Twiga has benefited from some amazing partnerships since its founding in 2005. We are very grateful for the depth and breadth of the relationships developed with some of the finest organizations worldwide. We want to thank our partners for the opportunity to work together to make a difference in the lives of individuals, families, organizations and communities. We have strived to carry the banner of family-consciousness with us into any project or event we work on. We are ever grateful for the continued acceptance of the importance of keeping families strong as they are the core of our society and nation. We have been blessed to work with the exceptional individuals in the following organizations.

In partnership with the Families and Work Institute and The Institute for a Competitive Workforce, The Twiga Foundation acts as a liaison to key stakeholders in selected communities to build capacity on how to address the issue of flexibility in the workplace. Twiga is helping to build a broader leadership constituency for workplace flexibility within each community by working with public and private sector business executives, owners, manager and leaders. Patricia J. Kempthorne, Project Director

• Sloan Center on Aging Work at Boston College, Boston, MA
• Families and Work Institute, New York City, New York
• Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown Law, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
• Institute for a Competitive Workforce, US Chamber of Commerce, Washington, DC
• When Work Works Host Communities for the Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility in 26 cities and 5 states nationwide
• Women’s Bureau, US Department of Labor Region X, Seattle, WA
• Business Summit on Early Learning
• Integrative Health Consultants, INC

The Twiga Foundation is pleased to partner with the Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children (Idaho AEYC), Idaho Business Coalition for Education Excellence (IBCEE), United Way, and Idaho Voices for Children to present the Business Summit on Early Learning on November 19, 2010 in Boise. We invite you to join with other Idaho business leaders at the summit as local and national leaders share information concerning the value for businesses to invest in early learning.

Wild & Wacky Women’s Whitewater Adventure

Each year the Twiga Foundation, Inc. partners with Cascade Raft and Kayak to sponsor a day long whitewater trip on the Cabartan Run of the Payette River. Thanks to Cascade Raft and Kayak’s generosity all proceeds from the trip are donated to Dress for Success. For more information call 208-343-1551 or email us at info@twigafoundation.org.

The 2009 Wild & Wacky Women’s Whitewater Adventure was ‘Way Wicked!’ (For us ‘not so young ‘uns, that means really, Really AWESOME!) Mark your calendars NOW to join us this year – Friday, August 20th, 2010! – and support Dress for Success.

Women of Today and Tomorrow

The Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council’s community event that recognizes women of extraordinary vision, achievement and leadership. In 2009, the Twiga Foundation sponsored Debi Foster of Dress for Success to be honored as a woman of today and tomorrow. Debi’s extraordinary success with Dress for Success which is dedicated to helping women break free of the cycle of poverty and government assistance by providing them with appropriate interview attire and coaching them in basic interview etiquette has earned her and her volunteers many accolades. We are proud to help this organization to achieve their goals and make a difference in our valley.

Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free Foundation

Patricia Kempthorne is a founding member and emeritus chair of the Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free Foundation. The Foundation is a non-profit organization composed of nearly 60 current and former governors’ spouses from all across the United States. Its non-partisan membership makes it uniquely qualified to help move the national conversation to the prevention of childhood drinking to a higher level and broader audience. www.alcoholfreechildren.org

A Woman’s Nation

Patricia Kempthorne was asked to join the advisory board of A Women’s Nation to assist Maria Shriver in her work to help today’s stretched family, the modern American woman, the societal transformation(s) underway in areas related to flexible and predictable work, family care-giving and education.

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Twiga Foundation and Integrative Health Consultants

Twiga Foundation is pleased to announce their partnership with Integrative Health Consultants (IHC). IHC is a corporate wellness program.