Dear friends,

Over the past year, the Bangor Region Leadership Institute (BRLI) and Fusion Bangor have received numerous inquiries from non-profit executives and board members seeking help to identify and recruit new people to their organizations' boards of directors. If you're involved with a local nonprofit and you'd like to advertise your organization's board recruitment needs, BRLI and Fusion would like to help.

We'll plan to send a periodic Constant Contact message advertising non-profit board membership opportunities to our combined contacts of about 900 members. If you'd like to be included in this Constant Contact message, please send This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it a single brief paragraph that includes:

• the mission statement of your organization,
• the specific values or skills you want a new member to bring to the board of directors,
• the organization's web link, and
• a designated person's name, phone number, and email address for contact.

Please subject the email "Bangor Region Board Recruitment" and include a JPG file of your logo. We'll prepare a Constant Contact message to our membership on an as- needed basis when we've received a handful of advertisements.

Thank you for your consideration. We hope this small offer helps add value to the regional non-profit community's board development needs.

Sincerely,

Trish Hansen       Julie Dawson
BRLI Chair          Fusion Bangor Chair

Dear BRLI Alumni and Friends,

Please join your fellow alumni in welcoming the incoming BRLI Class of 2012 at the annual BRLI Alumni Breakfast. This year's breakfast is Sponsored by Eastern Maine Community College. Mingle with your classmates and other alumni, meet the incoming BRLI class and be inspired by a keynote reflection on leadership by EMCC President Larry Barrett.

BRLI Alumni Breakfast
Thursday, October 6th, 7:30 - 9am
Keynote Speaker: President Larry Barrett
Eastern Maine Community College, Rangeley Hall

RSVP by email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . The cost of attendance is $15.

Meet the BRLI Class of 2012:

Dear Alumni and Friends,

As many of you know, our dear friend and BRLI alum, Gary Creaser, died suddenly in June, leaving his wife, Emma, and daughter, Alex, with a lot to cope with. One item is a fixer-upper house that requires more work than they are equipped to handle.

The BRLI steering committee, at the suggestion of some BRLI alum and with Emma's acceptance of the help, has decided to devote two Saturdays in September, the 17th and the 24th, from 8am to 5pm to aid in the completion of several small and large projects.

This means many hands are needed with various skill levels. All are welcome to join us (BRLI alumni, Chamber members and friends and family of), even if you're like me and the most you may be able to offer is help with painting. We hope to send out a list of items needed prior to the work days in the event that some cannot attend, but still want to contribute. There is a lot to do, and we hope you will pitch in to complete these projects to support the loved ones of a man that supported BRLI and our community so greatly.

Please call the Chamber at 207-947-0307 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to let us know the dates and times you are available. While we would love to have you work all day on both Saturdays, ANY amount of time you can give will be greatly appreciated.

Again, let's show Emma and Alex how much Gary meant to BRLI and the Bangor Region by banding together to show them our support as they work through this difficult time.

Sincerely,
Trish Hansen
BRLI Steering Committee Chair

Download the BRLI Application.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: July 1st, 2011.

BANGOR, Maine - The Bangor Region Leadership Institute (BRLI) has given its prestigious G. Clifton Eames Award to the leader of an organization that helps women enter workforce and lead more productive lives.

Jane Searles, regional manager and micro enterprise trainer for the Maine Centers for Women Work and Community, was honored at BRLI's graduation dinner on May 11. The Eames award is given annually to a person who has been through the leadership institute's training and has made a positive impact as a leader in the community.

Searles is a 2001 graduate of BRLI. She was honored not only for her work in helping women start successful businesses and careers, but also for an extensive resume of community involvement. Among the groups Searles has volunteered with in the past are: the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce board of directors, Maine Women's fund board of directors, Noontime Kiwanis board, Penobscot Job Corp Community Relations Council, City of Bangor Economic Development Advisory Council, Spruce Run domestic violence project board, Tuesday forum, University of Maine Women's resource center board, Children's Miracle Network.