[July 30, 2007]
IFMA’s World Workplace Online Marketing Kit Reminder
World Workplace marketing kits for your chapter are now available on our Web site at www.ifma.org. You can access these materials by logging in to our members only section on the Web site and clicking on chapter and council leader resources. These materials are great to use for presentations and distribution at your meetings, for advertising in your online and print newsletters, for posting on your Web sites and for personally inviting your members to join you in New Orleans. The kit includes many materials including:
Ads
Logos
Fliers
PowerPoint Presentations
Article template
Invitations

[July 30, 2007]
Helping New Orleans
The IFMA Foundation has committed to organize a volunteer rebuild project while in New Orleans for IFMA's World Workplace 2007 Conference & Expo, Oct. 24-26. The volunteer project will take place Saturday, Oct. 27, following the conclusion of World Workplace. The IFMA Foundation is currently working with several agencies to determine which project will be undertaken.

Please consider extending your stay in New Orleans an additional day and volunteer to be part of this effort. Everyone is welcome. We hope to make a meaningful contribution to the city and people who are so graciously hosting us.

By staying an additional day you will be making a positive economic impact on the city, while also making helping make critically needed repairs to the chosen facility. The IFMA Foundation is in discussions with various city and municipal representatives in an effort to identify a school, hospital or fire station that needs the type of repair that we will be able to deliver. Updated information will be made available through the IFMA communication channels and the World Workplace Web site. If you have any questions, please contact Will Rub, - IFMA Foundation Executive Director at william.rub@ifma.org  or 713-623-4362, ext. 158.

Other Volunteer Options
Since Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, the metropolitan New Orleans community has been the beneficiary of an incredible outpouring of support from visitors to New Orleans. IFMA's chapters and councils have shown incredible generosity in offering of their time, talent, and a great deal of elbow grease, helping various community organizations throughout the world. Now they have an opportunity to help the city of New Orleans in its recovery and restoration. To organize a project for your chapter or council, please visit http://www.neworleanscvb.com/docs/VolunteerOpportunities_1.pdf  for a list of charitable organizations that need your help.