You will enjoy your feast more after this family to family basket of groceries donation. The program, created in partnership with Make It Better in 2008, supports a 3-block area surrounding the Good News Community Soup Kitchen. The kitchen receives between 200 and 500 laundry baskets filled with food and goodies for the low-income families […]
On December 12, 2009, Chicago residents Mike and Mariann Stanton went to wake up their 4-year-old son, Danny. They found him blue in his bed. They performed CPR and dialed 911, but it was no use. Danny had died after suffering from a seizure in his sleep. The cause of Danny’s death was SUDEP, Sudden […]
Bill McGrane knows a good story when he sees one. After all, he’s spent the last five decades of his professional life telling them—first as a reporter for newspapers such as the Minneapolis Tribune, and later as a public relations writer for the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings. “I’ve been writing all my life,” McGrane, […]
How Central School raised a bundle, how your charity can do it too All it takes is one volunteer with a good idea and a terrific cause to support. In the case of the most successful fundraiser in Central School history, that idea came from my co-chair, Linda Steen. She blurted it out over her […]
Are you in line to lead next year’s big school fundraiser? Central School (in Wilmette) holds its annual fundraiser in late February, but PTA jobs, like fundraiser chairs and committees, are slated the preceding May. This timeline assumes a similar calendar.
Are you leading or assisting with a fundraiser? Here’s a few pointers:
From writing a check to contacting your state lawmaker, you can help plug many of the gaps in funding at Illinois nonprofits. Write a check: Nonprofit charities rely on state funding for only a portion of their overall budgets. In many cases, the largest source of their funding comes from private donations. Most nonprofits maintain […]
Like a shopaholic who has tapped out her Visa, the state of Illinois is maxed out, with a roughly $13 billion deficit and $5 billion in unpaid bills. Awash in red ink, the state is now postponing payments and cutting cash to nonprofit charity and community service providers. Many of these organizations have already faced […]
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Earlier this year, Northbrook sisters Stacy Simpson and Lynn Van Cleave decided to raise money for breast cancer by throwing themselves a “bra-themed” birthday party with some very unique twists. The hot pink invitations informed guests that “The Girls are Goin’ from Saggin’ to Braggin’”—and that was just the beginning. Everything else was either […]
