Continuing the updayton Entrepreneur Series with Mike-Sell’s – A Dayton Original (and a might-tasty chip indeed)!
About Yvette Kelly-Fields
Yvette Kelly-Fields is a nonprofit and fund raising executive with 14 years of experience developing and improving program and fund development operations that produce sustainable agency income and program growth. Currently, she serves as the part-time Executive Director for updayton while also managing a grant writing and resources development consulting business. Prior to her current endeavors, she worked in the capacity of a program manager and director of development for Central State University, St. Joseph Children’s Treatment Center and the Dayton Urban League. She holds the distinction of a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) and has her certification in Fund Raising Management from the Indiana University’s Center on Philanthropy.
First Friday Scavenger Hunt – Holiday Edition
Participate in updayton’s First Friday Scavenger Hunt! Visit three of the five locations below on Friday, December 2nd (or before if you’d like), find the answer to the listed clue, and snap a photo of yourself with it. The three photos are your ticket to the Hunt after party (110 W. 5th St.), which goes… (continue…)
Change in Dayton is happening!
Things in Dayton are looking up. Hiring, although slowly, is on the rise (New jobs, tax revenues show region stabilizing, Dayton Daily News, March 25, 2011). Home ownership is up. Nightlife downtown, particularly in areas like the Oregon District, is lively and vibrant. These small yet noticeable changes are the direct result of the individual… (continue…)
I Will Stay In Dayton If….
In a recent article on CNBC.com (March 23), Bert Sperling, known for his expertise on best places to live, eat and retire (just to name a few), shared some wonderful insight on where he sees Dayton in the near future. He comments that, “Dayton’s industrial heritage is transitioning to today’s new technologies;” he believes the… (continue…)
A Window of Opportunity To Change Lives
This coming Monday April 4, Linda Vista, Inc. is hosting its 2011 Window of Opportunity Luncheon at 12:00 noon at the Holiday Inn, 2800 Presidential Drive. The Mistress of Ceremonies will be local television personality Marsha Bonhart. Featured speakers include the Honorable Barbara Gorman of Montgomery County Common Pleas Court and Amos Otis, President of… (continue…)
Summit offers opportunity to grow professionally and personally
Updayton has opened registration for this year’s Young Creatives Summit. Since 2009, this annual event has brought hundreds of young people together to discuss and craft initiatives in response to the economic and societal issues facing Dayton. This year brings a strengthening of the core mission to give young people a say in the future… (continue…)
Fairy Godmothers wanted!
Going to the Senior Prom is the highlight of mostly every student’s high school experience, especially for girls. There is nothing more fun for girlfriends to do then to going shopping for dresses made of chiffon, sequins and rhinestone jewels and then go looking all around town or out of town for the perfect shoes… (continue…)
Make A Wish Come True
All around the Miami Valley, it is truly beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Pine cones wreaths and white lights line the streets of many neighborhoods. Restaurants, retailers and gathering places are bustling with activity in preparation of the crowds that will come for the holiday parties and the early bird promotions. For the… (continue…)
Join The Fight Against World Hunger
How many times have you come home, ravenously hungry, opened the refrigerator door, did a quick once over, saw only a fridge full of food that need to be cooked and declared to yourself, “There is nothing to eat!” Now, imagine that scene again, but this time there is little to no food to be… (continue…)
