2011 A Year in Review Annual Banquet (October 20)

“The way of the world is meeting people through other people.”

Robert Kerrigan

PROGRAM

6:00-7:00 Networking and book sales

7:00-8:00 Dinner

8:00-9:00 Officers’ Reports

Keynote Speaker: A speaker from Dog Ear Publishing

9:00-9:15 Book sales

9:15-10:30 Emcee, Open Mic, etc.

2011 A Year in Review (June 25)

Come one come all to Summer’s call!

Indiana Writers’ Consortium

Is having a picnic for one and all

Bring all your friends and we’ll have a ball

Writer or reader we gather together

No matter the weather

When: June 25, 2011

Where: The Spencer House

Lowell

2011 A Year in Review (April 20)

The attire was festive and the smiles were broad on April 20 as IWC awarded Crown Point's Lake Street School's K-5 grade poetry winners with "Power of Poetry" medallions, a magazine of winning poems, and monetory gifts.

The PoPP project, which was funded by the Crown Point Community Foundation and

other private donors, is the first in a series of projects sponsored by Indiana Writers' Consortium's Writing to Succeed initiative.

Writing to Succeed recognizes the importance of literacy and creativity in a child's academic success.

Lake Street Principal Deb Ciochina

enthusiastically partnered the project, and worked with IWC during the eight month time frame during which IWC volunteers

crafted materials and handouts as teacher resources as well as visited each classroom to discuss poetry.

After teacher instruction and parent guidance, over 91% of the students participated in the contest. Awards were distributed recently, during the school's first annual Lyceum (an arts celebration) and ended with snacks and poetry.

Founded in 2007, the Indiana Writers' Consortium's mission is to inspire, network, unite and support Indiana's Creative Writers.

Kindergarten

1st Grade

2nd Grade

3rd Grade

4th Grade

5th Grade

Special Award

Poetry Readings were held in the school Library:

2010 -- A year in review (November 4)

PoPP is the first in a possible series of projects under a program called: Writing to Succeed - Fostering Creativity through Poetry. The purpose of PoPP is to build creativity that powers imagination and therefore prepares children for the challenges of the 21st Century.

As a result of donations from: The Crown Point Community Foundation, Write-on Hoosiers, Magic Hour Writers, personal donations from members of IWC and the general public, the IWC pilot project: Power of Poetry Project (PoPP) became a reality.

Through the cooperation of Crown Point's Lake Street School principal and staff, arrangements were made possible for four IWC members to visit the teachers and 370 students at the K-5 elementary school in November.







Many thanks goes out to Katherine Flotz, Sharon Palmeri, Judy Whitcomb and Jackie Huppenthal, who shared their enthusiasm and knowledge of poetry to help the children foster and build skills that will strengthen creativity and develop poetry appreciation.

2010 -- A year in review (November 3)

Indiana Writers' Consortium participated
in the 2010 Great Lakes Award Initiative
sponsored by:

The Legacy Foundation
(Lake County’s Community Foundation)

Above, left to right:
Kathryn Page Camp, Sharon Palmeri, Katherine Flotz

This year Indiana Writers' Consortium was selected to participate in the Great Lakes Award Initiative Program for non profit organizations.

The program, which ran between April and September, consisted of seven training workshops on topics which included: Strategy, Fund-raising, Clarity, Roles, Accountability and Resources.

The Great Lake Award Initiative focuses on flexibility and perfecting the roles that each of us play in creating and sustaining robust nonprofit organizations.

Members who participated in the program were: Kathryn Page Camp, Katherine Flotz, Janine Harrison, Sharon Palmeri and Judy Whitcomb.

The photos on this page were taken and shared with us by the Legacy Foundation at the November 3, 2010 Legacy Foundation's Annual Community Reception.

Kathryn Page Camp explains the mission of IWC

Legacy Foundation at the 2010 Annual Community Reception on November 3
First row, second person: Sharon Palmeri joins the GLAI participants

2010 -- A year in review (October)

The Road to Publishing Banquet
Second Annual Banquet and Writers Panel
was held on October 28, 2010 at
Strongbow Inn, Valparaiso, Indiana



(above) Several tables were set up for authors. Picture is Sandra Tooley







(Above) Pre-dinner networking




Outgoing President Sharon Palmeri recaps the history of IWC from 2007-present




Left to right: Kathryn Page Camp served as moderator; next to Kathryn are authors Katherine Flotz, Peggy Archer, Michael Poore, Cynthia Echterling, and Kate Collins


Below are readers from the poetry slam that followed the banquet



(above) Michael Poore



Gordon Stamper



Ken Alexander



Heather Stamper