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The Season of Giving

The Season of Giving

Tis the season of giving! When you read this, perhaps your thoughts jump to the upcoming Christmas holiday and the need to finish your last-minute shopping for family and friends. Unfortunately for many United Way staff, the season of giving is . . .

Campaign, DonorsGaryDecember 19, 2019workplace campaign, donateComment

Doing It Right! United Way of Wayne and Holmes Counties (Wooster, OH)

Doing It Right! United Way of Wayne and Holmes Counties (Wooster, OH)

Adopting an issue focus transforms a United Way from a focus on workplace campaigns and raising money, to a focus on community impact and making meaningful change.

Community Impact, Communicating, Doing It Right!, Donors, Fundraising, Issues, StatisticsGaryFebruary 25, 2016poverty, community impact, bold goal, 2-1-1, donate, issue focus, Direction-Setting ProcessComment

Promoting #GivingTuesday

Donors, Giving, Holidays, Fundraising, Younger Generation, Communicating, Issues, MarketingKaseyDecember 1, 2015#GivingTuesday, video, give, donate, impact, community, social media, issue, issue focusComment

Doing It Right! United Way of Wells County (Bluffton, IN)

Communicating, Issues, Marketing, Doing It Right!, Actions, Volunteers, Donors, ResultsGaryNovember 20, 2015communicate, issue focus, Direction-Setting Process, issue, bold goal, volunteer, donate, communityComment

Make It Awesome! Social Media Fundraisers

Younger Generation, Make It Awesome!, Issues, Marketing, Fundraising, Giving, Donors, Communicating, CampaignKaseyOctober 1, 2015social media, fundraiser, donate, issue, young leaders, communicateComment

#SkiptheFlowers

Communicating, Community Impact, Donors, Fundraising, Giving, Holidays, Marketing, Younger GenerationKaseyMay 7, 2015Mother's Day, #SkiptheFlowers, social media, community, donation, impact, donate, communicateComment