You have asked how we are doing in raising funds for the Sharing Foundation as a part of the America’s Giving Challenge. As I sat at my computer this morning to write this blog post, I watched the number of donors rise to 400 and current donations total $11,140! This challenge is now moving faster…
Change A Child’s Life In Cambodia Through Literacy
Photo by Beth Kanter You can help change the life of a child in Cambodia. Literacy is key to interrupting a lifetime of living in poverty. The Sharing Foundation understands this. The Foundation today serves over 1,500 orphaned and seriously disadvantaged Cambodian children daily through numerous ongoing programs. These programs include teaching Khmer and English…
Giving beyond yourself
My wife and I recently went to Chipotle for dinner. If you’re not familiar with this restaurant, it’s a fast food place where you can get burritos the size of a small country, packed with rice, beans, chicken, and so on. I added a picture to this post. While eating, I noticed writing on my…
Presenting the Bloggers Who Create Community Award
The Bloggers Who Create Community Award was presented to me and the community at the Everyday Giving Blog by Laura at the Twenty Five Days to Make a Difference blog. The purpose of this award is to show gratitude for the community created on wonderful blogs. Since I received the award, I now have the…
December Giving Carnival
Christopher Scott did a great job capturing the entries for the December Giving Carnival. Go to his blog post at http://christopherscottblog.typepad.com/blog/2007/12/giving-carnival.html and learn how leadership impacts fundraising.
Playing the Stock Market with Nonprofits
It is extremely difficult to select individual stocks that increase our net worth. This is true even though we examine financial statements, annual reports, online ratings and financial magazines before making our decisions. A monkey has even done better than many of us at picking winners. If it is tough predicting the future performance of…
Only 3 Days Left To Make Donations In 2007
If you can see this, your browser doesn’t understand IFRAME. However, we’ll still link you to the file. The last week of the calendar year is traditionally the biggest for charitable donations. There are only 3 days left for you to make that year-end donation. Would you like a suggestion on where you can give?…
Bloggers Who Create Community Award
Laura at Twenty Five Days to Make a Difference presented the Bloggers Who Create Community Award to the Everyday Giving Blog. Here is what Laura had to say as she presented the award: "Roger Carr’s website, The Everyday Giving Blog, is all about helping others. I know that Mr. Carr has built a HUGE COMMUNITY…
And the Winners Of The Twenty Five Days To Make A Difference Project Are…
Laura announced the winners of the Twenty Five Days to Make a Difference project. You can read about all of the winners here. It was fun and inspiring to read about Laura’s acts of kindness each day. I was amazed at the response she received. Initially, Laura decided to honor her Grandfather during the holiday…
Share Your Faith
There are many ways to give back and make the world a better place. One way is to share your faith. On day 24 of the Twenty Five Days to Make a Difference project, Laura shares with us her Christmas Eve prayer. You need to click here and experience it now. Christmas means much more…