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I stopped by the 7-Eleven across from my office this morning and noticed a new promotion while I was serving myself some coffee. The promotion is called “Cup with a Cause”, and it’s a philanthropic venture for 7-Eleven. Here’s a description of the program from www.cupwithacause.com.
The 7-Eleven Coffee Cup with a Cause program brings limited edition coffee [...]
While I was sitting around the house this morning, an idea popped in my head. The idea was simple. I should find local nonprofits on Twitter and follow them. Now, I agree this may not sound like a lot of fun, but when you're a nerd like me things like this sound exciting.
To my surprise, after a short [...]
Looking for something a little different this Christmas? Why not try supporting your local non-profit? It’s a tough fundraising year and organizations that rely on support from individuals to meet their budgetary needs are suffering right now. So, instead of giving that $50 Target gift card to your cousin, why not make [...]
There are numerous opportunities to support your local non-profit this weekend. Here are a few I’ve come across.United Way’s HomewalkSaturday, November 15th at Exposition Park.
St. Mark’s Pancake BreakfastSaturday, November 15th from 8-11 AM at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Glendale.Proceeds benefit San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity and Burbank Kiwanis for Fun. There [...]
Here’s an update on the status of the Burbank Winter Shelter. I’m a little behind in the times, but oh well.
So, it looks like all signs are go for the shelter to be opened December 1st through March 15th at the National Guard Armory down the street from my house. I have [...]
This is pretty creative.
Let me give you a quick disclaimer. I am in charge of overseeing the direct mail program at a small non-profit organization in Southern California. Keep that in mind as you read this.
I understand that there are people out there who do not like direct mail. Heck, I’m not thrilled with the direct [...]
One of my many jobs is working for a homeless services agency in Pasadena. After our last development staff meeting, in which we all seemed down regarding the financial outlook for the coming year, I did some thinking. The following are a few of the thoughts I have been playing around with in [...]
This is in no way meant to be a criticism of the validity, necessity, or mission of the organization 24april1915.org, but they are in serious need of help with their direct mail campaign.
Yesterday I received a very unfortunate piece of mail from them. Let me take a moment to describe it. It arrived in 6.5″ [...]
Check out KNBC News tonight at 6 PM. The organization for which I work, Union Station Foundation, will be featured in a news report about United Way and their new funding initiatives. A camera crew from KNBC was at the office all morning filming for the story.
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