work so far was the lack of funds, because we
didn't have our 501 c 3 statuses, but now this has changed and hopefully we
will be able to find Funders to support our programs designed for building a
better community in the Southside Redevelopment Area and a build a better Avon
Park.
1: The National Community Network , took ownership of the
Business Area of the Southside Redevelopment Area around South Delaney Avenue South
Delaney Avenue
2: We advocated for our community. We plan to expand these services by creating
a new Facebook page, Wordpress.com blog, Website and Newsletter, to support
these initiatives.
3: We took what once had life and became a skeleton after
being closed down for over 5 years, with a seriously leaking roof and transformed
it with a new tin roof, also fixing the water damages inside and we did a lot
of other maintenance work and repairs,
all out of pocket. Now we are well on
our way of converting this once empty shell into a structure for a program of
comprehensive community services, which will bring forth more unity among
us. Now as a post 501 c 3 commitment we
will finish this job and transform our headquarters into respectful and
accommodating place of community services, open for business. We want our property to be pleasing to the eyes of the community given
the SRA new hope through the initiation of services through "Operation
Solution & Response."
Supporting the Local Businesses:
When America
in general faces a recession the people in poor communities across America America
While the Avon Park CRA announced that South District's South Delaney Avenue Avon Park
The Avon
Park
Here is the middle ground and what we think should be done.
The properties that qualify for the new historic facade grant, be given the
grant by creating an escrow account.
This way properties that need these grants most, can apply for them and
when they come up with the matching funds, they will be able too use the money
set aside for their property renovations.
This could be the beginning of a comprehensive program whereby
government and citizens can work together, to accomplish the redevelopment of
the Southside Redevelopment Area's Southside District.
One must attempt to understand the reality and state of South Delaney Avenue S. Delaney Ave. New York City Avon Park
Now what I will propose may have sounded far-reaching just a
year ago, but today it is a rational thought process and its foundation is
principle based. We believe the solution
to the redevelopment of the Southside Redevelopment Area, is the new taxes on
the sales of medical marijuana in State of Florida
The $50,000 for the Southside Redevelopment Area, should be
used to start the redevelopment process of our businesses. It should be a comprehensive plan that
requires active participation by the grantees and or management of these
businesses. Because fixing a building
and putting equipment inside it, without the assurance of proper management is
a cocktail for failure. We believe that a major part of our problem is the lack
of knowledge concerning business practices. Many of these properties were
within families for more than one generation and while beneficiaries may have
inherited the family properties, they did not necessarily inherit the family
business or know how.
Helping our Disadvantage Young Adults:
We think the main problem in the United
States today is the jobless rate that is causing us to
create a generation of hopelessness among our youth and this is amplified in
black communities nationwide and is now a serious issue in Avon Park
While our youth, sees Hollywood and Multimedia as outlets as
a means to creates dreams about success and a way out of their state of
oppression, what Hollywood depicts is often just an illusion that is often not
obtainable by many of them due to the lack of education and connections and
this degrades their moral fiber. Because
they grew to want something that they cannot have. Too often due to joblessness, they stay home
all day and play violent video games, listen to rap music often filled with
filthy and degrading language and watch fantasy television shows, only to end
up turning to the streets with nothing
to do ("an idle mind is the workshop of Satan"). And too often this ends in violence, the loss
of young lives which isn't new to the Southside District and the incarceration
of too many of our young adults. And we
want to curb this! We want to curb crime
and recidivism. And because many of us
within the National Community Network to include myself have been there and
done that, by operating on the other side of the law, who better qualifies to
reach out to our disadvantaged young adults, than one with a common past life
of crime and/or just being on the streets.
They need to see a way out, today many of them would not and
could accept an invitation to a better way of life, because it requires
education and skills, something many of our disadvantaged young adults fear to
take on the endeavor or simply do not understand the incentive in a tangible
way. Many of these young adults are even
afraid to take on the simple task of obtaining a GED, to many of them this is
not simple at all, but is a very complex measure. Many of them are simply afraid to fail! Yet many of them will need higher education
beyond a GED in order to survive in the future Highlands County Avon Park
We believe that the fastest way to create noticeable change
in "building a better community," is to put a major focus on the
redevelopment of our young adults between the ages of 18-35 and older, because
often it is at this age group when most of our young adults engage in
self-destructive and/or unproductive behavior that could be modified if they
were given other options with meaningful incentives. Because these are truly the children who will
be our leaders of tomorrow.
Helping our Young Children:
Before we created the disadvantaged young adult, we were
handed an innocent child through the grace of God. They did not ask to come on this earth
because none of us did, but they were born and came to us as babies unable to
support or even take care of themselves.
They therefore had to go through a molding process in order to function
as upright American citizens, with the responsibility of someday being
caretakers of America
Meanwhile our young children see our young adults on the
streets 24/7 being unproductive or trying to survive. They live in a community
whereby illegal drugs is the number one commodity. They see a community of
victims being slaves to poverty and eventually see themselves as forever
victims also, without any real option to gaining a part of the American dream,
but often end up within a life of crimes, jails, institutions, long term
addictions and death. Our children need
to feel safe, loved and protected and believe it or not and this is very
important, they need to feel needed, because the reality is one day will depend
on them or self-destruct.
We believe as a community we must be the caretakers of our
younger children, who are under 18 years old and are not emancipated. If we as
a community do not raise our children properly, we as a community has failed
tomorrow already. Part of the cause of
our current social and economic problems and conditions are our past failures
in the molding processes of our children. It is due to our past failures as a
community in education, crime prevention and community economics that this
program we are presenting now has become a program of community need and not
community convenience. Operation Solution and Response is a SRA community need.
We want to insure that every child in our community has a
fair chance in life and will be able to grow and enjoy the Declaration of
Independence in America
Serving our Senior Citizens:
The senior citizen is the backbone of our community and it
is from them that we gain our strength in character as a union throughout the
world. We will find within this group of
people, a lot of knowledge, wisdom understanding through experience and
education. It is a fact that through the process of life and aging, most people
grow to care more about humanity as a whole and find a God of their
understanding that they serve. Like a
child should be born innocent and it is the journey of humankind, to once again
try to become righteous and be in service to the God of their
understanding. And often this is done
through one's community work.
But the reality is that many of our senior citizens are
barley surviving in the Southside Redevelopment Area. Most are living on a fixed incomes or food
stamps that barely allows them to make all their bills and eat properly. Many of senior citizens find themselves in
really lonely situations, without anyone to socialize with. Many of our senior citizens are without
structure and only want to do some meaningful volunteerism. Many of our senior citizens are huge
resources of information waiting to be tapped for knowledge. And some are just doing fine in retirement
and just want to give back to our community.
Whatever it is, if it is good, our senior citizens deserve it and
more. So we set aside Sunday as "Weekly
50+ Senior Citizen Recreational Spot," whereby we are open all day
to address senior citizen issues, offer recreational activities, food and other services.
Serving our Underserved:
With the mentality that "nobody will be left
behind," we try to help anyone experiencing misfortunes, with a focus on
economic and social issues.
Serving People with AIDS/HIV:
We believe that the virus that causes AIDS, was developed in
a laboratory in Germany
We believe that in 1989 the cure to AIDS was developed, but
never release, because the pharmaceutical industry is profiting from the many
very expensive treatments being made available. Therefore our position isn't to
fight for a cure, but to fight for the release of the cure to AIDS.
Therefore our approach to dealing with the AIDS pandemic, is
to inform the people as to what is really going on to create a movement of AIDS
awareness that is based on the idea that this disease was not by chance, but
was in fact develop in a laboratory and was government sanctioned.
Through AIDS awareness programs and advocacy, we believe we
will the forefront and leaders of change in policy that will bring about the
end of AIDS.
Helping Enforce the Human Rights of all people:
We realize that their a many important social issues that
deserve and need to be resolved but are being denied of. We believe the most relevant social issues of
the day are Gay and Lesbian Rights, the marijuana dilemma concerning it
legalization & uses and the AIDS pandemic.
And always we must keep close to us the ongoing fight of the African
American, which is for the true emancipation of the African America Slaves in America , because we know that the 14 Amendment
did not free black slaves, but was only a measure to reunite the Confederation
back into the Union . No more and no less!
For this reason we will attempt to be at the forefront of
information sharing and advocacy, through continuing campaigns designed to
inform, lead, support and assemble people together. Though we are different we
have a common enemy and through unity the war against humanity can be won. We see us as a coalition of the diverse
underserved and as a community against unjust laws and rules, whom will get a
fair shot of true inclusion within American society as equal partners in the Union , unless we fight for our right.
Operation Solution & Response
The National Community Network has solutions that will help
the Southside Redevelopment process and our future community economic growth as
well as prepare the people in our community to be able to survive, excel and
grow in the future Highlands
County
What it is?
Operation Solution and Response is a long term initiative
designed to perform
services for people in determined CRA
eligible areas, Residents of Public Housing Complexes and other subsidized
housing and communities determined poor in need of assistance by some
government standards. We will assist in and
initiate and facilitate the renewal of physical, economic, and social
conditions through the redevelopment and/or development of community structures
but most importantly the people. The OSR
is designed to assist the people within these communities as well and not just
fix the structural problems. Because
when communities become, blight, plight and slum areas, you can believe the
mindset of the community also suffered drastically.
What is required?
Operation Solution and Response is a community response
initiative. Therefore in order for this project to have any real successes, it
will require a lot of community participation and dedicated volunteers. Therefore
we call on other non profits, the churches, the local businesses and most
importantly the people, to take an interest in this program and to do so is to
take an interest in yourselves, by helping us build a better community. Because we are in this together and together
is the only solution.
How It Works:
By using a 7 tiers approach we address what we think are
major problems associated with these type community problems, whereby the
businesses are going out of business and or struggling, the residents also
suffer due economic problems, crime and illiteracy and or in some cases just being down in the dumps emotionally as
well from the stresses of constant poverty.
Because poverty we understand, we drafted our response.
We have a 7 tier approach:
(1) Unemployment (2)
Education and Illiteracy (3) Hunger (4) Criminal Recidivism
(5) Poor Performing Economy. (6) Community Activities (7)
Homelessness and Housing Issues
What are we designed to do?
The Operation Solution and Response is designed to reduce
blight thru renovations as an alternative to demolition in designated CRA
areas, develop community resources, stimulate government and private sector
investment in the communities and cities we serve, give communities
comprehensive support, organize and develop community leadership and create the
leaders of tomorrow and create a network to collectively collaborate and
address the social and economic problems in our communities and to solve them
through a team effort using centralized and interactive communications, as the
foundation for organized movements for economic and social
development and redevelopment.
Its is our goal to expand our operations into other outside
facilities, due to the limited space in our two story headquarters
location. It is our hopes that
eventually our headquarters location will be used exclusively as the
administrative and intelligence center of our operations to accommodate our
organization's staff, while we perform our services at other locations by
allocating the needed personnel to serve in areas within Avon
Park and Highlands County
The Program Design:
The National
Community Network, INC.
Operation Solution and Response is a long term initiative
whose main focus will be on designated areas in Avon Park , FL
The Eagle Fellowship, is not a separate entity from the NCN,
but is a board assigned by the Board of Directors of the NCN, to address these
community issues. The NCN will facilitate their meetings at the Blue Building
The Oversight Committee, is not a separate entity from the
NCN, but is a board assigned by the Board of Directors of the NCN, to address
these community issues. The NCN will facilitate their meetings at the Blue Building
The Board of Local Clergy, is not a separate entity from the
NCN, but is a board assigned by the Board of Directors of the NCN, to address
these community issues. The NCN will facilitate their meetings at the Blue Building
The PTS Movement
"Prison to the Streets
Who is Prison to the Streets Movement?
The PTS Movement meaning "prison to the streets
movement," is a movement of men and women who were once a part of the
prison system as inmates, who are committed to doing what is right for self and
community. Using our artistic skills as
writers, producers, performers, actors and the many arts, we channel these
energies towards our youth and young adults in an attempt to teach them not to
do wrong based on our past experiences.
We do this through music and films and other means multimedia. We believe that "a wise man will learn
from the mistakes of others." We feel through our past misfortunes which
sent us to prison and present agenda of "building a better community,"
we can be a springboard for positive change in our communities nationwide.
Because who better than us to reach out to them?
The PTS Movement: The purpose of the PTS Movement is to organize the people we serve and to create a united voice through our guidance and to create a network that collectively and cooperatively works together on social and economic issues, to find solutions and carry them out thereby fulfilling the mission of the NCN "building a better community." And to build better character from among and within our fellowship, because we realize we are stronger when united and together our body is the
The PTS Movement, who are committed to building a better
community. What goes on in those
meetings is closed to the public and stays within this group, thereby creating
an environment of trust and integrity.
Also note that many of the members of the PTS Movement hold religious
titles such as Minister, Reverend, Rabbi and Apostle allowing us to congregate
with other felons in doing what we understand is the work of God. And many members
of the PTS Movement are the creators of our music library, developed through
donations by artist and writers. We hope
through proper exploitation we will be able to raise substantial funding thru
records sales, copyrights and royalties income, from these donated artistic works.
The Oversight
Committee:
The oversight committee can consist of 4 to 12 board members
which will include the chairman of the board.
They will meet twice per month or more if special meetings are
scheduled.
1) The purpose of this committee is to act as a watchdog
over government spending that effects local community.
2) To advocate for more spending in communities it serves
and design, advocate and implement plans to redevelop these communities.
3) Attracting philanthropists to support "Operation
Solution & Response." Organize the community to address the agenda for
the redevelopment and economic growth of their community. And other duties as
determined necessary.
The Board of Local
Clergy:
The board of local clergy is a religious group who addresses
and focuses on economic and social issues and solutions. As we put God first in
our decision making processes, we are all bound to leave our religious doctrine
out of the process, making the fellowship spiritual and not religious,
therefore making it a coalition of religious persons for improving social and
economic issues in poor communities.
The BOC will meet on the first floor of our headquarters
once per month or more often if a special meeting is scheduled. Our decisions
and ideas are often exploited by the National Community Network, INC. The idea
is to create a coalition of religious persons, who purpose of congregation is
to deal with the community situations needing to be addressed. We believe in most matters of legitimate
concerns, we can find the funding to carryout corrective actions, if we get our
local clergy to join in a cooperative effort.
If the BOC endorses a program, activity or event, we believe
our 501 3 c will be to of great advance for all parties involved. Thereby creating revenue circulation, jobs
and social benefit to our community. The
Board of Clergy is a key component to our recruitment of people who just want
to give back to the community. We need as many tore givers as possible. We think it is imperative that we reach out
and offer inclusion to the religious community, though we are not a religious
organization.
The HIV/AIDS &
Human Rights Consortium:
Because this section of our organization is mainly about
communicating information to people for the purpose of social change and
accountability, this will always be of a nationwide scope. Currently we are
focusing on the East Coast and West Coast, mainly California, New York City ,
Florida and North Carolina, we plan to expand our services to other areas as
well.
It is our goal to inform to develop leaders via multimedia
who will recruit people and form active blocks that will understand the concept
of unity based on needs. Thereby
bringing together people who are different but for common causes. It doesn't
matter if you are black or white, straight or gay, educated or uneducated, rich
or poor, clean or dirty, drug free or active, God fearing or agnostic, it
really doesn't matter. What matters is that until their is equal justice for all,
there will never be peace of earth. And
we are peace makers!
The Volunteer
Redevelopment Workforce:
This is a group of volunteers at different capacities, from
assistance in advocating pro community issues, by just being in attendance to
support us at places we speak, when we want to voice our position concerning
community issues, to actual hands on volunteerism and labor in doing community
work and service.
The Food Kitchen
and Food Services:
We will serve meals out of our headquarters location, hold
BBQ's and other eating events in the Southside Redevelopment Area, give out
food pantries for special events and certain holidays and give out gift cards
for food during special events and holidays. We will attempt to open a full
time food kitchen to expand our services elsewhere in the future.
The Network
Newsletter:
The purpose of our newsletter is to promote our community,
attract investment into our community, inform the community about relevant and
contemporary issues, inform the community about what is going on in Highlands County
and Avon Park
The National
Community Network Website:
We will maintain our corporate website and will keep it up
to date. One form of technology that we
will implement that is different from many websites, is that we will on
occasion have our documents posted as mp-3 files, so that people can listen to
us instead of reading what we have to say. We think this will attract some of
the people we are trying to reach out to, by making it easier for people who do
not like to read and in some cases cannot read well due to a disability and/or
illiteracy which in our opinion is one form of a disability that has crippled
our community for generations and some people simply cannot see and are blind
and should be included in our forum and be informed as well about the
community.
The National Community Network
Computer Workstation
Center
Four Computers connected to one wireless printer and receive
wifi signals from our router upstairs. The computers are available to clients,
however due to tight scheduling unless it is program associated there is limit
availability because staff also relies on these computers to assist in the
performance of project oriented tasks.
General Needs and
Capital Improvements:
We need a one time grant for: a) one air conditioning 3 ton
condenser for our central AC unit already installed downstairs and b) two12,000
BTU window unit upstairs, a one time grant to put c) a fence around our
property to reduce loitering and prevent crime on our property a safety issue and d) a one time grant to
paint our building blue and e) funding to carryout our operations to include
utilities and salaries where necessary though we heavily depend on
volunteers. Though we operate with a
team of volunteers, we realize we need to find funding to pay them in the
future if we are to grow as well.
Public Benefit from
this Project:
Operation Solution and Response is designed to serve the
entire population of our community, through structural, economic and social
redevelopment, however our targeted audiences are the disadvantaged young
adults between the ages of 18 to 35+, our younger children, our senior citizens
and the underserved population or in other words people simply needing
help.
When we say disadvantaged young adults, we are describing
the young adult population who are often chronically unemployed often due to
several factors such as the lack of education and job skills, criminal records,
the lack of networks and connections, their residing in redlining districts,
lack of direction, hopelessness as well as other personal issues, to include
their psyche (mindset) in some cases as the result of being in a slum area too
long, economic related stress and trauma.
Because many poor people experience traumas too, but simply have no
medical coverage, especially in places like Florida
We believe that the young disadvantage adults are the
centerpieces of the redevelopment of any poor community and its future
growth. And they are the centerpiece to
the redevelopment of the Southside Redevelopment Area of Avon Park, FL. If we do not address their problems and their
issues, how can we help those we call our children who are strongly influenced
by them, if not under the care and supervision of our young adults? Because in reality our children we are
talking about our their children, who are often disadvantaged young adults.
The disadvantage young adults are often the parents of
today's troubled children and is next in line to lead our community. We are hopeless without them because we cannot
help our children without the support of the children's parents unless we
resort to mass institutionalizing, which we do when they grow up anyway, when
we send them to prison, because we failed them as children.
And we feel many of the answers we are searching for are
within the senior citizens in our community. Only good things can happen by
giving them a day which we call at the Blue Building
What Operation Solution and Response offers to the community
is hope through networking. OSR offers
the community a constant flow of information, social services support when in
need, community unity thru community activities and community leadership by
getting involved and by molding our leaders of tomorrow. The idea behind
Operation Solution & Response is that with the understanding that most poor
communities in America
It is our goal to make disadvantaged young adults who we
feel are a misunderstood population, understood and accepted by those whose
doors are shut or closed to them. We
want to be a pathway and a conduit to close
the chasms that prevents these disadvantage young adults from gaining
opportunities in furthering their education, employment and even intercommunity
social engagements with the rest of the Avon
Park , the State of Florida ,
America and world, which is
realistic with today's cyber technology for even the poor in America America
We believe our program can reduce crime and prevent recidivism, because we plan to attract the
leaders of tomorrow into our movement for social and economic redevelopment. We
understand the posse (gang) mentality of our youth today. We know that there a very few leaders and a
host of followers. And one of the main
problems in poor communities like ours
in Avon Park
and in Highlands County
Once Operation Solution and Response is fully functional, we
will act as a center of resources and information within the Southside
Redevelopment Area . By focusing on our
young disadvantage adults, while serving our children as their caretakers,
senior citizens and the underserved in our community, we will offer a
comprehensive program that can truly make a difference.
And the goal is for these plans to develop into autonomous
operations that will continue to operate until they are no longer needed. We
must design a platform to create achievers in our community. Because achievements are so important in
building up someone's self esteem, which will allow personal growth, which will
transcend into community improvements.
And self worth is the beginning of self sustaining independence. We want to restore hope in our community,
which is something many of our potential clients never knew, many never knew
hope in these tough economic times.
The closing:
In closing, we want to so our gratitude, by describing the backbone of our operation. Our workforce of volunteers:
The Volunteer Workforce Strategy:
It is our goal to operate at 100% volunteer capacity for the first year, after which we will readdress our economic position. It is our goal to operate at no more than 50% volunteer capacity in the future and for most paid positions to be part time positions, until we can afford full time personnel.
The strength of the National Community Network, INC., is our volunteers. The spirit of our network is in the heart of mankind. We are able to carryout our services, because of professionals whose services fall under our purposes and the caring individual volunteers.
Our strategy to convert some of these voluntary positions into paying positions is to tabulate all the hours worked by each volunteer weekly at a pay rate of about an average of about $15 per hour. This is probably more than we will actually be able to pay our volunteers next year who become paid employees. However our goal is to create living wage position for our employees.
By doing this it increases our revenue for the fiscal year. By increasing our revenue, when we go after larger grants that might help us create salary positions and therefore be able to get more money by having a larger budget the previous year. Because many Foundation Grants give you a grant based on a percentage of your previous budget. So in reality our employees will create their own jobs, by demonstrating a demand for their labor. Our job is simply to manage and manipulate their activities in a way as to create productivity. Productivity is the key to economic growth, which merely organized movements producing a positive outcome.
Short Term Success:
1: The setup of our system of communications to include our website, email newsletter, blogs and so forth.
2: Finding and recruiting the needed personnel to carryout "Operation Solution and Response."
3: Setting up the program design which consist of a) The role of the National
Community Network, The Board of Clergy, The Eagle Fellowship, the Volunteer
Redevelopment Workforce, do some Food Services - free meals and so forth, setup
the newsletter, website, setup computer stations and get the needed capital
investment necessary to make our headquarters fully functional.
4: By fiscal year 2016-17 have about 50% paid employee
capacity, by creating a demand for their labor as a result of their
volunteerism.
Long Term Success:
Once we succeeded in our short term goals, our long term goal will be create an autonomous system of operations, thereby creating a community that will no longer require these services. The long term goal is to eliminate, blight and slum communities and thereby removing the effects of poverty which is a plight community.
Success Monitored by:
1: We will keep a record of all donations from outside sources, to include grants and cash gifts. And we will keep a record of all charitable services we render to the community and our clients. This is not a direct measure of our successes, but a measure of our community activities, which so far has been limited. Records of revenue verse expenses and the size of our budget is sign of our activity levels.
2: Secondly, we will measure how much is cost us out of pocket, to continue to keep our door open and run our programs. A sign of success will be our ability to operate without the need of key staff member contributions. I think it is enough that we are an all volunteer organization at this time and should not have to fund all our work.
3: Early on, we will measure our successes by the amount of people we serve and the size of our budget in combination. Because we believe m any of our potential clients, are being underserved by local charities, due to the lack of knowledge as to what is available to them. So getting services to underserved populations is a measure of success.
4: As time passes however, we will start to measure our successes based on the property value of our communities of services, the crime rates, the illiteracy rates, the average income and rate of unemployment. Basally we will measure our successes based on local statistics on economics and social development in the areas we operate within.
Examples of Success:
1: A disadvantage young adult at age 31 years old, with 2 children ages 13 and 11, finds herself short on money to meet her bills. The 2 children are performing poorly in school and the home seems to be dysfunctional. The father's of these children are both convicted felons, without any marketable skills and therefore often miss payments of child support and do not take part in these children lives. They all reside in the Southside Redevelopment Area of Avon Park, FL., which has been determined blight, plight and slum.
A: As a result of Operation Solution and Response, immediately she is assisted with money to make her bills.
B: Her children receive assistance with books and supplies and even clothing for school.
C: They all receive access to information relevant to building better live for themselves and therefore building a better community.
The Key: When a person is hungry and not acting properly, first you must feed their hunger, so that they can pay attention to you. The key is what do you tell them once you gain their attention. The bottom line is most poor people simply want a better life and often do not know how to go about crating the environment to produce the fruits they want to harvest.
2: A business is behind on their taxes, struggling to make end meets, let alone making profits: The business needs renovations, because it is beginning to look blight. The business needs investment capital to expand it business as well.
A: Though advocacy and simply making things going on become knowledge that can be used the local businesses. We will make funding both government and private made know to our local businesses.
B: Though our program, we will promote that our local Avon Park Community Redevelopment Agency fulfill their obligation to expand business in the Southside Redevelopment Area and help our business owners with funding to create business plans for each business and a business model for the future development of the Southside Redevelopment Area of Avon Park, FL.
C: We plan to sponsor a petition to request that the Avon Park CRA and City Council agree to sell a municipal bond for the amount of $150,000 over 10 years, to use the money to renovate as opposed to demolish properties needing renovations. This will be use to match the current historical facade grant now available. The bond will be based on the legalization of medical marijuana in the State of
D: The business receives renovations through government and private grants, making it property more valuable and able to function at a higher profit margin. Even as we are in a redlining district, investment capital is found at competitive interest rates. The business turns a profit for several years, paying all its back taxes, further renovates its property, creates living wages for its workers and owners and crime is reduced in the area due to land owner contributions to community, because they cause to protect their investment worth protecting.
2: The NCN Thanksgiving Weekend Annual Events 2014 - Pages
18 -23
Ella Williams -
Thanksgiving Day Dinner Host: (Vice President)
1: Thanksgiving day
Dinner @ the Blue
Building Blue Building Avon
Park
John Moss (Director) and
Albert Moss (Secretary) - Black Friday Event - Games for Gifts Host:
2: Black Friday Event
Games for Gifts @ the Blue
Building
We have to search for a sponsors who will donate the needed
goods as a part of their annual services towards the needy and we can set a
criteria for who may participate based on the conditions of these grants, if
any restrictions exist. The idea is to
give kids who parents cannot afford to go shopping on Black Friday to have an
opportunity to enjoy the camaraderie of other children their ages, enjoy
refreshments, win gifts, watch cable television, listen music and we should
insure each and every child wins something worth at least $25. It's a day of
recreation and relaxation, with no strings attached.
NaQuila L. Hardy - (Promoter) Surviving in the Hood Presentation Host:
3: Surviving in the
Hood Presentation @ The Avon
Park Community
Center
To qualify for this grant event grant for $2,000 or less from
the City of Avon Park main Street CRA, this event must take place on Main Street Main Street Main Street Avon
Park Highlands
County
We will attempt to find a sponsor to pay for these artists
and/or sought after a donated performance in exchange for tax deductibility,
for their performance, which would therefore be revenue to our non profit
organization to be used in future grant proposals.
I think realistically we should be looking for a sponsor in
the area of about $10,000. I think we can start with people like Pepsi and
Coke, but who knows if presented properly the gates Foundation might find this
attraction a good way to gain our youth attention and be sponsors. In any case,
this is a real area of needed attention to make this event a sure success,
requiring last minute announcements for added excitement.
We need $550 be used for rent and to cover our $700 deposit for
both up and downstairs, with alcohol being served upstairs in an all adult environment with the children
downstairs.
A) Upstairs we want the 51-100 deal = We plan for about 50+
guest at this time subject to change if interest increases (w/tables) for $200,
plus alcohol served = Deposit of $700.
B) Downstairs we want 101-200 Guest for $350 = We plan for
about 150 guest and this can be changed, but I think for crowd control and
better insurance offers, we should go with 150 guest.
Total Rent = $550
We will hire Lil Italy Italian Restaurant who is located on Main Street Main Street
We will submit a grant at the Sebring Wal-Mart store based
on the same principles used in the Wal-Mart Avon Park Store to cover $2,500 for
food and solicit other companies that feed the hungry. Thereby allowing us to pay at least $3,000
for the catering services for the kids.
Plus we will search for other sponsors to make the event be
as enjoyable as possible. On the list of
ideas is live entertainment by a popular
artist downstairs for a one hour performance open only to all participants
of this event at closing. This would require searching for an artist willing to
support our agenda, in this case Disadvantaged Youth Development and AIDS/Crime
Prevention.
Total Food and Refreshments = $3,000 + $550 Rent + $700
Deposit that will be returned, for a total of $4,250 - $1,250 from the City -
$2,500 from Wal-Mart = $500 outstanding funds needed for food and refreshments.
Insurance: We cannot carryout this event without
insurance. Because we cannot afford to
pay for damages in that building due to an unforeseen riot or accident. Funds needed for insurance = $377.49
Renters Insurance: $134.25
Liquor Liability Insurance: $243.24
We will need to come up with insurance money and about $1,000
outstanding funds to carryout this function.
Program: Surviving in
the Hood Presentation
A: We will determine the proper hours to carryout this event
that would be during reasonable hours no later than 11 PM as an ending time for
the youth and by law for upstairs adults which is about 2 AM and perhaps an
after party for the performers and VIP.
B: We will update our database on all organizations and
professionals who are involved in the fields of practice and research in AIDS,
Education Grants and Programs, Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention, education and
treatment, Employment and job opportunities and other ideas are welcome.
C: We will sought after funding to carryout this event
through organizations such as The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the
Magic Johnson Foundation, with a scope of a comprehensive agenda towards
bringing AIDS research to Highlands
County
D: We will design a presentation that will help develop our
youth into better and more responsible and productive individuals, by teaching
them things in areas of AIDS/HIV facts verse myths, drug and alcohol abuse and
prevention, understanding education as a requirement for economic growth, crime
prevention techniques, avoid peer pressure and whatever we can put together
that will not require their attention span more past 2 hours and will deliver a
meaningful and comprehensive message they will want to remember and therefore
will remember and learn a lifelong lesson.
We know they are kids and we feel if we highjack them for two hours of
intense learning, they deserve at least that much time in recreational
activities. We think catered food and a
live performance would be a fair payoffs for their undivided attention for 2
hours of their time, which may save their lives.
E: Upstairs we want to invite community leaders in the non
profit and profit sector to both discuss a vision for our future Avon Park
F: Funding Source for Upstairs: This will require about $50
per individual to provide professional catering services at a minimum or at
least $2,500 to cover all costs.
Costs:
A) We need printed materials.
B) Business Class Refreshments
We will announce in advance of four week if possible our
Agenda of Discussion to be known prior to meeting date and time to assure total
inclusion and participation in these meetings.
This funding resources will have to come from grants that
are set aside to redevelop communities, create economic growth and we need
grants designated towards community unification and planning and Main Street
3: Funders: Pages 22 - 25
Potential Funders:
Local and Community Funders in Highlands County
The first year due our previous lack of revenue, we will go
after as many local charities as possible thru the retail establishment located
on State Highway 27 and then venture out to bigger charities and foundation
grants, once we establish a fiscal year with substantial revenue through the
services of our volunteer redevelopment workforce.
How cars are donated to charities. We wouldn't benefit from
this specific program, but this is an incentive to do a search on car
donations.
Community Improvement Projects
Home Improvements
Food and School Supplies for children and Families in need
Building communities and disaster relief
Education
Youth, homelessness and hunger
Hunger Relief
Education and community initiatives
Local Charities
Youth Charities , Healthcare and Hunger Relief
Financial support for Charities
13: Honda
Donations
Youth, Education and Technology
14: GM Foundation
Education, environment and energy and community development
15: JC Penny
Health and Welfare, Education, Arts and Culture
16: The Avon Park CRA: The CRA is supposed to be committed to the
redevelopment of the Southside Redevelopment Area of Avon Park. The program we
want to assist in is the Business Expansion program. Read the Avon Park
Redevelopment Plan for further information
We have until June 30th 2014 to apply for a foundation
Grant. We must apply 6 months in advance for major sponsorships and can ask for
Grassroots Gift Card Donations at anytime.
Sponsorships - Plan 6
months in advance
Foundation Grant - Deadline June 30th 2014
Grassroots Gift Card Donations - Directed at Store Director
Hunger Relief &
Healthy Eating: We will give away
Free Meals thru donations from Wal-Mart. We will select a predetermined amount
of food events for the year and use Wal-Mart to stock the food. We can go after local grants which are $250
to $2,500 and we should go after the high end of $2,500, thinking in terms of
each event costing an average of $500 or about a total of about 5 eating events
per calendar year sponsored by Wal-Mart. Other Wal-Mart initiatives are below.
The Community Services Block Grant Program (CSBG)
provides federal funds to designated local governments and non-profit
agencies called Community Action Agencies to assist eligible low-income
households in attaining the skills, knowledge and motivation necessary to
achieve self sufficiency. The agencies may provide a variety of
antipoverty services such as emergency health, food, housing, day care,
transportation assistance; housing counseling; financial management assistance;
nutrition programs including federal surplus food distribution, community
gardening projects, food banks, job counseling, placement and training
services, and homeless prevention programs.
Ninety percent of the Community Services Block Grant program
funds are allocated to the state's existing network of Community Action
Agencies. This is a formula based grant and is not competitive.
1: Omidyar Network:
When we come up with big ideas I think we should write them a proposal. They
fund major projects all over the world.
Omidyar
Network is an investment firm established in 2004 by eBay founder Pierre
Omidyar and his wife Pam. To date, Omidyar Network has committed more than
$290 million to for-profit
companies and nonprofit organizations that foster economic
advancement and encourage individual participation across multiple investment
areas, including microfinance, property
rights, government transparency and social
media.
They are a philanthropic investment firm. The Omidyar Network has 5 initiatives, which
are hyperlinked below to check for further information. I think we want to do
business with the Omidyar Network and they have no entrepreneurship programs in
the United States
They capital intermediaries and technology companies that
provide entrepreneurs with Financial Services, Business Development Assistance
and Technical Support. I think this is our fit in with them, if can provide
services for entrepreneurs with a program to, if our program creates
opportunities for people to improve their lives and make powerful lasting
contributions to our community.
(e) Property Rights:
The Gates Foundation might support our AIDS anthem idea, as
a means of AIDS prevention and awareness.
Maybe we will have to come up with politically correct lyrics. Like the Magic Johnson Foundation the Gates
Foundation serves where his factories or stores are at. The AIDS program is a global initiative.
The potential Funders list and
Operation Solution and Response will continually be updated to address our
needs and the needs of the community as they present themselves.
4: Recording Studio Music Project - Page 25:
We will advertise on our website and by word of mouth to
attract young talent, willing to donate their time and skills to produce a
socially relevant album, to attempt to reach out to out young adult and
youth. For our non profit organization
to promote and sell this album, it must be a non commercial project, meaning
our organization must own the copyrights and royalties.
The benefits to the artist include promotions of their music
giving them name recognition for future project, studio experience for those who
never experienced studio recording sessions, tax deduction based on sales and
earnings by our organization and the artist will have first shot at selling
these CD's to the public at a reasonable markup.
5: Promotion of Establishment of AIDS Research Facility -
Pages 25 - 28:
VA Response to Request & Full
Request is below
Dear Rev. Jones:
This is in response to your inquiry to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) dated July 23, 2014.
We have forwarded your inquiry to your regional office to address your statements. If additional information has been needed, you will be contacted.
Thank you for contacting us. If you have questions or need additional help with the information in our reply, please respond to this message or see our other contact information below.
Sincerely yours,
C. Boyd
National IRIS Response Center Manager
This is in response to your inquiry to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) dated July 23, 2014.
We have forwarded your inquiry to your regional office to address your statements. If additional information has been needed, you will be contacted.
Thank you for contacting us. If you have questions or need additional help with the information in our reply, please respond to this message or see our other contact information below.
Sincerely yours,
C. Boyd
National IRIS Response Center Manager
The Request:
Rev. Frank Paul Jones aka Apostle Paul Castellano
Date: 12 August 2014
1: I want my
blood tested against the AIDS/HIV Virus.
What you will find is my blood fights off the virus, which is the key to
finding a cure.
The people I
informed to create financial interest:
A: The Bill and Melinda Gate Foundation
B: The Magic Johnson Foundation
C: amfar - Foundation for AIDS Research
D: Oprah Winfrey
This will force at least a consideration as to my creating
the AIDS virus during the winter of 1976-77.
And at a minimum it will require an AIDS Research Facility placed in Highlands County
2: Please confirm
or disproved that I performed the first successful testicle transplant in 1969
at age 10. I caused Tyler Brooks to lose
both his testicles due to a bicycle accident.
Then my mother instructed me to correct it. I place one of Richard Starks testicles into
his first cousin Tyler Brooks. The proof
is the DNA of Tyler Brooks one testicle is of Richard Starks and the level of
healing process will determine when it was done. They are both from the
Queensbridge Projects and should be easily to locate.
Richard Starks was raised in 41-01 10th street
Tyler Brooks was raise on the 41st Avenue Vernon Blvd 10th street
What this will proves is that at about age of 10, I was
about 32 years ahead of mankind in medical technology sector. Mankind did not accomplish a successful
testicle transplant that produced a child until 2001. This not only proves I am the wisest man in
the world at 10 years old, but that I may even be as much as 100 years advanced
mankind in technological intelligence.
This brings to question what else have I done since age 11 to 55.
Also this brings into question as to what my capacity and
security level were while in the military. It brings in to concern our national
security, because you would have to assume that if I am the wisest man on
earth, there could not have been anyone in the military or scientific community
would could have been more competent on nation al security issues or weapons
technology and design. Therefore you
would have to at least give me the benefit of the doubt or a preponderance of
evidence that I really designed Star Wars Technology during my enlistment
between 1981-84. That was my mission.
This make sense of something that made my case not
considerable. The basis of consideration
is in this paragraph.
Excerpt
from my appeal:
Finally, the parties to the appeal agreed that the
probative value of an
undated
clinical record must be specifically considered in the adjudication of the
Veteran's
claims. This clinical record demonstrated that the Veteran "reported having his first
delusional/psychotic experience involving ideation of world conflict destruction
in
connection with viewing maps during a war game" while
in Germany
record also indicated that the examiner stated that "there is some indication that
[the
Veteran] had at least one delusional episode in the early 1980s while in the service."
The key code is "World Destruction," being a
conclusion by a Sp. 4 based on a war
game. A Spec. 4 Fire support Specialist
reads maps dealing with local geographical areas. This is to adjust artillery
and light air support. And has nothing
to do with a world tactical view concerning our national defense.
If you find I am the cure to AIDS and transplanted those
testicles, these are things outside Pentagon
classifications and need not their verification. We have three living
human beings that require tests, being I, Richard Starks and Tyler Brooks. You would have to assume when I tell you
this. I designed the nuclear umbrella and proved I could override the system
and caused total destruction, because nothing I create will allow them to use
it against me.
I understand I have a daughter her name is Keba and she has
7 children and never received a dime of any type of support from me or the
government in behalf of me and I am an America America
This is to establish my insanity defense, not solely or at
all based on delusions which may be of national security decision, but the real
reason for my insanity defense is the nature of my duties. For example when I
went AWOL I had to be in New York City United States
6: Dinners & Fund Raisers - Page 28:
We will sell breakfasts, lunch and dinners to raise money to
help pay monthly expenses until we begin our programs. Thereby
making it possible to focus on searching for grants and other funding to
carryout our programs.
7: Promotion and Updates on the Legalization of Marijuana in
the State of Florida
We will blog at least once a week on the issue and make
relevant information available to the general public as to what they need to
know to make the right decision on election day in Florida
Thank you,
Rev. Frank Paul Jones aka Apostle Paul Castellano
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