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Project Dignity

serving the homeless with dignity, humility & love

Succession Plan–Do you have one?

Does your organization have a succession plan?  If it’s only in your head, you don’t.  A good succession plan must be in writing.  What is a succession plan, you ask?  It’s the guarantee that your vision, your passion, your life’s work will continue in the event of your untimely catastrophic injury or even worse, death.

You come a long way from the day when you decide to hand a homeless person a sandwich, to the day you serve thousands of people every year.  Building that kind of ministry takes planning and the successful persistence of it is in the details.  If the details die with you, the ministry dies with you.

Your volunteers may have your passion and commitment, but if they don’t know where you keep the bank accounts, credit cards, checkbook, website user IDs or the keys to the company vehicle, they can’t continue very long without you.  And these are only a few of the details.  They are too numerous to mention here, but if your ministry has existed for at least a year and you’ve gone to the trouble to get your 501(c)(3) (IRS nonprofit determination) you’ve got tons of details and only you know what they are until you share them in written form.

Putting everything into written form is tedious, but necessary.  Your successor needs a road map to follow or the board meeting following your injury/death will be the last one, with the board voting to shut down the organization.

There are many ways to document the details, but no matter which way you choose, the final result must be electronic.  Don’t just leave behind a dog eared notebook for someone to find in the detritus of your belongings.  At the very least, put your documentation on a flash drive and give the President, Secretary and Treasurer of your board each a copy of their own.  If you have an assistant, they should get one too.  Don’t forget to back it up online, and don’t forget to tell someone where the backup is.

If you care enough about what you’re doing, take enough time to care about the continued life of your organization, after you’re gone.

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February 10, 2014 /// Filed Under: Practical Matters /// Tagged With: death, homeless, planning, practical, succession

What We Do

While we don’t feel anyone can ever fully understand the motel situation, we believe we understand it better than most. To our knowledge we are the only local organization who is focusing their services solely on the homeless population living in residential motels and we’ve been doing it since 1996.

It’s a long haul from homelessness to home, so our programs “wraparound” the challenges. Our first objective is to ease the burdens of daily living for our clients by assisting with necessities most of us take for granted–food, clothing and hygiene items.

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A tribute to our Founder

In 1986 doctors told Linda Dunlap she had 6 months to live and she told them the Lord knew more about that than they did. She said He had a lot more work for her to do. She proved herself and God right by living another 22 ministry-packed years.

Linda went into the motels singlehandedly with nothing more than her backpack and a few medical supplies. She won the confidence of people who had never had anyone care about them or help them before. Her belief and vision that one person can make a difference grew into 10,000 people being helped annually by Project Dignity.

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Project Dignity

12913 Harbor Blvd., Ste. Q3, #253
Garden Grove, CA 92840

More tips like this one

  • When is it Really an Emergency?
  • Serving More, or Serving Well—Where Do You Stand?
  • What about the Pets?
  • Taking Time Off
  • What Makes a Great Volunteer?

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