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Black Dress Benevolence Society
We are happy to welcome you to Black Dress Benevolence Society web site. This site is under construction and we ask you excuse the tools and equipment lying around. While you are here, please read about our organization and the work we do. Over the coming months we will be working to complete the building process while providing updates and information about projects Black Dress Benevolence Society will be sponsoring for 2007.
OUR MISSION
To serve the working low-income and disenfranchised of our communities who do not qualify for assistance services and programs in place through other sources; to encourage, educate, empower, and equip them for the challenges of striving toward and gaining personal independence.
A LITTLE ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION
We are a community service minded organization whose focus is on the working low-income households in our communities. Our work includes sponsoring subsidies or grants for childcare of infants and preschool age children of working low income households, to assist those in need of transportation to and from work or to interviews to secure employment by providing public transportation passes to qualified recipients, the purchase and distribution of personal care and hygiene products, the purchase and donation of non-perishable food item to keep food pantries stocked, and an annual grant to a disenfranchised person to provide up to two years of career training in the medical, dental or business computing field to provide the skills needed to become self-supporting and independent, and many other projects.
These programs are supported by the sale of the cookbooks Black Dress Benevolence Society publishes each year. We publish up to 18 different cookbook titles every 12 months between January and December. Our lovely three-ring bound cookbooks are durable, packed with between 400 and 800 recipes per title,are a great additon to your cookbook collection, and make wonderful gifts for any occasion.
We publish basic cooking recipe collections as well as gourmet and specialty collections such as Holiday Baking, Let Them Eat Cake! and Pies, Pies, Pies! We are always in search of new favorites to include in all our collections.
From this page you may contact us to submit up to four your favorite recipes per cookbook title planned for publication for 2007.Those who wish to submit their favorite recipes should go to www.fundcraft.com and scroll down to the bottom right corner of the page for log in. Type in 24082-06GC for your Web I.D. and click Log In. No password is needed. Click Post Recipe. Type in your recipe(s)according to the format. Proofread to be sure you have included all ingredients and method instructions. Use spell check feature for spelling accuracy. Click Submit when you are satisfied with your submission. Note that the format does not accept cut and paste text. You must type in the information. If you prefer to have us type it for you, simply email the recipe and your name as you wish it to appear beneath your recipe in the cookbook.
You may also contact us regarding memebership in Black Dress Benevolence Society as well as making a donation and reading about current events and upcoming releases from the organization and its members.
CURRENT EVENTS
Currently we are planning our giving budgets for the projects we have selected to sponsor, setting our production goals, and deciding titles for our new editions for 2007.
We are also sponsoring our first membership drive beginning November 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006. Membership applications are available to be sent via email or fax. Contact us with your current email address to receive your application and membership information kit.
We are accepting advertisements from merchants and boosters to be included in any of our 14 different 2007 editions. We offer 12 pages of advertising per cookbook to be published with ads ranging from full page to one eigth of a page. Contact us for a current advertising price list.
Gift Certificates and pre-print orders are available from any Black Dress member or through this website at 15% discount off after print pricing. Send a blank email for a list of titles and pricing and print dates. Pre-print ordering instructions will be sent with title list.
We are also seeking persons to fill several volunteer and three key administrative positions. These are entry level positions with opportunity for advancement for talented candidates. Contact Sherry Blalock for more information about these positions.
Thank you for visitng our web page. Please sign our guest book before you leave (coming soon- in the meantime, we'd love to hear from you via email.) We invite you to contact us with your stories of activities in your area to assist in need families and singles, to nominate a family for assistance or to encourage us in our work and we hope you will visit often to see what we are doing in your neighborhood.
Don't forget to stop by and submit your recipes at www.fundcraft.com and to reserve your advance copy of our first release for 2007, CELEBRATE LIFE.
Send E-Mail to: bdbenevsoc@pier23.com
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