In the March newsletter I featured an article titled 5 Ways to Simplify School Fundraising And Raise More Funds in the Process. One of the programs that I recommended as an integrated fundraiser is Picateers. With this program your school, sports team or other group will get 50% of the sale of portrait packages. It […]

Have you ever experienced a Random Act of Kindness? Have you ever done a Random Act of Kindness, or had someone give you a Random Act of Kindness? A random act of kindness can be something small but thoughtful. You can let someone go in front of you in line at the grocery store. You […]

You’ve played the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon… now you can be one degree away from the infamous actor or any number of other celebs. The new website SixDegrees.org launched today, as an initiative of Network for Good and Kevin Bacon himself. I heard about this via Katya who is associated with the project. www.SixDegrees.org […]

At the conclusion of our week long focus on international organizations is a site from Action Without Borders, Idealist.org. Action Without Borders is a nonprofit organization founded in New York City in 1995. Our mission is to connect people, organizations, and resources to help build a world where all people can lead free and dignified […]

More Around the World News… This comes from Marc Gold, founder of the 100 Friends Project. I first talked with Marc a couple of years ago and have been inspired by his work ever since. The concept of the Project is simple. Marc Gold collects donations from about 100 people and then takes the money […]

Guidestar – An International Non Profit Resource Have you signed up for Guidestar.org?

Up until recently I had assumed that Guidestar was just for US organizations. Not so! This website has many international charities and foundations listed. Once you register (takes two minutes) you can search by keyword, organization name and/or location…

By using a program called “scrip” schools and other groups can sell gift cards and make a commission on each and every one. One of the keys to a winning scrip program is offering cards for retailers where your supporters already shop. Canadian scrip company FundScrip had grocery giant Loblaw enlisted — until a new […]