“Help Those In Need; It Could Be You Someday”
The RHN Philosophy:
“We Are Our Brother’s Keeper”
The Robinhood Network Vision:
The Founder of The Robinhood Network, Inc., Mr. James Polk, in 1998 Founded the original Organization known as the Robinhood Archive located in Denton County, Texas. The Mission then was the same as now, to fill the need of assisting individuals in the community that had suffered loss due to events such as domestic violence, natural disasters, indigence, or that had been forced into a level of poverty due to uncontrollable events that had occurred in their life. James desired to be involved in his local community in order to give back to the community that substantially provided a comfortable living standard for him and his family. After consulting with the local United Way Agencies and the local Help-Net Church Organizations he organized the RHA with the help of approximately 75 Volunteers. For a period of nearly 3 years Mr. Polk operated the non-profit non-funded Organization; collecting, storing, and delivering donated items from many different sources. In 2001 following the Columbine School Massacre event in Colorado, Mr. Polk organized and became actively involved in the Texas School Safety Program. This program was directed at improving public school classroom safety efforts in the event of another Columbine related occurrence. During this period Mr. Polk was regularly out of state and was not able to replace his position as Director of Operations for the RHA, therefore after several months the organization ceased to offer the services any longer. Mr. Polk dreamed of someday re-establishing the Organization and expanding it to a level that would build a legacy during his lifetime that will provide a positive impact on society in a manner that would be complimentary of his remembrance, and change the way society viewed assisting individuals in unfortunate temporary situations due to events of life that are uncontrollable.
"Be Sure Of One Fact; We Are Our Brother's Keeper"
SO, LET'S DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT TOGETHER!!!
ABOUT US
James Polk
Founder, President, Chairman of the Board
Mr. Polk is a 58-year old caucasian male, lifetime Texan, and a 20 year resident to the Dallas area, a High School graduate with National Honors recognition, served over 30 years in top management with major retail firms, trained in Organizational Skills, Supervisory Skills, Sales/Profits for profit- based Companies. During the past 30 years James founded in part:
(1) Rehab Developers,
(2) The AAA Courier Service,
(3) T&P Mini Center
(4) Polk International
(5) The Robinhood Archive,
(6) TheTexas Safe Schools project
(7) The "P-Lock" Security Device
(8) Track-Mate Intel Associates
(9) The Robinhood Network, Inc.
(10) The Robinhood Candle Co.
Alfredo Alaniz
Director of IT/Training
Ken Magnuson
Director of Funding
Bill Johnson
Office Manager/Receptionist
BOARD MEMBERS:
James Polk
Alfredo Alaniz
Ken Magnuson
Bill Johnson
Conrad Proctor
Delbra Calton
Fred Mueller
Terry Bigilio
Mustafa Diangelo
Diana Britner
Jantingo Flores
Jorge Santiago
Mary Goodfellow
Brice Retimeyer
Lashonda Pierson
The Robinhood Network
“Help Those In Need, It Could Be You Someday”
Website: www.therobinhoodnetwork.com
E-Mail: James@therobinhoodnetwork.com
Business Plan
Executive Summary (2 Pages)
Mission:
The Mission of the Robinhood Network is to serve local communities throughout the Nation county by county, providing products and services through a network of local volunteers that furnish free furniture and other household items to individuals that have suffered a loss due to uncontrollable events that have occurred in their life.
Market Need:
With the ever-changing economy causing an increasing amount of homelessness, personal & family discord from divorce, abuse, and the acts of nature, the need for an Organization that offers the benefit of items needed for an average normal lifestyle increases daily.
Past Accomplishments / Unique Qualifications:
Mr. James Polk originally founded a similar program in Denton County, Texas in 1998. James organized and then operated the organization for almost 3 years. Mr. Polk has not only served in management of top 500 National Companies over the past 18 years, but has also founded approximately 17 small personal entities that are either still in operation or have been sold after gaining successful status through his direction.
Financial Plan:
Revenue for the RHN is raised through (1) The Robinhood Candle Company; a privately owned company of Mr. Polk. The mission of the RCC is to merchandise religious candles in retail markets, also to supply faith-based groups and other organizations with candle products for their fund-raising programs, as well as offering an aggressive Franchising opportunity to local business minded individuals. 100% of the net proceeds of The Robinhood Candle Company are donated to The
Robinhood Network Organization. (2) Revenue is also generated through local and national grants, private and corporate grants, as well as from individual philanthropists and local funding opportunities available to 501C3 organizations through the local United Way funds and local churches and other community service agencies.
Management Team:
a) Director or Operations
b) Director of Funding
c) Director of IT/Training
d) Office Manager
e) Call Center Staff (5)
f) Volunteer Board Members (15)
g) Legal Department
h) CPA Accounting
Price for Service:
The RHN shall collect, store, and deliver any donated items at no cost to the persons donating as well as no cost to the recipients of the items. Our services are performed by local volunteers from the community that become members of our volunteer directory. There are no membership costs, and the members are not obligated to ever provide service.
Business Milestones:
· The RHN, originally established in 1998 in Denton County, Texas known as "The Robinhood Archive" incorporated in February 2009.
· This business plan is presently being presented to funding Foundations in order to acquire funds for its expansion operations with Corporate Offices located in Dallas County, Texas.
· Phase I of the plan was to re-organize and continue operations in Denton County; this has been established.
· Phase II commences as of July 1, 2010. The plan is to establish our operations in Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, and Travis Counties in a similiar fashion as to duplicate the existing Denton County Operation.
Also as of July of 2010 The Robinhood Candle Company shall commence operating in the DFW Metro Area to provide funding for the RHN through creating net profits in which 100% of its proceeds will be donated to the RHN.
This concludes the Executive Summary
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