Mission Community Services Corporation

ACHIEVEMENTS

Congartualtions!

Spring 2010

Mission Community Services Corporation, it's Board of Directors and Staff would like to extend our congratulations to the Spring 2010 Graduates that have completed our Self-employment Training classes in Monterey, San Luis Obispo and Kern Counties. In Monterey and Kern Counties the graduates completed the ten-week bi-lingual "How to Write a Business Plan/Su Plande Negocio" class. The San Luis Obispo graduates complete the 14-week "Vision 2 Venture" course.

DECEMBER 2008

22 individuals graduated MCSC's Spanish language "Getting Started With Your business" course in Bakersfield, CA and 16 individuals graduated in San Luis Obispo, CA.

CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES!

MAY 2008

		14 individuals graduated MCSC's fourteen week "From Vision to Venture" course in San Luis Obispo and 24 individuals graduated the Spanish language "Getting Started With Your Business" course in Bakersfield, CA

MCSC Client Services Growth Trend

MCSC Client Services Data
Year	Hours of service
2003	433
2004	1,437
2005	1,996
2006	2,352
2007	5,514
2008	3,326
TOTAL	15,058

APRIL 2008

The eight Women's Business Partner Roundtable was held on April 23, 2008 at the Embassy Suites in San Luis Obispo. Keynote speakers included Lucia Cleveland, Founder of The Spice Hunter™ and Camay Arad, Founder and Owner of Chameleon Home™

DECEMBER 2007

		12 individuals graduated MCSC's "Getting Started With Your Business" Spanish language course in Bakersfield, CA on August 22, 2007 at the Creekside Career Center. Click here for a list of graduates and the ceremony program.
		11 individuals graduated MCSC's fourteen week "From Vision to Venture" course in San Luis Obispo, CA on December 17, 2007 at the Creekside Career Center. Click here for a list of graduates and the ceremony program.

AUGUST 2007

12 individuals graduated MCSC's fourteen week "From Vision to Venture" Spanish language course in San Luis Obispo, CA on August 22, 2007 at the Creekside Career Center. Click here for a list of graduates and the ceremony program.

JUNE 2007

		16 individuals graduated MCSC's fourteen week "From Vision to Venture" Spanish language course in Bakersfield, CA on June 13, 2007 at the Bell Tower Club. Click here for the graduation program with a list of graduates.

MAY 2007

		23 individuals graduated MCSC's fourteen week "From Vision to Venture" course in San Luis Obispo, CA on May 17, 2007 at the Creekside Career Center. Click here for the graduation program with a list of graduates.

APRIL 2007

		MCSC CEO & President Anita Robinson receives the U. S. Small Business Administration Fresno District Champion for Women in Business!

DECEMBER 2006

27 individuals graduated MCSC's fourteen week "From Vision to Venture" course in San Luis Obispo, CA on Dec. 14, 2006 at the Creekside Career Center. Click here for the graduation program with a list of students.

OCTOBER 2006

MCSC completes it's first customer satisfaction and economic impact survey - The 2006 Listening Project! Click here for the final report. The survey was independently evaluated by Opinion Studies in San Luis Obispo.

		110 People attend the 6th Women's Business Partner Roundtable in Paso Robles, CA on Oct. 27, 2006. The Roundtable celebrated the recent award of the SBA Women's Business Center grant with Keynote Speaker and founder of MCSC; Anita Robinson. Also, MCSC Graduate Victoria Lowrie told her "From Vision to Venture" story of success!

SEPTEMBER 2006

MCSC receives a Notice of Award for a $750,000 5-year grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration! This grant will fund the Women's Business Partners Programs

PRESS RELEASE

		Congresswoman Lois Capps with Andrea Zeller and Aidel Pereira of MCSC.

MAY 2006

52 individuals graduated MCSC's fourteen week "From Vision to Venture" course in Nipomo, CA on May 23, 2006 at Nipomo High School. Click here for the graduation program with a list of students.

150 people attended the May 26 Women's Business Partner Roundtable featuring Ms. Noreen Martin in Shell Beach, CA.

DECEMBER 2005

		Seven individuals graduated MCSC's fourteen week "From Vision to Venture" course in Bakersfield on December 20, 2005 at La Colonia Restaurant. This was the first Women's Business Partners class completed by MCSC using Women's Economic Ventures "From Vision to Venture" curriculum in Bakersfield.
		Thirty-eight individuals graduated MCSC's fourteen week course "From Vision to Venture" in San Luis Obispo County on December 8 at the PG&E Diablo Information Center. Most of the graduates completed their business plans and approximately 75% intend to pursue small business loans to implement their plans during 2006. Congratulations Graduates!

NOVEMBER 2005

		Nine Spanish speaking individuals successfully completed Mission Community Services’ “Starting Your Own Business” class and celebrated graduation Tuesday evening, Nov. 15th at the Far Western Tavern in Guadalupe. The class was presented entirely in Spanish and was sponsored by a grant from Mid-State Bank & Trust.
		120 professionals, mostly women, attended MCSC's fourth Central Coast Women's Business Partners' Roundtable at the Madonna Inn on Friday, November 11th. Mrs. Phyllis Madonna shared her story of how she has realized her own strength as a businesswoman while learning to run the family business enterprises after her husband, Alex Madonna died in April 2004.

OCTOBER 2005

Mission Community Services Corporation (MCSC) was selected to receive a $4,000 Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) Company Local Economic Development Grant for their Women’s Business Partners’ (WBP) self-employment “From Vision to Venture” training program. MCSC’s request was one of 60 chosen from among 219 applications requesting nearly $2 million through PG&E’s Local Economic Development Grant program.

SEPTEMBER 2005

Seven students graduate MCSC's Spanish language "Getting Started With Your Own Business in Bakersfield, CA.

AUGUST 2005

Mission Community Services Corporation (MCSC) has been selected to receive a $4,000 Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) Company Local Economic Development Grant for their Women’s Business Partners’ (WBP) self-employment “From Vision to Venture” training program. MCSC’s request was one of 60 chosen from among 219 applications requesting nearly $2 million through PG&E’s Local Economic Development Grant program.

JUNE 2005

MCSC and the Mission Business Information Center moved to the Creekside Career Center at 4111 Broad St. in San Luis Obispo. The partner agencies and organizations housed at the Creekside Career Center jointly operate the One-Stop Career Center System and have access to the collective resources of many separate federal, state and county programs to enhance the productivity and skills of the local labor force, and to assist local employers with their needs.

Women's Business Partners held its third bi-annual Roundtable at the Fairways at Dairy Creek with 70 attendees. Keynote speaker Maggie Cox of Barnett Cox & Associates shared stories about struggles she overcame in establishing her very successful public relations marketing firm in San Luis Obispo.

MAY 2005

MCSC's Spring 2005 From Vision to Venture 14 week self-employment class graduated 21 students. Each student produced a business plan or in the case of one, an exit strategy for a previously owned problematic business. Graduation was celebrated on May 24th with students, their families and special guests Harry Schade of Cuesta College and Anita Robinson of Mission Community Bank at the Marie Callender's in Pismo Beach.

MARCH 2005

MCSC CLIENT ACTIVITY SUMMARY
Year	# of clients	# of visits
2003	105	433
2004	685	1437
2005 (1^st Quarter)	264	464

TOTAL TO DATE	1,054	2,334

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION!

NOVEMBER 2004

Received notification of award of a $12,000 grant from Allstate Foundation!

THANK YOU ALLSTATE!!

SEPTEMBER 2004

Nine students graduate from MCSC's Paso Robles Spanish Entrepreneur Class and twelve students graduate from MCSC's Bakersfield Spanish Entrepreneur Class!

Click here to see Paso Robles Graduation Press Release.

Click here to see Bakersfield Graduation Press Release.

OCTOBER 2004

Over 50 women attended the Women's Business Partners 2nd Roundtable. Mentor Circle members Marlaine Sanders, President of San Luis Personnel and Alana Reynolds, owner of Wings of Wellness (in photo below with MCSC Director Andrea Zeller) received awards for their assistance of protégé entrepreneurs. Several protégés were also recognized for their diligence in pursuing their individual business goals, being supportive of other protégés and actively seeking advice from their mentor: Deanna Delkener, Dora Espinoza, Gretchen Hambright, Sara Becker, Elaina Geltner, Mary Turnbull and Sharon Ownes-Avery.

Also in October, MCSC received a generous cash grant of $250,000 from Mission Community Bancorp. This $250,000 grant enables MCSC to continue providing Central Coast and Central California small businesses with valuable assistance, counseling and training in finance, management, marketing, procurement and access to the United States Small Business Administration’s programs and services. Click here to see Mission Community Bancorp press release.

AUGUST 2004

		Fourteen students graduate from MCSC's Bakersfield Spanish Entrepreneur Class!

JUNE 2004

From January through June 2004, we had a total of 203 clients visit the Mission Business Information Center a total of 470 times!

MAY 2004

Fifty-three women attended the first Women’s Business Partner Roundtable at the Madonna Inn on May 28th and heard speaker Florence Alberts describe the history of women entrepreneurs. Twenty-eight of the women who attended the Roundtable signed up to participate in on-going protégé/mentor groups.

APRIL 2004

Entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Monterey County and Hartnell Community College to deliver services to individuals in the north Central Coast region of California.

MARCH 2004

Women's Business Partners "Mentor Circle" met to plan an exciting mentor-protégé program to be kicked off at an SBA WNET Roundtable event on May 28, 2004.

FEBRUARY 2004

Held first MCSC Loan Proposal Workshop where participants learned how to prepare and present business loan proposals. Ratings by participants were high!

DECEMBER 2003

Seventy-two individuals visited the Mission/SBA Business Information Center over 389 times during 2003! Twenty-two individuals graduated from the WEV Self-employment Training class held in the BIC.

NOVEMBER 2003

Received notification of award of a $7,300 grant from Allstate Foundation! THANK YOU ALLSTATE!!

OCTOBER 2003

Received California Franchise Tax Board letter of approval for exemption from state franchise or income tax.

AUGUST 2003

Received the Mission Community Services Corporation IRS 501(c)3 Exemption Approval Letter

JUNE 2003

Held the official grand opening and "tie" cutting for the Mission Business Information Center.

MAY 2003

Entered a Co-sponsorship Agreement with the Cuesta College Small Business Development Center and the US Small Business Administration to host the Mission Business Information Center

27 individuals graduated from the spring Women's Economic Ventures Self Employment Training class held in the Mission Business Information Center

MARCH 2003

Entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Women's Economic Ventures and the Cuesta College Small Business Development Center to leverage the separate resources and experience of each partner in order to provide comprehensive business information and support for women-owned businesses.

FEBRUARY 2003

Entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Cuesta College Small Business Development Center to co-locate and coordinate technical assistance services to small businesses.