The Consensus Council, Inc. receives $20,000 award from Tom's of Maine for NDESPA

                                   

FOR RELEASE:             December 3, 2015

CONTACT:       Scott Fry, Senior Program Director

                        The Consensus Council, Inc.

                        701.224.0588, ext. 106

The Consensus Council, Inc. receives $20,000 award from Tom’s of Maine

As part of the 50 States for Good initiative, The Consensus Council, Inc. of Bismarck, ND (http://agree.org) is one of 50 states and the District of Columbia to win a $20,000 award from Tom’s of Maine to support grassroots community goodness.

Tom’s of Maine (http://www.tomsofmaine.com/home) serves customers personal care needs with imaginative science from plants and minerals, works to inspire those they serve with a mission of responsibility and goodness, empower others by sharing knowledge, time and talents and profits, and help to create a better world by exchanging faith, experience and hope.

“This funding will help to advance the work of the North Dakota Economic Security & Prosperity Alliance whose mission is to help North Dakotans of low and moderate income to build assets for the future” said Rose Stoller, Consensus Council Executive Director.

The NDESPA coalition began in 2008 and works to build and sustain a system of economic security for all through poverty awareness and education, grassroots and community capacity-building, research and data development and promotion of policies and practices to eliminate disparities and obstacles for achieving economic security.

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