Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission offers Free In-Kind Donations Workshop

Volunteers and staff of non-profit organizations are invited to attend a professional development workshop on in-kind donations presented by The Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission on September 14, 2017, at the historic Hunterdon County Courthouse, 71 Main Street, Flemington, NJ 08822.

Pat Bohse, President of Bohse & Associates, a management consulting firm based in New Jersey for the past 28 years, will lead the workshop and demonstrate how to secure, document and leverage in-kind donations. An in-kind donation is any non-cash contribution that can be given cash value: labor, products, or services for which the organization would normally have to pay. Two sessions of the program are available – the first takes place from 1:30 – 4:00pm. The second session (a repeat of the first) takes place from 6:00 – 8:30pm. The workshop is free, but preregistration is required; to register, please contact cultural@co.hunterdon.nj.us or call the Commission offices at (908) 237-2010.

Ninety percent of the nonprofits that benefit from in-kind support do not document these contributions, which can be used to match government and private funds, and to leverage additional funding. Learning objectives in this workshop include: understanding in-kind donations as a funding opportunity, establishing policies and procedures for handling in-kind donations, and developing wish lists and resources to help obtain in-kind donations.

Pat Bohse serves on the Board of Directors for National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs (NANASP) in Washington, DC. She is a nationally recognized speaker, a member of the National Speakers Association, and an adjunct professor for Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, NJ. She is the Executive Director of SCAN (Senior Community Activities Network), a notfor-profit in Eatontown, NJ. She provides consulting services related to various aspects of nonprofit management.

The historic courthouse is an accessible location; please contact Carrie Fellows cultural@co.hunterdon.nj.us or (908) 237-2010 if you need an accommodation. Accessible parking is available in the lot behind the county administration building and historic courthouse.

The Hunterdon County Cultural and Heritage Commission supports and develops programs to promote interest and participation in and understanding of local arts, culture, history and historic events. The Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission received an operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State, and from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. To learn more about the Commission’s programs and activities, please visit www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/depts/c&h/c&h.htm or find us on Facebook.