Capital Business Solutions recently helped out the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank in Baton Rouge, LA on the Fundraising 50 (formerly Sage FR50) software.
Working with Vice President of Development and Philanthropy, Charlene Montelaro, CBS provided end user training for the staff covering a comprehensive overview, reporting, queries, and database management. CBS will be setting up additional training sessions for the team over the coming months.
Who is the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank?
The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank mission is to feed the hungry in Baton Rouge and the surrounding parishes by providing food and educational outreach through faith-based and other community partners. The food bank is a nonprofit organization which solicits, procures, inventories and warehouses donated food and other products. This food is then distributed to a variety of community agencies such as pantries, meal sites, homes, shelters and soup kitchens which serve the people in need. Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank has have served the hungry in their 11 parish service area for nearly 30 years. In 2013, they distributed more than 9.6 million meals.
Which CBS Consultant is working with the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank?
Alyson Watts – Fundraising Practice Manager
Alyson offers 13 years of fundraising experience in a variety of nonprofit settings, including 9 years in a Director of Development capacity and 6 years administering The Raiser’s Edge® databases. Her fundraising experience includes corporate development, membership, annual giving, special events, grant writing, and capital campaigns; and her nonprofit management experience includes strategic planning, budgeting, volunteer development, staff structuring, and training. She has direct experience with both national organizations with hundreds of employees and with small non-profits with budget size of under $1 million. Her professional services experience includes implementing software, managing software conversions and upgrades and devising workflow and written procedures manuals.
If you are interested in finding out more about customized Fundraising Software Training and Consulting call Andy at 888-366-7527 x26 or email athorson@capitalbusiness.net. You can also use our contact us form to request a free no obligation quote.