AZGiveCamp

The preparations for our fourth AZGiveCamp event are already starting. This event will be held the weekend of October 26th-28th, 2012. Lock-down the date now!

 

We are beginning our search for a suitable location for the event, so if you have any information about a possible venue, please let us know.  We need a secure location that we can lock at night, but has 24x7 access and enough room for 50-150 technologists and their equipment. We need ample power (we can provide extension cords and power-strips), air-conditioning, and Internet connectivity (we can create our own network, but we need to be able to connect that network to the Internet).

Friday, 10/21

Saturday, 10/22

Sunday, 10/23

 

We are pleased to announce the final selections for non-profit organizations receiving assistance from our fine technology volunteers at AZGiveCamp III this weekend.

 

Matthew’s Crossing

Matthew's Crossing provides food assistance to anyone in need throughout the East Valley. Matthew's Crossing Food Bank served 39,792 people in need in 2010, with 50% between the ages of 0-18. With a staff of 1.5 employees, and over 50 volunteers, Matthew's Crossing has worked hard to provide those in need with food assistance for over 10 years.

 

Phoenix Women’s Sports Association

The Phoenix Women’s Sports Association (PWSA) is a non-profit organization that helps girls and women find their power through sports.

 

Arizona Dental Foundation

The Arizona Dental Foundation's mission is to keep Arizona smiling by connecting and mobilizing people and resources to provide education and statewide charitable dentistry to children, elderly, and special needs populations.

 

Challenger Space Center Arizona

The Mission of the Challenger Space Center is to inspire, excite and educate people of all ages about the mysteries and wonders of space, science and the universe in which we live.

 

North American Quitline Consortium

The North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC) is an international, non-profit membership organization based in Oakland, California. Their goals are to maximize the access, use, and effectiveness of quitlines; provide leadership and a unified voice to promote quitlines; and offer a forum to link those interested in quitline operations.

 

Parenting Arizona

Parenting Arizona provides accessible and comprehensive services to families at-risk for violence toward children and support of the continuing goals of Arizona Child Welfare System.

 

AZ Assist

AZ Assist is an informal group of Phoenix-area based parents and teens/young adults on the Autism Spectrum who come together for networking, support, information and socialization.

 

Gabriel Villa Memorial Scholarship

As part of the Phoenix Union Foundation, The Gabriel Villa Memorial Scholarship was started to honor life and values of Gabriel Villa. A Mexican immigrant and naturalized American citizen, along with his wife raised four children and taught them the value of education, even though he didn’t have much formal education himself.  So far, the foundation has awarded over $10,000 in scholarships to students from MetroTech High School in Phoenix, AZ.

 

Family Services Agency

Family Service Agency provides a wide range of services including; behavioral health outpatient counseling, substance abuse outpatient treatment services, Family Preservation and Parent Aide child abuse prevention services, pregnancy counseling and adoption program, a Community Re-Integration program assisting ex-felons in obtaining secure and gainful employment.

 

 

In addition, if enough volunteers are available, we may provide assistance to these additional non-profit organizations:

 

Special Needs Stop

Special Needs Stop is an online community that allows disabled individuals and their families to gather information,share stories, purchase books, educational tools or games.

 

The Action Foundation

The Action Foundation provides schools and families quality action filled fitness camps and nutritional education where any kid regardless of their athletic ability can be encouraged to participate.

 

 

Please sign-up to help these great organizations.

Thanks to our great location sponsors, CoreLink and Park Central Mall, the AZGiveCamp III event October 21-23, 2011 will be held at Park Central Mall in Midtown Phoenix.  We couldn't be happier to be using this facility as it is centrally located, has plenty of room and great facilities, and is right next door to CoreLink who will be supplying our Internet connectivity.  Huge thanks to both CoreLink and Park Central Mall for making this event possible.

The 1st organizational meeting for AZGiveCamp III will be held on March 3rd at 6pm.  If you are interested in helping to organize this event, please contact us and we'll get you setup. We need all types of help, from financial and logistical planners to website, social media and other technical talents.

 

 

Friday, 1/14

4:00 – 6:00 PM	Volunteer Check-in
6:00 PM	AZGiveCamp II Opening
7:30 PM	Dinner – Pizza (Courtesy of Domino’s)
8:30 PM	Training – Sitefinity for Developers (Gabe Sumner)

 

Saturday, 1/15

7:00 AM	Breakfast – Bagels (courtesy of DriveTime)
8:00 AM – 9:15 AM	Training - .NET Nuke (Jason Kergosien)
9:30 AM – 10:45 AM	Training – Mojo Portal (Todd Stone)
12:30 PM	Lunch – BBQ
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM	Training – Social Media for NPOs
4:30 PM – 5:45 PM	Training – Sitefinity for NPOs
6:30 PM	Dinner – Italian

 

Sunday, 1/16

7:00 AM	Breakfast – American breakfast (courtesy of Volt)
1:00 PM	Lunch – Pizza (Courtesy of Domino’s)
2:00 PM	CODE FREEZE (check-in solutions, eat, brag)
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM	Deliver solutions to charities
3:00 PM	Closing – All teams demo solutions
4:00 PM	Cleanup and goodbye

The following projects will be worked on by the volunteers at AZGiveCamp II this weekend at the Devry University campus in Phoenix:

The 2nd AZGiveCamp will be held the weekend of January 14^th-16^th 2011 at the Devry University Phoenix Campus.  The event is being held as part of the National Day of GiveCamp, of which Devry is a national sponsor, in which more than 15 sites around the country will participate to help their local charities and non-profits.

 

Keep an eye on this space for more information as the event approaches.

The 1st ever AZGiveCamp paired over 60 of the top technologists in the Valley of the Sun with 9 charities to create websites and applications that help those charities complete their missions.

The Chandler Community Center saw these folks work tirelessly throughout the weekend to accomplish their goals. In case you were wondering what 60+ heroes looks like...here you go.

 

The organizers and volunteers wish to announce the charities that have been selected for the first AZGiveCamp. First we would like to thank all the non-profits that submitted information and wish we could help them all during this event. These 8 charities have been picked based on the scope of the charity's project and resources available for the weekend.

 

• About Care
• Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence
• AZ Capitol Museum Guild
• Central School Project
• For Our City, Chandler
• Native Health
• Small Step
• Treasures 4 Teachers

We will be posting more information about this charities shortly including an overview of the projects that volunteers will be working on. So stay tuned.