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Lloyd Hopkins with Million Dollar Teacher Project E37

October 23, 2023 by Karen

Arizona Good Business

Lloyd Hopkins with Million Dollar Teacher Project E37

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Lloyd Hopkins with Million Dollar Teacher Project E37

Local First AZ is back with another epsiode of Arizona Good Business with nonprofit leader and Executive Director of Million Dollar Teacher Project, Lloyd Hopkins. Thomas and Lloyd discuss their passion and care for teachers, why businesses who care about the well-being of our teachers, and how to get more deeply involved so we can build a better Arizona.

Million Dollar Teacher Project is also bringing back the TAP Program for businesses to treat teachers “like a million dollars” this Fall. This episode is for businesses who have a care for education, and making sure we’re prioritizing the well-being of teachers in Arizona.

Million Dollar Teacher Project is a nonprofit focus on teacher retention and recruitment across the valley. We partner with Title I schools that serve marginalized communities on creating community centered programming geared towards helping them increase how their teachers are recognized, drive more support directly into classrooms and creating innovative ways to impact how their teachers are compensated.

Lloyd Hopkins is an author, philanthropist and organizational leader with extensive experience in community and nonprofit work. He has worked in and around education for 18 years.

He graduated from Arizona State University with his degree in Nonprofit Management and Leadership and took his passion for ensuring quality education for all to launch the teacher recruitment and retention program, Million Dollar Teacher Project.

As a philanthropist he has been a member of Real Engagement through Active Philanthropy (R.E.A.P), which is a fund under the Arizona Community Foundation, that supports programs making positive impacts on African-American Youth, for 6 years and the Chairman for 2. He has also led taskforces with Achieve60AZ and the Department of Education on improving attainment for the African American community in Arizona.

For his efforts he was recently a finalist for the Phoenix Center of the Arts Mayor’s Arts Awards for his Million Dollar Teacher Tree program, was honored by the East Valley NAACP with the Malala Yousafzai Equity in Education Award and received the “Living the Dream” award by the 2022 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee. He is also an alum of Valley Leadership’s Class 40.

In 2023 he was recognized as one of Phoenix’s Most Admired Leaders by the Phoenix Business Journal and nominated to the Governor of Arizona’s Educator Retention Taskforce.

Follow Million Dollar Teacher Project on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

About Arizona Good Business

What is good business? What are local businesses doing to build a better Arizona?

Join Arizona Good Business to hear from local companies who are:

Centering purpose at the forefront of business
Creating social well-being for the community
Prioritizing sustainability and positive environmental practices
Growing strong company cultures through building authentic teams
Ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion are involved in all business decisions

Arizona Good Business features local business leaders that are redefining what it means to do good business.

About Your Host

Thomas Barr is the Executive Director for Local First Arizona, the largest coalition of local businesses in North America. He advocates for a strong local business community that contributes to building vibrancy, equity, and prosperity across the state. A proud Arizona native and graduate of Arizona State University, Thomas leads the business coalition of Local First Arizona by advocating for the economic and cultural benefits provided by building strong local economies.

Thomas steers the strategic direction of LFA’s major programs and initiatives as well as the engagement of over 3000 businesses across Arizona. As Executive Director, Thomas guides a team of statewide senior directors overseeing the execution of LFA’s communication strategy, major initiatives and key partnerships, as well as the collaboration of over 30 staff implementing work in entrepreneurship programs, small business advocacy, local food initiatives, sustainability, urban development and community building. He frequently speaks to groups locally and nationally, presenting the impact of Local First Arizona and the importance of local economy work in building prosperity.

Outside of Local First Arizona, Thomas has participated in volunteering his time to many causes and organizations throughout the Valley including Young Nonprofit Professionals – Phoenix, Equality Arizona, Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Heritage Square Foundation and Phoenix Legal Action Network. Additionally, Thomas is a 2018 Phoenix Magazine 40 Under 40 honoree, alumni of Arizona Leading for Change, and current participant in Valley Leadership Institute’s 40th cohort.

Connect with Thomas on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Pro Tax Tip – Back to School Deductions

August 8, 2023 by Tom Sheldon

Northeast Georgia Studio

Pro Tax Tip - Back to School Deductions

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Jacqueline Sheldon

Jacqueline Sheldon/Bottom Line Tax Solutions Pro Tax Tip

This Pro Tax Tip talks about school related expenses that are tax deductible. Have a child starting the new school year? Give this episode a quick listen!

Bottom Line Tax Solutions specializes in tax planning and tax resolution. The firm focuses on proactive tax planning and working with their clients throughout the year lower their tax liability and to help them keep more of what they make. Bottom Line Tax Solutions can assist clients who have back tax issues work out payment terms with the IRS, get penalties reduced, and in some cases settle their tax debts for less than what they owe.

A proud Community Partner of the Northeast Georgia Business RadioX studio.

Pensacola Business Radio 01.27.16 Guests: Escambia County School District and George Stone Technical Center

January 27, 2016 by Keith

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio 01.27.16 Guests: Escambia County School District and George Stone Technical Center

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Dr. Michelle Taylor / Director of Workforce Education

Escambia County School District

Dr. Michelle L. Taylor

Director

850-469-5304

Goals of Superintendent Thomas:

1.) Collaborative servant leadership by example

2.) Service and support for the Escambia School District through the following actions:

· Provide, promote and support environments that result in world class 21^st Century learning.

· Secure and develop resources (incl. human, fiscal and informational) that support and promote the district’s mission.

· Develop and maintain an organization based on trust, teamwork, communication, commitment, and competence.

· Optimize students’, parents’, and other stakeholders’ pride and satisfaction with public education.

District Vision

Create a school District where parents want to send their children, students want to learn, teachers want to teach and employees want to work.

T.J. Rollins / Principal

George Stone Technical Center

George Stone Technical Center

Our goal is to serve the community as the premier provider of career and technical education by preparing individuals for rewarding careers and to provide businesses with a highly skilled workforce. We strive to obtain that goal by providing quality academic, career, and technical education opportunities for all learners through instruction that integrates rigor, relevance, and relationships.

George Stone Technical Center partners with local businesses and industries to ensure that our training programs are preparing students for high skill, high wage, and high demand occupations. Our graduates are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and work habits necessary to successfully enter the workforce.

On behalf of our faculty and staff, I wish you much success as you pursue your training and career goals at George Stone Technical Center.

Sincerely,

Thomas J. Rollins

Principal

The campus of George Stone Career Center is located at 2400 Longleaf Drive, Pensacola, Florida. This site is two miles south of Interstate 1-10, Exit mile 7. Accessibility is achieved through several south, east, and west connections to Longleaf Drive. Accessibility has been further enhanced with the linking of Blue Angel Parkway and Longleaf Drive.

George Stone Technical Center (GSTC) was built in four phases between 1968 and 2003 on 37 acres of land, which is part of a parcel belonging to the Escambia County School District. This parcel houses two neighboring schools: Longleaf Elementary and Pine Forest High School. Additionally, the George Stone Technical Center shares the facilities and the campus with West Florida High School of Advanced Technology.

The George Stone complex consists of 26 buildings with over 300,000 square feet of classrooms, laboratories, greenhouses, and mechanical and storage

Georgestonecenter.com

Joe Skopitz with Centennial Olympic Park, Maureen Kornowa with Gwinnett Children’s Shelter and Vanessa Anderson with Covenant Christian Ministries Academy

January 28, 2015 by Mike

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Joe Skopitz with Centennial Olympic Park, Maureen Kornowa with Gwinnett Children's Shelter and Vanessa Anderson with Covenant Christian Ministries Academy

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Joe Skopitz, Maureen Kornowa, Vanessa Anderson, Dom Rainey

Joe Skopitz/Centennial Olympic Park

Less than two decades ago, Centennial Olympic Park’s neighborhood was a run-down part of town. That all began to change on the day Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games CEO Billy Payne gazed out his office window and a brilliant inspiration came to him – to convert a multi-block eyesore into a glorious gathering spot for visitors and residents to enjoy during the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games and for years to come. Tremendous support, coupled with the willingness of the State of Georgia to take the lead in the Park’s development and to assume ownership after the Games, transformed a dream into a grand reality – Centennial Olympic Park.

Following the Olympic Games, a large portion of the park was closed and redesigned for daily public use. Today, this unique 21-acre park performs a dual mission: it serves as Georgia’s lasting legacy of the Centennial Olympic Games and it anchors efforts to revitalize residential and commercial development in Georgia’s capital city. The Park sponsors community-wide free events including the Fourth of July Celebration, Music@Noon, the Wednesday WindDown concert series, and Park Market. The Park also hosts festivals, fundraisers and private events. These events, in addition to the normal day-to-day traffic, bring an estimated three million visitors to this urban oasis each year.

Maureen Kornowa/Gwinnett Children’s Shelter

The Gwinnett Children’s Shelter has been serving their community for more than 27 years. This past year GCS has embarked on a new journey with a program called “The Next Step…” where they now help homeless children of all ages along with their young moms. They are also looking to assist young girls who “age out” of the foster care system and those young women who have served in the Armed Forces who find themselves in a homeless situation with children. Their new idea is fresh and unique in that it is designed to keep the family together, determine the cause of the homelessness, and set each guest on a path to sustainability. For more information on “The Next Step…” visit gwinnettchildrenshelter.org.

Vanessa Anderson/Covenant Christian Ministries Academy

Covenant Christian Ministries Academy, a ministry of Covenant Christian Ministries Church, is a fully accredited school (ACSI and SACS CASI) established in 1994 which provides educational services to students both foreign (SEVIS approved) and domestic. Excellent learning opportunities are available at CCMA! Class sizes are moderate to allow individual needs to be addressed. Their academic training, which includes advanced placement and honor’s classes, has produced notable achievements. Student accomplishments include: Zell Miller scholarship recipients, perfect scores on advanced placement exams, and national winners in history, spelling, geography and math, and participants in the People to People Ambassador Program to Harvard in Cambridge, MA.

All students, K5 – 12, are required to take Spanish each year with the goal of developing spoken and auditory proficiency. Latin instruction begins in 3rd grade for their elementary students providing them with additional tools to decipher new vocabulary as formal phonics instruction ends.

Various activities are available to students in addition to the academic rigor – basketball, volleyball, cheerleading, chorus, yearbook, spelling bee, and more. Their basketball program produces true student-athletes with several recruited to NCAA Division I colleges.

OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Bryan Ginn with GA-PCOM, Malinda Foster with Courtyard of Marriott-Mall of Georgia, and Randy Hicks with Merchant Data Systems

September 26, 2014 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Bryan Ginn with GA-PCOM, Malinda Foster with Courtyard of Marriott-Mall of Georgia, and Randy Hicks with Merchant Data Systems

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Bryan Ginn, Mike Sammond, Malinda Foster, Randy Hicks

Bryan Ginn/GA PCOM

GA Campus – PCOM was established in 2005 to help address the physician shortage in Georgia and the southeastern United States. With academic programs including the Doctorate in Osteopathic Medicine, Doctorate in Pharmacy, and a masters degree in BioMedical Sciences, their college focuses on the health sciences. The college anticipates an expanding academic program in the years to come to address other health sciences fields where there is a need for more practitioners.

Malinda Foster/Courtyard by Marriott – Mall of GA

The Courtyard by Marriott – Mall of Georgia is an award-winning hotel located in Buford, GA. Host hotel to the Gwinnett Braves, this Marriott hotel offers corporate and leisure travelers a place to call home while in the area. The hotel offers guests an exceptional facility, convenient location and outstanding customer service. The Courtyard by Marriott – Mall of GA is owned and operated by Hotel Equities which is a full service hotel development and management company located in Atlanta.

Randy Hicks/Merchant Data Systems

Merchant Data Systems was founded in 1997 on the principals of delivering outstanding service as well as a commitment to innovation and excellence with both their merchants and sales partners.

They are a full-service payment processing company offering a wide array of services to all business types including Credit Card Processing, Debit Card Processing, Automated Account Settlement, POS Equipment Sales & Leasing, 24/7 World Class Customer Service, Merchant Cash Advances, Proprietary Gift Card and Loyalty programs, as well as merchant-friendly PCI Compliance solutions.

They also offer industry-leading payroll, human resources, marketing and eMarketing programs and more to streamline their merchants’ operations and help them realize cost savings. Their consultative approach with business owners helps merchants get the products and services they need while helping to keep their costs low. This allows merchants to focus on their core business with confidence that their payment acceptance tools are working together with them to increase in-store sales.

Through the alliances Merchant Data Systems has forged, they are able to provide the most technologically advanced and secure payment processing solutions and products positioning Merchant Data Systems to be a one-stop shop for all your payment processing needs.

Recesss Before Lunch Helps Kids Learn

February 19, 2010 by drfitnessandthefatguy

Dr. Fitness & the Fat Guy

Recesss Before Lunch Helps Kids Learn

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In today’s Wellness Minute Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy explains how having recess before lunch can help improve the behavior of school kids so they can be more attentive and learn more.It seems like common sense but several studies have shown that when the kids play at recess before lunch there is less wasted food (hmmm they’re hungrier after exercise) and kids are calmer and there are fewer behavior problems (hmm they’re more tired after recess). But of course only a small percentage of schools do this – the vast majority of schools put recess after lunch. Listen right now to hear Dr Fitness’ tips. Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Wellness Minutes improve your health in 3 minutes a day or less. iTunes Follow me on Twitter @FatGuy

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How To Make It Back To School Healthy

August 10, 2009 by drfitnessandthefatguy

Dr. Fitness & the Fat Guy

How To Make It Back To School Healthy

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In today’s Wellness Minute Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy share some of tips on how to go back to school healthy.Keeping your child healthy during the back to school from summer transition is always tricky. Schedules change – time is short and everyone is rushed. Try to have your child eat a healthy breakfast each morning and throw in a healthy snack like a piece of fruit in their backpack. Shoot for some fiber and some protein and/or some fruit. Your kid may need a supplement like some extra omega 3 fatty acids like fish oil a probiotic as well. Encourage activity at school and encourage him/her joining a sport or intramural that will keep your child moving. Listen right now to hear Dr Fitness’ tips. Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Wellness Minutes improve your health in 3 minutes a day or less. iTunes Follow me on Twitter @FatGuy

Allergic to peanuts?

July 29, 2009 by drfitnessandthefatguy

Dr. Fitness & the Fat Guy

Allergic to peanuts?

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In today’s Wellness Minute Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy explain the dangers of peanut allergies. Peanut allergies are sometimes so severe that a person’s airways can become so swollen they can’t breathe. In schools kids with peanut allergies are relegated to a peanut free table in the back of the cafeteria. There may be hope. A doctor (not Dr Fitness) has developed a potential cure for peanut allergies that involves slowly desensitizing a child to peanuts in a hospital setting. Listen right now to hear Dr Fitness’ tips. Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Wellness Minutes improve your health in 3 minutes a day or less. iTunes Follow me on Twitter @FatGuy