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Network For Good's 2013 Digital Giving Index
Thanksgiving is about GIVING (and Turkey). Just in time for the occasion, Network for Good created the Digital Giving Index to provide insights on charitable giving for nonprofits.
The Pop Up Activist.
The holiday season here in NY and that means pop-up shops have run amok. Don't get me wrong, I love a sugary smelling candle and hand-knitted scarf at discounted prices just as much as the next woman. But is it possible to tie this example of mass consumerism to a cause in an innovative way?
McDonald's Holds the Fries (and the Funds).
Who isn't familiar with the good works of Ronald McDonald House? As kids, we sold World's Finest Chocolate bars to support the charity and even dropped a coin or two into the plexi-glass donation boxes at the restaurant register before we scooped up our fries. We were doing good so that Mickey D's could do good.
Oprah's Trash Yields Great Treasures.
My lil sis has been urging me to host a yard sale to boost my holiday bank. I am seriously considering. However, I can't help but wonder, would anyone be crazy enough to buy my old stuff? Perhaps I should read Oprah's playbook on the very subject before I begin.