A Party for John Sasso

At the close of the Winter Meeting, on January 29, 2000, NCDA will host a retirement celebration for John Sasso. This event will recognize the outstanding contribution of 30 years of service to the National Community Development Association, and to the field of community development.

NCDA's staff wants to make this event very special and inclusive. We want to include John's friends, and colleagues, video clips and photos of his experiences with you. For this we need your help. We need you to tell us about your relationships with John. We want to make this celebration a type of "this is your life John Sasso" as seen through the eyes of those who have come to know and love him.

We are putting together a full-color memorabilia book, to include tributes, well wishes, and photos from member communities, friends, colleagues, and individuals. We would like to market the memorabilia book as a "Best Practices" document for the membership. When members highlight their experiences with John, they should point out how he and NCDA have been helpful in working out the funding, design and overall implementation of a project or a program. Providing this type of "Best Practice" approach by way of the memorabilia book passes along valuable project information to the membership, and it also makes sponsorship in the book a CDBG eligible expense.

Everyone attending the event will receive a copy. It is our intent to use the memorabilia book to raise funds to offset the costs of the celebration and to help us create and endow the John A. Sasso Foundation for Community Development.

The John A. Sasso Foundation for Community Development will be a gift from the membership to the founder of the Association. The Foundation's mission statement is:

The John A. Sasso Foundation for Community Development is established for the purpose of keeping the spirit of neighborhood-based community development alive by providing grants to worthy not-for-profit community-based ventures, public service internships, and community development education and research fellowhips.

Fee Schedule

The following is the fee schedule for inclusion in the memorabilia book:

Corporate Sponsorship (full page)	$2,500.00
NCDA Member Communities	1/4 page $250.00 1/4 page $500.00
Regional Entities (full page)	$1,000.00
Individuals and other public Interest Groups (listed)	$100.00

If you or your organization is interested in being included in the memorabilia book, please contact Karen Means at NCDA at: 202-293-7587.

We hope to see you at the Winter Meeting and at John's retirement celebration.

Sincerely,

[signed]

Chandra Western
Executive Director

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