Posts Tagged ‘Thanksgiving’

November

21st

2012

Pie in the Sky is the Best Thanksgiving Fundraiser!

November 21st, 2012 by joewaters
Photo Courtesy of Community Servings

I wouldn’t care if I had turkey on Thanksgiving, but not having pie tomorrow would ruin my day. Whether it’s apple, pumpkin, sweet potato, pecan, or any other kind of pie–I love them all! I bet you have your favorites, too. Boston-based Community Servings had pie lovers in mind when they created their Pie in…

November

21st

2012

Five Ways to Thank Donors for Thanksgiving

November 21st, 2012 by johnhaydon
Photo by Joe Shlabotnik

If you’re in United States you know that Thanksgiving is right on top of us. And if you’re like most nonprofits you’ve been extremely busy wrapping up the week. But did you forget something? Did you forget to express gratitude for all of the wonderful supporters your organization has? If you have forgotten, no worries….

November

20th

2012

Thanksgiving: The Lancaster Way of Giving

November 20th, 2012 by kenmueller
Meghan and Jose, Founders of Character's Pub

Meghan Young grew up in Lancaster County and attended schools in the city of Lancaster. Despite leaving the area to attend culinary school in Baltimore, then working as a chef in London and New York City, Lancaster was always home. So when she returned to the area in 2011 with her business partner Jose Fuentes…

November

20th

2012

Let’s Fight Lung Cancer & Give Thanks

November 20th, 2012 by joewaters
Photo by vxla

After talking with Susan Davis, Chief Development Officer of the American Lung Association, I have another thing to be thankful for on Thursday: no one I know has lung cancer. Sadly, I know people that have died from the disease, including a favorite uncle at 49. He didn’t smoke. You may know someone too. More…

November

19th

2012

5 Last-Minute Gestures of Thanksgiving

November 19th, 2012 by ifdy
Photo by Elvert Barnes

Three days before Thanksgiving isn’t the ideal time to start thinking about how to give back to your community, right? The reality is we’re very busy people, and good will simply isn’t on the forefront of our Thanksgiving plan-making process—especially if we’re hosting X number of out-of-town relatives for the long weekend. But I’m here…