Erin Rowley
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Nonprofit Experience

Centre Gives

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On June 27 & 28, 2012, the Centre Foundation held an exciting online giving event called Centre Gives, which raised more than $415,000 for 74 nonprofit organizations that serve Centre County - in just 36 hours! Those funds were supplemented by more than $110,000 in matching funds and prize money from the foundation.

I worked behind the scenes to get this project off the ground, and I was also the face of the project to donors and participating nonprofit organizations, holding workshops, helping organizations create online profiles, promoting the event via newspapers, magazines and radio and answering questions as they came in during the event.

A sample of praise from participating Centre Gives organizations:

"Overall, I think the foundation (and Erin) did a great job. You made donating fun for many people. Congratulations!"

"Erin was very helpful in sending out reminders and helping me get our GuideStar account up-to-date."

"Absolutely fabulous organization and promotion by the Centre Foundation. Hats off to Erin!"

Photo Shoots


​At Living Beyond Breast, one of our most important goals is to make people affected by breast cancer feel that they're part of a caring, inclusive community. So representing the diversity of people who experience the disease - people of all different ages, races, religions, socioeconomic statuses, sexual orientations and gender identities - is very important to us. One way we do that is through the images we use in our publications and on our website. LBBC holds photo shoots every year or two to enlarge our photo library and make sure we're doing our best to represent ALL of our constituents.

In 2015 and 2016 I managed those photo shoots. I recruited participants and communicated with them throughout the process, scouted locations, worked with our photographers and makeup artists, and managed each shoot on the day-of.

Articles Submitted to Media

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I wrote a story that appeared in the Lewistown Sentinel promoting WPSU's Annual Wine Celebration.
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I wrote and compiled stories for the Centre County Community Foundation's "Soul of the Community" page, featured in the Centre Daily Times.
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While at Smart Start - Centre County, I researched, wrote and submitted a page to the Centre Daily Times about an upcoming nonprofit-sponsored conference.

Articles Written by Media

Reading Eagle: Berks County Community Foundation releasing $63,000 to help those in need

Centre Daily Times: Nonprofits awarded thousands in grants

Daily Collegian: CCCF announces grants for local organizations

Centre Daily Times: Local nonprofits aim to raise funds with 'Centre Gives' web forum

Voices of Central Pennsylvania: Centre Gives brings match days to the county

Daily Collegian: Centre Gives earns more than $415,000 for local charities

Centre Daily Times: Centre Gives fundraiser fruitful, raises more than $415,000

Press Releases

Centre Foundation awards more than $23,000 to local organizations
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Centre Gives raises more than $415,000 for local nonprofits
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Make your donation count during Centre Gives match day
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State Theatre to screen films using new Centre County Community Foundation-funded projector
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Foundation to bring together organizations, donors, for inaugural grant distribution event
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Community Foundation awards more than $40,000 to local organizations
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30th Anniversary Insert ​in Town & Gown

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To celebrate the Centre Foundation's 30th anniversary, we created a 56-page commemorative insert in Town & Gown magazine. I researched and wrote all of the stories in the insert and worked one-on-one with the publisher throughout the design and printing process.

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