Children's Aid Society: One organization, many partners

The age-old saying, "It takes a village to raise a child", never gets old at Community Optimization, and it certainly doesn't at the Children's Aid Society. The Children's Aid Society is known as an organization that "helps children in poverty to succeed and thrive." How do they do it? They've managed to create a village with numerous partners that help them provide services ranging from legal advocacy to after-school and family programs to name a few. To learn more about the work that the Children's Aid Society does, visit their website http://www.childrensaidsociety.org/.

As has been said before on Community Optimization, partnerships create "villages." "Villages" work because the people in them support each other. Likewise, the Children's Aid Society gets around children and families and gives them the support they need. A "village" more proof that the problems of society cannot be solved alone. A problem's complexities require engaging many strengths amongst many sectors.

Community Optimization launches two new services to help communities through the power of partnerships

Starting January 9, 2012, Community Optimization is launching two new services - Community Partnership Cache and Partner:Match.

Community Partnership Cache
Need ideas for community-benefiting partnerships that your organization or company can engage in? Contact us at communityopt@gmail.com or on Twitter @CommunityOpt.

Partner:Match
Already have an idea for partnerships and need partners? The Partner:Match service helps match companies and organizations that are looking to engage in community-benefiting partnerships. Simply contact Community Optimization at communityopt@gmail.com or on Twitter @CommunityOpt and indicate:

    1. Type of organization (e.g. nonprofit, company, school) you are hoping to engage in a partnership
        with.

    and/or  

    2. Type of initiative(s) you are seeking partnerships for.