2009 MCB Calendar of Events
To assist you in planning for the 2009 MCB Conference, we would like to give you the following information:
Project Entry Form and MCB Permission Statement Form Deadline - June 30, 2009.
Project Books, Adult and Youth Nomination Forms and Community Contact Form Deadline - July 31, 2009.
MCB Judges Make Community Visits September 14-17, 2009.
MCB Conference, Capitol Plaza Hotel, Jefferson City, October 18-19, 2009.
Request A Community Visit
Missouri Community Betterment is fortunate to have received funds through the Neighborhood Assistance Program project that enables Jan Simon, MCB Executive Director, to be available to make visits to your community at no charge.
Criteria for a community visit has been developed and is available on the MCB Web Site. Click on Community Visit Criteria.
If you are aware of any community that meets the criteria listed, please have them contact Jan Simon at 417-334-3474 or at mcb@iland.net to discuss their community visit.
Visits can only be made until designated funds are expended, so please contact Jan Simon soon!
Planning Committees Named For 2009 MCB Conference
The Conference Planning Committees that have been used in the past have been such a success that we are going to use that process again this year.
The 2009 MCB Conference will be held at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Jefferson City, Missouri on October 18-19, 2009. The committees' composition reflects different population categories and geographic locations throughout the state. Please feel free to contact one of the committee members listed below if you have suggestions for the Conference this year.
Adult Track Planning Committee
Judy Apperson - Salem
J. W. Ballinger - Moberly
Jan McElwrath - Kennett
Charla Bankhead - Higbee
Silvey Barker - East Prairie
Janie Dunning - MCB Board Columbia
Jan Simon - MCB Staff Branson West
Youth Track Planning Committee
Paulette Augustine - Higginsville
John Robinson III - Caledonia
Marcia Cunningham - Brookfield
Geri Mills - Annapolis
Elaine Davis - Lamar
Staci Alsup - Mansfield
Janie Dunning - MCB Board Columbia
Jan Simon - MCB Staff Branson West
MCB Resource Directory Available on the MCB Web Site
Have you used the MCB Resource Directory that is available on the MCB Web Site? This directory provides a tool for communities to be better able to continue to provide the quality of life they want in their community.
New information is constantly being added as it is received. If you have, or know of, information to add to the directory, please contact Jan Simon at 417-334-3474 or at
mcb@iland.net.
Please feel free to use this valuable community resource often!
MCB Forum on Website
MCB reminds you that the Forum continues to be available on our website: MCB Web Site.
The goal of the MCB Forum is to give community members an opportunity to obtain news, ask questions, and get answers.
You must register to be able to enter the MCB Forum. Go to the MCB Web Site
and click on the register tab at the top right of the screen. After you register you may then go to the bottom of the page and sign in. Now you are ready to use the Forum.
