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Recent Client
Achievements
We are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of
the following initiatives:
A $4.1 million campaign for the
Lewes Canalfront Park. Campaign co-chairs Joe
and Debbie Schell and Dennis Forney and
Mayor Jim Ford played key roles in this exciting
30-month undertaking. The Park dedication took place on
June 2, featuring speeches by Gov. Minner and Rep.
Castle. Horizon continues to assist with the final
“Village Green” phase of the project, a $1.6 million
campaign.
A $4.9 million capital campaign for the
Boys & Girls Club of Annapolis, now operating
out of their impressive new 22,800 square foot facility
at the former Wiley Bates High School. . .
congratulations to Associates Bess Freedlander
& Lauren Maddox, and to campaign volunteers
Pete Ponne, Wayne and Valerie Rogers, Jeanine Wayson,
Katherine Mandrin and Frank Chaney for their
outstanding leadership
A $1.2 million campaign on behalf of
Talbot County Public Schools, to provide a
laptop computer to every student in grades 9 -12.
Superintendent Dr. Karen B. Salmon’s community
leadership council included Breene M. Kerr, chair
of the Grayce B. Kerr Fund, which made the initial grant
to help launch the laptop program. Liz Freedlander
was the lead consultant for this effort.
A two-year fundraising effort for the
Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake to help renovate
their camps in Northern Delaware and on the Eastern
Shore. Horizon provided counsel to their major gift
committee in Wilmington led by Sally Gore and
Larry Gehrke, and associate Henri LaMotte managed a
fundraising effort in Maryland’s mid-shore area,
co-chaired by Hope Harrington and Amy Schisler.
In Waldorf, MD Horizon Associate Lauren Maddox
oversaw the successful launch of the Community
Foundation of Charles County. This assignment
involved a feasibility study, recruiting the founding
board of directors, identifying three years of operating
funds and hiring the foundation's first Executive
Director.
We were pleased to recently place a highly qualified
development professional with client
Delaware Technical & Community College – Mark
Lally, former Sussex County Director for Sen. Tom
Carper (D-DE) began his new assignment this summer.
Associate Lauren Maddox is the lead consultant on a
major fund raising initiative to build a new facility
for the Lighthouse Shelter in Annapolis. LHS is the only
year-round shelter for both individuals and homeless
families in Annapolis and Anne Arundel County.
New Client
Assignments
Our newest client, the
Delmarva Christian High School (Georgetown,
DE), requires a broad range of marketing communication
and development programming. We are proud to have been
chosen to assist this remarkable institution, which is
one of the finest private schools on the east coast.
Horizon was recently retained by the board of The
Columbia Foundation (Columbia, MD) to oversee
the recruitment of their new president/CEO, who replace
retiring longtime exec Barbara Lawson.
Horizon is working closely
with the board of the
Greater Lewes Foundation on an ambitious “Future
Scan” effort in which GLF will help anticipate
challenges facing Lewes by the year 2017. We are also
helping the Cape Henlopen Educational Foundation,
a GLF fund, become established.
After having assisted client La Esperanza
with their very successful 10-year anniversary Gala, we
recently sent their 2006 annual report to the printer
and are now helping them with a significant land
donation.
We are privileged to be working with ING Direct,
the nation’s largest Internet bank, to help structure
their corporate giving activities and develop a model
program, Kid$ave, to encourage savings among
lower income youth. CEO and President Arkadi Kuhlmann
is leading company efforts to focus national attention
on the importance of savings. Communities in Schools
is an important partner in the Kid$ave
initiative.
New clients in Milford, DE include the
Milford Public Library, where Horizon is leading
a $3.5 million capital campaign to double the existing
facility, with the help of associate Peggy Reilly
and campaign leaders Kay Hudson, David Burton
and Richard Johnson.
Also,
MHDC (Milford Housing Development Corp.), the
region’s largest provider of affordable housing, has
contracted with Horizon to conduct new branding
activities, including public relations, event
coordination, an annual report, logo and other
materials; and to help create their first Development
Council and department.
Our 2006 planning efforts on behalf of the
University of Delaware’s College of Marine and Earth
Studies will soon result in the launch of an
important new “Marine Fellows” program this fall,
working closely with College Dean Nancy Targett.
Community Legal Aid Services has retained
Horizon to design and launch a capital effort to cover
costs of acquiring and renovating their new Sussex
County offices in Georgetown, DE.
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