When I was much younger living in Calgary, I visited the city dump. Not one of my finest memories, but one that indelibly stuck with me. I remember thinking I’d see a huge pile of garbage, but as we entered the lot and drove up and up, I realized I wouldn’t be able to see […]
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Employers who give to causes you choose
Posted September 8th, 2008 by Sara
Did you know that more than 50% of large companies have an employee donation program? Employers are looking for different engagement strategies to retain employees and they offer donations to causes important to their employees as a tactic. Part of my day job is distributing grants to charitable organizations where our employees volunteer. But each […]
Jelly for a Better Volunteer Experience
Posted August 22nd, 2008 by joanna
Despite the possibly misleading name, Jelly doesn’t spread well on toast, isn’t a sugary bean, and didn’t take part in a 1980s shoe craze. Instead, Jelly is ChristmasFuture’s secret weapon in bringing volunteers together to keep the organization running. A weekly meeting, Jelly sees CF volunteers and staff come together to brainstorm, work on their […]
The Future of Volunteering
Posted August 14th, 2008 by Leif Baradoy
Last year, Rhett posted about A New Way To Volunteer. That is a subject ChristmasFuture won’t tire of considering and reconsidering.
So, last night at the ChristmasFuture Volunteer and Supporter Appreciation Night, we had a discussion with our volunteers about this question:
What should volunteering with an NGO 2.0 look like?
Here are some of the responses:
My Story of Stuff
Posted July 22nd, 2008 by Rhett Soveran
A long time ago, Leif asked me to write about the website and the Story of Stuff. But I delayed, dragged my feet and generally avoided the subject. I also said everyone’s seen it. But I have to wonder if sometimes, somethings just hit a little too close. Ouch, that’s my […]
Introductions and Transparency
Posted June 16th, 2008 by Michael T
Hi!
I just wanted to make a quick introduction. My name is Michael Topham, I’m going to be guest-blogging over here on ChristmasFuture. I’m hoping to help get the word out about this fantastic organization and it’s efforts to eradicate extreme poverty.
I first heard of ChristmasFuture over Facebook back in January when a co-worker […]
Summer of Love… well Code
Posted June 6th, 2008 by James
A few months back, ChristmasFuture applied to participate in Google’s Summer of Code program, a Google initiative to help the world’s open source projects by paying students to actually work on open source projects! After being accepted and working through all the student applications, we were allotted five students for the summer.
The […]
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