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In this issue:
Speed Networking
Why Iowa?!
YP Day at the Capitol
YPIowa Board Meets in Ames
Get Involved in a Committee
Freeze Fest II - Sioux City
Generation Iowa Site
Launches
Save the Date - June 10th - YP Presidents
Council to meet in Iowa City/Coralville
ABI Events - You are invited
Money Smart Week
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YPIowa To Host
Speed Networking Event in Muscatine
Wednesday, March 5th You
are invited to attend a regional YPIowa event to be held on
Wednesday, March 5, 2008 in Muscatine. A speed networking
event will be held including members of the 2007-08 Leadership
Iowa class, members of the Muscatine Young Professionals Network
and any other interested individuals. Space is limited to the
first 60 registrants. Come
with the goal of helping at least one person.
You will meet several people so don’t feel compelled to
help everyone you connect with.
Challenge yourself to help at least one person that you meet.
If everyone does this… the impact of this event and
following events in Iowa
could be huge. Please send an email to info@ypiowa.com
to reserve your seat today.
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Why Iowa?!
Why do you live,
work and play in Iowa? Why did you decide to stay or move back
to Iowa? Would you like to tell
your story on the YPIowa website? Please send an email to info@ypiowa.com
if you are interested in being featured.
 Holly
Pearson
Iowa
Lakes Corridor Development Corporation
Spencer
,
IA
IOWA
! I grew up in rural
Northwest Iowa
- Royal to be exact - and it is a great place to grow up. We had the
freedom of riding our bike all over town with no worries-not even
our parents had to worry, because everyone knew who you were.
I graduated from Clay Central Everly, a small high school
that allowed us to participate in extra curricular activities that I
wanted. It gave me the opportunity to find out who I was and who I
wanted to be. As a high school student I was not fond of the small
town living as many high school students think, so I traveled to the
other side of the state to attend
Kirkwood
Community College
for two years. After
Kirkwood I went to the University of Iowa for a year and moved on to
Iowa State University where I found myself walking across the stage
to receive my diploma and thinking what a great state I was in!
Someone
once asked me, “Why did you end up at
Iowa
State
?” I thought and thought, but I found myself always going back to
how the people at
Iowa
State
were like the people I grew up around. They worked hard and knew how
to have a great time! I believe that is why I am here in
Iowa
, because Iowa Culture has a great work ethic, we like to indulge
ourselves with friends and family, and live up the arts and
entertainment scene. Yet we know how to take life at a slower pace.
I am back in
Northwest Iowa
. I am married to a Northwest Iowa native and we feel there is
nowhere better to raise a family than right here in
IOWA
! We enjoy
getting up to go to work and trying to make a difference by getting
young people to come to our area to live, work and play.
This is a great place to do all three!
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Young
Professionals (YP) Day at the Capitol
Tuesday, March 11th
All young
professionals who care about the community they live in and want to
be involved are encouraged to come to
Des Moines
on March 11th for the second annual YP Day at the
Capitol. This is a unique opportunity for YPs across the state
of
Iowa
to unite in a collective effort and advocate for our age group.
Participants will have the opportunity to connect with legislators,
be informed on what is happening at the Capitol, network with other
young professionals from across the state and showcase their
organization.
All organizations are invited to join, regardless of your size or
your level of political involvement. Additionally, all young
professionals are encouraged to attend, whether you will be
representing your organization or simply as a young professional
living in
Iowa
. The purpose is to advocate for “Young Professionals”.
This is our opportunity to really show the level of involvement and
impact YPs have in our communities. Please
click here for a detailed flyer.
Agenda for the
day:
10:00 - 11:30
Set up and community showcase in East Rotunda area
11:30 -
1:00 Lunch featuring Generation Iowa
Commission, Governor Culver invited
1:00
- 3:00 Meetings with representatives, “How
to Lobby” workshop
3:00
- 4:00 Senator Bill Dotzler, Skilled
Workforce Shortage Legislative Study Committee
4:00
- 5:00 Social/Networking event
5:00
- 7:00 Des Moines Business Record Forty
Under 40 Reception, Des Moines Convention
Complex
Participants are encouraged to contact their
Legislators to let them know they will be attending. Click
here for a list of your state and federal legislators including
contact information.
Please RSVP to Jessica Palmer.
As a nonpartisan group, YPIowa seeks to engage participation in the
political process, create a conduit for education and discussion
among young adults and create a forum dedicated to the free flow of
ideas and discussion.
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YPIowa Board
Meets in Ames
 The
YPIowa Board of
Directors met on Saturday, February 9th in Ames to discuss a
full agenda of topics.
The Board welcomed new
members Todd Lovelace (Webster City) and Amanda Hess (Davenport).
The next meeting for
the Board will take place on Saturday, May 10th in Sioux City. Thank
you to Matt Randall and Coldwater
Golf Links for hosting the meeting.
YPIowa Committees
Are you interested in serving on a YPIowa
Committee? Please find the descriptions and contact
information below to get involved.
Advocate
- The
YPIowa Advocate Committee was formed to focus on issues of
importance to young professionals. Young professionals in
Iowa
are active, engaged and sincerely care about the future of this
state. YPIowa recognizes that our demographic cares about the
community we live in and wants to be involved, and is working to
bridge the gap between politics and young professionals.
Chair: Jessica
Palmer
Communicate
- Assist with direction of the YPIowa web site, newsletter, press
releases and other communications to members. Chair: Todd
Lovelace
Connect
- Work to develop an Ambassador program and serve on the
annual conference planning committee. Co-Chairs: Amanda
Brend and Amanda
Landers-Each
Educate
- To educate and assist
Iowa
young professionals in their desire to become organized in their
communities. To also assist in beginning, defining, developing
and growing their local YP groups by sharing resources gathered from
across the state.
Chair: Amy Jennings
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Second Annual Freeze Fest Winter Games
to be Held March 1 in Sioux City
Sioux City
Growth Organization wants to know
if you are tough enough to brave the cold?
The Long Lines Freeze Fest II will take place
on Saturday, March 1 at the
Long
Lines
Family
Rec
Center. This event, coordinated by the Sioux City Growth Organization (SCGO),
is the first of its kind to be held in Siouxland and proceeds from
the event will provide a SCGO scholarship for a local student
staying in Siouxland to attend college.
Events for the second annual Freeze Fest
include: 2Kold 2K Challenge, Frosty Human Foosball, Frozen Turkey
Toss, Human Bowling, Downtown
Amazing Race, Tug Brrr War, Dodge Ball and for extra points teams
can try the Bitter Polar Plunge. All events will take place either
at the
Long
Lines
Family
Rec
Center
or at nearby Downtown locations. Freeze Fest kicks off at 7:00 am
and will run throughout the day with an award ceremony to follow at
approximately 4:00 pm. Food will be available for purchase at the Long
Lines
Family
Rec
Center
throughout the day.
Freeze Fest teams must consist of 8 members and
the entry fee is $150 per team. Each team will compete in events and
will be rewarded points based upon their performance and the top
three teams with the highest point totals will be awarded cash
prizes. Team members will receive an official Freeze Fest II
t-shirt. Applications are available at www.siouxcitygo.com.
The
application deadline is February 15. Applications and
registration fee can be dropped off at The Siouxland Chamber of
Commerce or Downtown Partners or mailed to SCGO- c/o Freeze Fest,
PO Box 2205
,
Sioux City
,
IA
51102
.
Last year a dozen teams participated in Freeze
Fest and a $2,500 scholarship was given out to a high school
graduate who was going to attend Western
Iowa
Tech
Community College. While organizers of the event hope to increase the number of teams
participating this year, the event limits only fifteen teams maximum
from participating.
Sponsors of Freeze Fest II to date include:
Long Lines, Clear Channel Radio, KCAU TV, Bass Advertising, Sabre
Communications and St. Luke’s Health System. Other sponsors are
welcome to support this winter event.
For more information contact Christie Finnegan
at (712) 279-3660 or Cora Roos at (712) 277-6784 or go to www.siouxcitygo.com.
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Generation Iowa
Web Site Launched
GenerationIowa.com,
a web site that state officials hope will serve as "a one-stop
web site for everything young Iowa," was launched Friday. The
announcement in Ames was part of a monthly Generation Iowa
Commission meeting at Iowa State University.
"Today, we are launching GenerationIowa.com, and for the very
first time, everything young Iowans want will be in one spot,"
said IDED Director Mike Tramontina, in a statement. "Young
people will be able to connect to Iowa events, recreation, careers
and each other."
GenerationIowa.com offers social networking, career advice, job
search databases, links to upcoming events, festivals and young
professionals groups, the latest Iowa news and more. The site also
will encourage young Iowans to submit photos, upload videos and tell
their own Iowa stories.
In its 2008 Road Map to Recruit and Retain Young People to Iowa
report, the Generation Iowa Commission urged the state to
"coordinate all social events and career opportunities in Iowa
through a unified, statewide web site for young Iowans." The
report also found that a super-majority of young Iowans are actively
involved in social networking web sites and are more likely to
search for information online.
The Generation Iowa Commission was created in April 2007 when Gov. Chet
Culver signed the "Generation Iowa" bill into law. The
commission, composed of 15 young Iowans ages 18 to 35, was
established to advise and assist in the retention and attraction of
young adults to Iowa.
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Save the Date
Tuesday, June 10th
YPIowa Presidents Council to Meet in Iowa City/Coralville
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 ABI Events - You
are Invited to Attend!
The following events are free and open to members
and non-members.
Partnership
for Workforce Development – Are
you looking for ways to make your employees more productive? Learn
how Iowa companies are working with their local community college,
together with other businesses to bring specific industry training
to their operations. Panelists to include: ConAgra Foods, John
Deere Waterloo Operations, Alcoa Aluminum, Cargill, Pella Corp and
many more!! February
19th - Waterloo, February
20th - Davenport, February
21st - Eddyville, February
28th - Newton, March
1st - Carroll. Avoiding
Immigration Documentation Landmines – Panel
of Iowa Human Resources experts sharing real-life experiences in
finding the perfect balance between adequate documentation and
discrimination. February
19 - Cedar Falls, February
20 - Davenport, February
21 - Eddyville, February
28 - Newton, March
5 - Carroll.
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Money
Smart Week
Money
Smart Week (MSW) Iowa 2008 will be held April 5-12 in Des
Moines, Cedar Rapids, and Iowa City.
Search Underway for
Iowa Money Smart Kids
Money Smart Kid Essay contests have been launched in cities
throughout the state in preparation for Money Smart Week Iowa 2008.
Committees in three cities/regions will be searching for 'money
savvy' kids to enter the contest and compete for a chance to win a
$1,000 College Savings Iowa scholarship sponsored by the Iowa
Bankers Association and the Iowa Credit Union League. Click
here for details.
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