Before working with Every Neighborhood Partnership (ENP), Sheng Xiong says she felt she was at her lowest point in life. Her job at a fast food restaurant made it difficult for her to balance her college and work responsibilities.
When Sheng received a message to her Fresno State email about an opportunity to work with elementary-aged kids through ENP, “it felt like fate.”
Ashley GoldsmithWorking with Elementary Kids Changed This College Student’s Life
From October 4th-7th, 10 people from the ENP team went to Cincinnati for the Christian Community Development Association National Conference. This year’s theme was “Embrace,” as we explored embracing love, truth, righteousness, and peace alongside other Christian community development practitioners. We heard from dynamic speakers, bonded as a team, networked with others from Fresno and around the country, and learned practical tips from others serving in similar contexts.
Gabrielle PicenoEmbrace: CCDA National Conference Reflections
ENP is hiring a part-time Book keeper to support our Associate Director.
We are looking for a skilled Bookkeeper to maintain our financial records including purchases, sales, receipts and payments. This role works closely with our Associate Director to create and analyze financial reports and ensure legal requirements compliance, process accounts payable and receivable and manage invoices and tax payments.
Our ideal candidate has at least two years of bookkeeping experience and is familiar with accounting software packages, like QuickBooks or Aplos.
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:
Works 20 Hours
Remote Work Option After Orientation Phase
Record day to day financial transactions in accounting software; Aplos
Verify that transactions are recorded to the correct account, fund, and donor
Make weekly bank deposits and file digital records accordingly
Record and process weekly payments to Vendors
Maintain vendor records
Manage the bill payment and staff reimbursement systems
Utilize Asana to organize, track, and update tasks
Assist in year-end budget planning and tax preparations
Assist in creating financial and HR systems as led by the Associate Director
This year, Every Neighborhood Partnership (ENP) is celebrating our 15-year anniversary.
As we reflect on the incredible people who have helped us grow, clarified our vision, and partnered with us since the beginning, there aren’t adequate words to express our gratitude. So we’re going to let these thoughts from the ENP team and our partners say it all.
Ashley GoldsmithWhat does 15-years of partnership look like?
I am back. You may not have known, but I took a 9-week sabbatical. Wanted to share publically a couple of reflections, learning lessons, and some takeaways.
General Reflections:
Just want to start off with a big thank you. This sabbatical could only be possible because of the staff, board, and community that supports ENP. This is a new practice for us as an organization and the first time for me. Because of such a professional, knowledgeable, and trustworthy staff, I could leave knowing that things would be handled. Thank you.
The 1 sentence summary is… that I had a lot of fun with my family, deepened the focus on my marriage, learned more about myself, and put into place some spiritual practices that can help anchor me in the next season of work at ENP and life in general.
“Most of us are more tired than we know at the soul level. We are teetering on the brink of dangerous exhaustion, and we cannot do anything else until we have gotten some rest…we can’t really engage [any spiritual disciplines] until solitude becomes a place of rest for us rather than another place for human striving and hard work.” ― Ruth Haley Barton, Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation
If you email me from Thursday, June 15th till Monday, August 21st, you will get an away message.
GO Public Schools Fresno has released their 3rd and final report, titled Are The Kids Alright? In this report, they document academic achievement, equity and inequity, behavioral health, and how we move forward as a city for our kids.
Every Neighborhood Partnership is proud of to be highlighted in the report as a crucial and vital part of student’s academic and behavioral health recovery from COVID-19.
“Every Neighborhood Partnership has seen consistent growth with students who participate in their literacy tutoring [programs]….There is a clear benefit to enrolling students in this type of program.”
GO Public Schools Fresno
Read the rest of the report to hear a comprehensive understanding of the current state of Fresno schools in 2023.
