In recognition of Volunteer Month
April 13, 2012

The New Mexico Commission For Community Volunteerism would like to invite you to participate as an exhibitor in the 14th Annual Governor’s Spotlight on Volunteers Conference to be held on April 13, 2012 at the Marriott Albuquerque Pyramid North, from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm.

By exhibiting at this event, your organization will be provided the opportunity to speak with over 800 volunteers and you will also be supporting the New Mexico Commission For Community Volunteerism, which provides programmatic and financial support to the Volunteer programs throughout the state. Volunteers will begin to arrive at 7:30am and workshops will begin at 9:15am, therefore, you will have a large audience for 1 and ½ hours before introductions. There will be crowds during the breaks and also for ½ hour before and after lunch.

Please complete and submit the Exhibitor’s Booth Registration form. Due to limited space, we will honor registrations on a first come first serve basis. We would also encourage your organization to provide “giveaways” and/or door prize registration opportunities as it draws the attention of our audience.

Booth fee is $150.00 (8' x 8' booth) which includes one (1) table with skirting, two (2) chairs  and two (2) breakfast and lunch tickets.  Please note that electrical cords are not provided.

Read more: Spotlight Awards Exhibitor Information

In recognition of Volunteer Month
April 13, 2012

• $1000 Gold sponsorship
  • Large logo and tag line on banner as Gold Sponsor, top line
  • Logo on the Commission's Website for one year, with link to your website
  • Business name mentioned as top sponsor in all media releases and emails
  • Business name mentioned by Master of Ceremonies as top sponsor
  • Table to display information at entrance and inside

• $500 Silver sponsorship
  • Medium sized logo and on banner as Silver Sponsor
  • Logo on Commission's Website for 6 months
  • Thank you to company in newsletter
  • Business name mentioned in all media releases and emails

• $300 level Bronze sponsorship
  • Logo on banner as bronze Sponsor
  • Business name mentioned in emails, press releases

Contact Barbara Dennis at 505 292 2033 for more information or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

CNCS with the assistance of JBS International will be offering a series of 11 webinars designed for current AmeriCorps grantees and their sub grantees. Although the webinars are organized by focus area, each will present similar core content. As grantees and their subs are halfway through the program year, the webinars are designed to provide actionable information which will allow programs to revisit their data collection tools and systems to make sure they are collecting appropriate outcome data. These initial webinars are the precursors to more advanced data collection and aggregation information which will be available to grantees before the beginning of the 2012-2013 program year.

National program staff (and any sub grantees, as desired) should register for one of the webinars specific to their focus area. State service commission staff should register for at least one focus area relevant to their portfolio to insure exposure to the core content. However, state sub grantees may be invited by their commission to attend whichever session is most relevant to their programs' focus area, regardless of whether commission staff are able to be in attendance on that specific webinar.

Read more: Data Collection and Aggregation: Tips and Strategies Webinars

It is once again time to nominate your colleagues for the Lifetime Achievement Award, Volunteer Award as well as many other awards. Each year we go through a rigorous agenda choosing individuals who represent the best of New Mexico.

Individuals and groups throughout New Mexico deserve to be recognized for outstanding service. For this reason, various service awards are given to spotlight those who are making volunteering a part of their life.

Please take a moment now to nominate someone you feel should be recognized at the 14th Annual Spotlight on Volunteers Conference to be held on April 13, 2012 at the Marriott Albuquerque Pyramid North. Let their light shine as a beacon to others who may not realize that they, too, have a gift to share. As we help one another, we all grow stronger.

Thank you for taking the time to publicly thank others. Each nominee will receive a Certificate of Appreciation. If you have any questions, please call the New Mexico Commission for Community Volunteerism at (505) 841-4837.

To submit a nomination, please download the application and provide to NMCCV no later than April 2, 2012.

January 11-13, 2012, Hotel Albuquerque

The 19th Annual Children’s Law Institute is a conference for Judges, child protective services workers, attorneys ,juvenile probation officers and individuals from a wide variety of service areas. The theme of the 2012 conference was “Community Matters”. This theme provided a timely opportunity for the New Mexico Commission for Community Volunteerism to share information with conference attendees about our work in the community. The complexities of meeting the needs for families and children are risk are significant. The NMCCV is proud of New Mexico’s AMERICORPS programs and utilized the CLI as an avenue to recruit for members. The photos are of two young adults who are carrying the banner for the National Community Conservation Corps(NCCC). The NCCC is a viable option for youth aging out of the foster care system or with a history in the delinquency courts. The program provides training, a living stipend and 10 months of travel to destinations in need of disaster relief. Our young ambassadors represented the NMCCV well and generated interest for NCCC amongst the conference attendees. The NMCCV believes that “COMMUNITY MATTERS’, indeed it matters a lot.

Read more: 2012 Children's Law Institute: Community Matters