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📋 Empower Your Generosity: Navigating Charitable Deductions 🌐💙 Did you know that your acts of kindness can also have a positive impact on your taxes? 🤝✨ At New Jersey Notary Pro, we're here to guide you through documenting charitable deductions. By keeping meticulous records of your contributions, you not only support meaningful causes but also set yourself up for potential tax benefits. Whether it's monetary donations, volunteer expenses, or donated goods, understanding how to document these acts of generosity is key. Let us help you make a difference while ensuring you maximize the potential tax advantages. Together, let's turn your goodwill into a force for positive change! More Info >>> https://buff.ly/3SG7A4p 🌈💼 #CharitableGiving #TaxDeductions #GenerosityMatters #FinancialEmpowerment #taxtips #taxhelp #taxprofessional #Taxpreparer #taxrefund

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📋 Empower Your Generosity: Navigating Charitable Deductions 🌐💙 Did you know that your acts of kindness can also have a positive impact on your taxes? 🤝✨ At New Jersey Notary Pro, we're here to guide you through documenting charitable deductions. By keeping meticulous records of your contributions, you not only support meaningful causes but also set yourself up for potential tax benefits. Whether it's monetary donations, volunteer expenses, or donated goods, understanding how to document these acts of generosity is key. Let us help you make a difference while ensuring you maximize the potential tax advantages. Together, let's turn your goodwill into a force for positive change! More Info >>> https://buff.ly/3SG7A4p 🌈💼 #CharitableGiving #TaxDeductions #GenerosityMatters #FinancialEmpowerment #taxtips #taxhelp #taxprofessional #Taxpreparer #taxrefund

The Blair/Van Winkle Family is so moved by the support we are getting this 401Gives that they want to encourage more to join us on this #dayofgiving. If we can get 125 donors to support, they will donate and extra $5,000 to our 401Give efforts. We are 40 donors away from reaching this goal. You can help us meet this goal by doing 3 things: 1.) Give! If you haven't given to the MLK Center's 401 Give page, there's still time! 2.) Share our social media posts on 401Gives 3.) Share our 401Gives page with your family and friends. If we all work together, we can complete this challenge and unlock $5,000 that will go towards our 26 programs. Support today! https://lnkd.in/eDXKSmS #MyReasonMLK #myreasonmymlk #401Gives #ThrivingTogether #newportmlk #mlkccenter #heretohelp #DayofGiving #newportri #rhodeisland #supportlocal #unitedway

A few year’s ago my family joined our first JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes in Toronto. We were incredibly inspired by JDRF’s commitment to improving lives today and tomorrow by accelerating life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent and treat Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and its complications. We were overcome with emotion being surrounded by other T1D families, ambassadors, and dedicated volunteers and staff. Our hearts were filled with hope for a bright future for our son Ashton, and all Canadians living with T1D. Experiencing this profound sense of community, we knew we had to be a part of JDRF’s mission to advance T1D, to find a cure, and to accelerate the pace of research to get closer to the goal of a world without diabetes. This is why it means so much to our family to be a part of the JDRF Holiday Match program. A cure for T1D would mean everything. It would mean no more finger pricks, no more needles, no fear of complications, no life-threatening urgent low blood sugars, and no more sleepless nights. It would mean Ashton could be present in every moment of every day, instead of worrying about what the next moment may bring. It would mean no children would have to live with T1D. Today, and every day, we dream of a cure and we never give up! 💙 #givingseason #diabetesawareness

Your financial support, along with donations of furniture and household items, have helped us turn a new place to live into a home for over 1,600 households and diverted over 600 tons from the landfill. Your donations have impacted 3,820 adults and children, including Veterans, immigrants, women escaping domestic violence, young people outgrowing foster care, households affected by fire and natural disasters, and so many more. The need for our services continues to grow. Please consider showing your support by making a donation. With your help, we can turn a new place to live into a home. We are hoping to raise $2000 through giving Tuesday. $10 buys 3 pillows $15 buys a blanket $20 buys 1 set of sheets $40 buys a bed frame ------------------------ $80 provides a good nights sleep (with donated mattress and box springs) $75 provides a household with the ability to prepare and serve a meal $100 provides the delivery of basic furniture and household items for one family text CFR to 243725 #communityhelpingcommunity #turningaplacetoliveintoahome #givingtuesday

Ever wondered how the magic happens at Clinics Can Help? Here's an inside look at our process that transforms your donations into life-changing support: 1️⃣ Simple Paperwork, Big Impact: Clients start by filling out straightforward paperwork. This crucial step helps us track who's benefiting from our services and the reasons behind it. 2️⃣ Warehouse Wonders: Your donated equipment finds a new home in our warehouse at our West Palm Beach headquarters. It's the heart of where the magic unfolds, connecting those in need with the support they deserve. 3️⃣ Check-Ins for Continued Care: Our dedicated staff doesn't stop at lending out equipment. We conduct regular check-ups with clients to ensure the equipment is still in use and that they're satisfied. It's all about ongoing care and support! ✨ Your support doesn't just end with a donation; it's a journey of making a lasting impact in someone's life. Join us in creating stories of hope and resilience! 💙 #ClinicsCanHelp #TransformingLives #BehindTheScenes #DonateWithPurpose

Last week, my family spent a couple of days up north helping my husband, Don Riedthaler and the Ignite Northwest team, in their company’s test kitchen make and package meals for hungry kids. Between Don and I having worked decades in the restaurant industry, owning a restaurant of our own and having Don (aka Dad) as the primary cook at home, we have an abundance of food surrounding us, especially around the holidays. It felt so good (thanks to the powerful happiness hormone, oxytocin) to spent time in service to others. In the process, I noticed 3 benefits that parallel the neuroscience research in this article written by Brian de Lottinville  https://lnkd.in/ggG4wUY3   1.    Synergy 2.    Cooperation 3.    Connectedness   More benefits observed:   1.    Empathy 2.    Laughter and play 3.    Conversation 4.    Future strategic planning and decision making   It’s no wonder companies invest in team building where bonds can be formed. Though, upon reflection, the experience of helping others (for me) trumped some of the more prescriptive team building activities I’ve witnessed or participated in (karaoke bars, and escape rooms come to mind). What has your experience with team building been, and what are the possibilities for designing these opportunities with others in mind?   If neuroscience fascinates you too, check out this article by Ritvo who writes about the neurochemical drivers of happiness:  Dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin make up the Happiness Trifecta in this article:   https://lnkd.in/gqrX5QDA

#NonprofitFounders, #CommunityLeaders! The Huffer Memorial Children's Center showcases the power of community support through their Friend to Friend utility assistance fund. This fund, powered by donations, provides essential heating to families struggling to make ends meet during the cold winter months. A kind reminder that the work you do is so vital, shaping the lives of so many. But we understand that effectively marketing the mission and garnering the necessary support can sometimes be a challenge often overlooked. Remember, storytelling and fostering genuine connections are invaluable tools in effectively communicating your mission and encouraging donations. Let's continue to #PayItForward and ensure no family goes cold this winter. Your work is valued, your impact, immeasurable. #GiveHopeDaily, #NonProfitMarketing, #BusinessSolutions, #MarketingSolutions, #CommunityImpact. Tell us how you plan on making a difference today.

NEW #TuesdayTips for Leaders of Volunteers, and everyone working in the civic sector! December was a busy giving season but not all of the donations, especially in-kind items, are going to be helpful or useful to your organization. Most donors have the best intentions and think they are helping by dropping off random items, but sometimes people and companies also knowingly donate "trash" items as a tax write-off, in very bad faith. Dealing with bad donations wastes volunteer and employee time sorting and disposing of items instead of doing their mission critical work. I share my own story of "The Bad Wine Day of 2003", tips on steering good-faith in-kind donors in the right direction, creating a "Disqualified Donors" list and policy, resources on good governance and ethics from Independent Sector, and more. Share some of your own "Disaster Donation" stories and thoughts in the comments! #LeadersOfVolunteers #Donors #DonorRelations #InKindGiving #GivingSeason #TaxFraud #VolunteerManagement #DisasterResponse #Nonprofit