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Paying it forward

Why It Matters:

Last week, Alton’s New York office took part in our Pledge 1% volunteer day initiative, once again teaming up with West Side Campaign Against Hunger (WSCAH) in Manhattan to help alleviate hunger in the city.    WSCAH’s crucial work ensures all New Yorkers have access with dignity to a choice of healthy food and support services. In support of the organization’s community-focused mission, the Alton team helped prepare 1,490 bags of fresh or shelf-stable food to serve more than 600 families in New York.     Each year Alton supports Pledge 1% https://lnkd.in/eW_ANjH, where we not only donate 1% of our revenue, but also 1% of our time to charitable causes.       Please join us in helping West Side Campaign Against Hunger with its impactful work by donating here: https://lnkd.in/d3eDAKJ   #community #socialresponsibility #corporatecitizenship #givingback #WSCAH #Pledge1%

🎉 Happy Monday, everyone! 🎉 Kicking off the week with an exciting fundraiser! I'm thrilled to launch the first of (what I hope to be) many fundraisers for local nonprofits using my page. 👊 For those who don't know, I host a weekly podcast called Fondy Famous, where I spotlight a different business or nonprofit every Friday at 9am. I've used my page to help grow and bring awareness to local businesses and nonprofits, and today I need YOUR help! 🙏 👉Here's the deal: Professional Collectors Corp of Fond du Lac will donate up to $1500 to support Critter Junction Pet Rescue Fond du Lac, while I create content the month of July to share with all of you the impact they have! Here's how YOU can help: 1️⃣ Follow BOTH my page and Critter Junction Pet Rescue Fond du Lac. 2️⃣ Comment "done" on THIS post after following. *I do ask that followers are LOCAL to Wisconsin. 🧀 For every new follow in July, Professional Collectors Corp will donate $1, up to $1500. Let's make a difference together—every follow counts! Deadline July 19th, but I have a feeling we will close out much before then!🙌 If you'd like to make a donation, you can use the link below.   If you'd like to sponsor a campaign like this, please message me directly.  We grow better, by growing together. #Fundraiser #SupportLocal #PetRescue #FondyFamous #ProfessionalCollectorsCorp #CritterJunction #CommunityLove #JulyCampaign #FondduLacWi #nonprofit

Step 2 of the D's method: DONATE! 🛍️ Before dropping off your items, take a quick moment to check online and ensure that Lifeline Darling Downs & South West Qld Ltd’s bins can accept your generous donations. Together, let's make every contribution count! 💖  #DonateWithPurpose #LifelineDarlingDownsSW #LDDSWQL

📣 There is only four days 🔢 to go for anyone interested in bidding for support with their community or charity project via the The Channel Islands Co-operative Society COOP COMMUNITY FUND 🎁. The Fund has two rounds of applications each year, one in the autumn 🍂 and one in the spring 🌻. So if you want to plan 🎯 for an event, initiative or activity that will help your charity or community project later this year or early 2025 📅, you will need to apply BY MONDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2024 ⏲. The application process is online 💻, is simple requiring little time ⌚ to complete. The key is to grasp and understand how the Coop Community Fund works and the areas of community engagement it targets 🎯. All the details can be found on this link: https://bit.ly/3xly5Uv 🖱 The Coop Community Fund is your fund, delivering support and funding 🌱 to the Channel Islands third and voluntary sector. The COOP Community Fund website shows plenty of examples of the support it has provided since its inception in 2021 (like that to the 🌺 Floral Forest 🌺 project highlighted in the post below). It can only support those that make themselves known for needing support 🖐. Please share this post and draw your voluntary colleagues and charities attention to what support is available. Thanks. S. #CICoop #CoopCommunityFund #JerseyCharities #GuernseyCharities #ThirdSector #CreatingValueForOurMembersEveryday

Say, for example, that a donor had a pot P to donate annually to eight similar charities. She could measure their performance based on x interventions costing y annually (the formula is more complicated, this is a simple example). By applying Markovitz Theory of Portfolio Selection she could allocate P among the eight charities according to the Markowitz calculated coefficients efficiently in order to maximize her personal charitable giving utility. The risk-return element is part of the formula. Am I on to something or barking up the wrong endangered tree forest? Answers welcome on an e-postcard.

MICRO PHILANTHROPY is bringing in $1.5 million this year to StreetSmart Australia - small micro donations ($2 - $15). It works. People often think philanthropy is high-net worth family trusts donating large sums of money to social charities, health systems and the environment , but what they don't realise is - everyone can be a philanthropist. Many friends of mine still struggle to articulate the word 'Philanthropy', let alone grasp the concept about 'Micro-philanthropy'. This is why this year, StreetSmart are bringing about awareness of how small micro donations that are pooled collectively with others, can generate incredible large scale impact. The world and the communities we live in need more micro philanthropy. It's cool. It's a good thing. As always, a CTA link provided - https://lnkd.in/gw2P7t2

For years we have been advocating that Foreign Currency Fundraising works. All it takes is a single coin to help your neighbours! As mentioned by CanadaHelps and Food Banks Mississauga, a donation of a single dollar can provide a meal. That means that a single coin from so many different countries would provide one meal (or more): €1.00 or €2.00 (EUR - Euro) £1.00 or £2.00 (GBP - British Pound) 1.00fr or 2.00fr or 5.00fr (CHF - Swiss Franc) $10.00 (HKD - Hong Kong Dollar) $2.00 (AUD - Australian Dollar) ¥500 (Yen - Japanese Yen) $1.00 (USD - United States Dollar) $2.00 (NZD - New Zealand Dollar) The next time you are looking for a way to help but aren't sure how, consider your leftover foreign currency / holiday travel money. Put together an employee drive at work, tell your friends and family and put together a larger collection, or host a party and ask everyone to bring their leftover foreign cash; talk about the great times you had where the money came from. You can't use it to buy groceries for yourself, but you could use it to ensure your neighbours / friends / family don't go hungry. Any Currency, Any Amount #AllCurrencyAccepted Daily Bread Food Bank Ottawa Food Bank Calgary Food Bank Edmonton's Food Bank Greater Vancouver Food Bank Food Banks of Quebec Food Bank On Wheels Society The Food Bank of Waterloo Region Feed the Need in Durham Feed Ontario Food Banks Canada | Banques alimentaires Canada Second Harvest Scarborough Food Security Initiative Food First NL Kawartha Lakes Food Source North York Harvest Food Bank The Salvation Army in Canada The Salvation Army

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