Top Ten Wish List Items
 
1. Speedball Water-Soluble Poster Ink:
http://www.dickblick.com/products/speedball-water-soluble-poster-ink/
5 quarts needed: One each in Yellow, Magenta, Blue, Black, Extender Base
***ink used in screen printer for students to create fine art posters
2. Speedball Water-Base Textile Screen Printing Ink:http://www.dickblick.com/products/speedball-water-base-textile-screen-printing-inks/
5 quarts needed: One each in Process Yellow, Process Magenta, Process Cyan, Black, Transparent Base
***ink used in screen printer for students to screen print t-shirts of their art
3. Need 15: Sony DSC-W530 digital camera
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olstemplatemapper.jsp?id=1218331148059&type=product
***digital cameras are used for animation projects and photography projects
4. Need 20: SD Card – 4 GB for digital cameras
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/PNY+-+4GB+Secure+Digital+High+Capacity+(SDHC)+Class+4+Memory+Card/8310847.p?id=1173578368387&skuId=8310847&st=SD&cp=1&lp=6
 
5. Box/Case of copy paper
http://www.staples.com/Staples-100-Recycled-Copy-Paper-8-1-2-x-11-Case/product_620014
 
6. HP LaserJet Black Toner 12A
http://www.amazon.com/HP-LaserJet-Cartridge-Retail-Packaging/dp/B0000C120T
 
7.   Samsung CLP-C600A Cyan Toner Cartridge
http://www.staples.com/Samsung-CLP-C600A-Cyan-Toner-Cartridge/product_639223
 
8. Need 3: Office/desk chairs
http://www.staples.com/Staples-Lockridge-Fabric-Managers-Chair-Black/product_791815
 
9. Bretford Mobility Cart 30 (TX323LL/A) for PAA Laptops
http://store.apple.com/us-hed/product/TX323LL/A
***needed to safely and securely move and store PAA class set of laptops
 
10. Cargo van or minivan to transport equipment and students
 
 
 
Consumable Supply Wish List
Items needed for students’ screen printing projects:


2 Kits: Yudu Squeegee Kit 
(helps with moving ink across the screens to facilitate printing process)
http://www.amazon.com/Provo-Craft-Novelty-YUDU-625063/dp/B002Y2MSH0
 
2 Scoops: 15" Emulsion Scoop Coater
(used to help facilitate the photographic process of creating screens for printing)
http://www.texsourceonline.com/p-435-emulsion-scoop-coater.aspx
 
7 Kits: Speedball Diazo System Emulsion Kit
(emulsion is used to create a “stencil” on screens in order to print)
http://www.utrechtart.com/dsp_view_product.cfm?item=55897
 
Other Consumables Used on a Regular Basis:
Paint Markers
Sharpie Markers (fine point, multiple colors)
Sketchbooks
Lined notebooks
Blank Mini-dv tape
DVD-R discs
DVD+R Double Layer discs
CD-R discs
CD/DVD Envelopes/sleeves
Non-hardening modeling clay
Samsung Toner:
  Samsung CLP-M600A Magenta Toner Cartridge, Samsung CLP-K600A Black Toner Cartridge
  Samsung CLP-Y600A Yellow Toner Cartridge
 
Non-Consumable Supplies/Equipment Wish List
Drying Rack to accommodate 18” x 24” paper
LCD projector
Technics 1200 Turntables
Hand-held microphones and lavaliers
Vinyl records (any genre of music)
Linoleum/vinyl piece (preferably 12'x12')

COURTNEY NICOLAI
CSVP’s Second Partner’s Fellow



Courtney always knew that she “didn’t want to be a number and that she wanted to make a difference in the world.” She has lived these convictions ever since.

While a student at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania, Courtney majored in social work, and participated in Campus Ministry focusing on issues of hunger and homelessness. A recipient of a theater scholarship, Courtney performed in plays and musicals throughout college. Now a “closet car singer,” Courtney traveled to Toronto as a senior to answer a casting call for Rent; she had to wait in line for ten hours before performing a song and monologue with a thousand other aspiring thespians.

Courtney has come full circle since college. Although she originally considered teaching, her ministry work drove her to reach out to the Erie community and to ultimately major in social work. These early passions enhance her current position as a System of Care Coordinator for the Euclid-Hillcrest Collaborative. In addition to writing grants, overseeing the budget, supervising the staff, and providing services to the people of Euclid and its neighboring communities, she is very proud of the way they provide social work now using the Wraparound approach which consists of utilizing a family’s strengths and talents to overcome hardships. She also offers coaching sessions to social service staff, always tweaking her curriculum depending on the needs of her audience. Curiously, she has returned to her roots – infusing her teaching with her dramatic talents.

So how did Courtney get interested in CSVP? She thanks her mom for reading about us in the Plain Dealer’s article on bigBANG! and sharing her discovery with Courtney. Courtney followed up with a phone call to Linda Springer which cemented her interest in learning first-hand about the philanthropic side of non-profits.  She is impressed by the diversity of CSVP’s partners’ interests, backgrounds and experience. Having received a Graduate Certificate in Non-Profit Management from CWRU, she wants to add “more tools to her tool belt” and looks forward to collaborating on the Investment Team to select SVP’s next Investee, helping with grant writing, and eventually sharing her own expertise as a consultant to our current Investees.

Ultimately Courtney would like to combine her lifelong interest in travel (which has already taken her to Germany, Turkey, Russia and Greece) with her commitment to social service by pursuing international non-profit work. In the meantime, she is thrilled to be CSVP’s Second Partner’s Fellow and to honor the pledge she made to her parents long ago -- to never follow their path of “retail or fashion merchandising” -- but to continue to feed her internal fire by learning, growing, and doing good.

For information about becoming an SVP Fellow, check out our Fellow Program.