You're Invited! "Funding Your Passion" Soiree into Action

Join See Jane Do for our "Funding Your Passion" Fall Soiree Into Action, Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 6-8pm at the APPLE Center in downtown Nevada City, CA.  This party with a purpose will explore ideas and proven ways to help your passion become a reality.

There are a lot of how to's and guides out there on finding your passion, but few touch on the actual nuts and bolts of how to fund your passion.  Don't let funding hold you back from realizing your passion and making it come true.  Hear the powerful personal stories from two local business women who have successfully put their passions into action - Mary Waldner who took a lifelong health issue and a passion for cooking and turned it into a popular nationally distributed health food business and Amy Olsen who has combined her talents in organization and fundraising with her passion for helping others to spearhead some of Nevada County's most successful and beloved events.

Meet, connect and network with other like-minded women, be inspired, be moved, and be motivated.  Leave with tips, tools and other positive takeaways. 

More Information about our Special Guests

Mary Waldner is the Chairwoman and Founder of Mary's Gone Crackers.  In 1994, Ms. Waldner discovered that her lifelong battle with digestive pain and fatigue had been caused by an inability to digest gluten--a protein found in wheat, barley, rye and most oats. Inspired by her own struggles with Celiac Disease, Ms. Waldner created Mary's Gone Crackers after finding a shortage of nutritious , gluten-free options that tasted good.  Having been a creative baker her whole life, she started experimenting in her kitchen.  Mary's Gone Crackers is now distributed nation-wide and in Canada and Ms. Waldner's award-winning handcrafted recipe is enjoyed by not only Celiac sufferers, but consumers eager for delicious snacks they could feel good about eating.  Prior to co-founding Mary's Gone Crackers, Waldner practiced as a psychotherapist for 26 years; she holds a master's degree in clinical psychology and is a licensed marriage and family therapist.

Amy Olsen, is the woman behind the scenes of many of Nevada County's most beloved events and organizations.  With over 20 years in event and meeting planning production and not-for-profit management and organization, Ms. Olsen brings a wealth of knowledge and resources to organizations.  She is a Certified Meeting Professional with the Convention Industry Council and  is an expert in leveraging an organization's resources to maximize fundraising.  Her work has included producing KVMR's annual Celtic Festival & Marketplace, sponsorship sales for the California WorldFest, and production of Nevada County Land Trust's annual fundraiser "Stars at the Ridgetop" among others.

This event is free, but limited to 40.  Please RSVP to [email protected] before November 15.

What: See Jane Do's "Funding Your Passion" Fall Soiree Into Action
Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Where: APPLE Center for Sustainable Living, 412 Commercial Street, Nevada City, CA 95959
Info: [email protected] or www.seejanedo.com