Infuse Initiative, a business grant program providing pro-bono
professional services to small businesses, not-for-profits and/or
government agencies, has announced two Indiana winners. The
not-for-profit winner is the Indianapolis Early Learning Center and
the small business winner is Professional Conventions &
Meetings, LLC. Infuse Initiative winners, finalists, sponsors and
supporters will be honored at a reception hosted by Dave and
Buster's in June.
Both winning organizations were selected by Infuse's sponsors
based on their expected ability to grow and succeed with the
support of the grant's services. Originally each winner was
expected to receive $50,000 in free services but due to the
generosity of the sponsors, each winner will receive up to $67,500
in value of combined donated services from Synergy Marketing
Group (strategic marketing); Appnuity, LLC
(technology support); J.D.
Walls and Associates, P.C. attorney at law (legal
services); Foster
Results (accounting and bookkeeping); Lushin & Associates
(sales training); and Delivra (e-mail
marketing software).
Indianapolis Early Learning Center is a small non-profit preschool
that invests in a successful future for all preschool-age children,
regardless of socioeconomic status. The school accomplishes this by
providing scholarships to at least 70% of families and ensuring
that all families have access to the best early childhood education
to prepare their children for school and for life. The preschool's
executive director is Amanda Byrd.
Professional Conventions & Meetings, LLC, (ProCaM), owned by
Tammy Wiley, is based in Brownsburg, Indiana. The company was
formed in 2000 and is a certified woman-owned business enterprise
(WBE) with the State of Indiana. ProCaM is a meeting and event
planning and management company specializing in local, regional,
national and international corporate meetings, sales incentive
trips, educational seminars and training events, association and
fraternal conventions and trade shows, government meetings, special
events and motorsports hospitality.
"The Infuse Initiative has gained so much momentum since we first
launched the program earlier this year," said Amy Zucker, president
of Synergy Marketing Group and creator of Infuse. "Through the
months, we have continued to attract both quality applicants and
well-respected sponsors. In fact, through the generosity of the
sponsors we are now giving away 35% more free services than
originally planned - bringing Infuse's total 2010 in-kind prize
value to $135,000."
Infuse Initiative is a business grant that provides
not-for-profits, for-profits and government agencies with free
strategic counsel and experienced support in several core business
areas including strategic marketing, accounting, technology, legal,
sales training and e-mail software. The 2010 sponsors of Infuse
that will provide pro bono services include Synergy Marketing
Group, Foster Results,
LLC, Delivra, Appnuity, Lushin & Associates
and J.D. Walls and
Associates, P.C. attorney at law. 2010 community
partners include Town of Fishers, City of Noblesville, City of
Carmel, Indy Partnership, Central Indiana Corporate Partnership,
and TechPoint. To learn more about Infuse Initiative, visit www.InfuseInitiative.com.
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