Earlier this week, I walked into an office here at Inland Hospital and saw this.
After being a bit grossed out, I read that it was one way this office was collecting for our hospital’s United Way drive.
Being the geek I am, I decided to run a photo caption contest by posting this picture [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Odd'
Fundraising oddity: Bet you’ve never seen THIS before!
November 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment
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Homeless man leaves $4 million estate
September 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
Do you remember Jean Preston, the unassuming librarian who’d amassed an $8 million estate?
Or Helene Whitlock Alley, the $100 donor that bequethed $7.3 million to a diabetes group.
Well here’s another entry in the never underestimate anyone category: Richard Walters.
Perhaps you’ve heard his name on NPR:
“Support for NPR comes from the estate of [...]
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Are nonprofit’s helping postpone Alzheimer’s?
May 18th, 2009 · No Comments
Apparently 2009 is going to be the year of learning to delay Alzheimer’s.
In today’s news, work is apparently officially proven to delay Alzheimer’s. The equation? 1 year or work = 6 weeks of delay.
Earlier this year, I read that drinking strong coffee may reduce the risk of dementia or Alzheimer’s by 65%!
What [...]
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Thoughts on fundraising “sales”
December 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments
See’s Chocolates sent me a tin of chocolates they use for a chocolate fundraiser. I told them my blog doesn’t talk about fundraising sales, but they insisted and who am I to turn down free chocolate?
The tin came yesterday. I was pleasantly surprised by both the assortment of chocolates in the tin [...]
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Bernard Madoff and the Double Standard of Scrutinizing Nonprofits
December 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I sure love the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s “Give & Take” roundup of nonprofit blogs. Today I found a gem from fundraising consultant Tom Belford on the Madoff ponzi scandal.
Tom writes on a pretty obvious, but unspoken, double standard: every few years, nonprofits are called to account for their actions and donations but large players [...]
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