South Dakota Update

Our break-a-thon fundraiser was an absolute success! The students from the local martial arts studio brought in almost $4,000 in donations for the chapter, with our only cost being the boards that the youth broke. We hope to make this a huge annual fundraiser for the chapter. Next year maybe we’ll break bricks? We are [...]

Update from South Dakota

Our newest board member owns a martial arts studio in town and came on the board with the idea to have a holiday break-a-thon. His youth students are collecting pledges for the boards that they are going to break. This is very exciting and I’m hoping that this becomes a huge annual event for our [...]

Frustrations in Fundraising

Last month I was asked by our executive director to take a lead in a student led fundraiser on my campus. We had the assistance of our American Humanics Student Association (nonprofit management/leadership student organization) at the university. I was excited for the idea of a dance that would serve as a joint fundraiser for [...]

What Have I Got Myself Into?!

When I was elected as vice chairman of my local Red Cross board of directors I was full of excitement. I knew this would be a great leadership and learning opportunity. The board expressed that they elected me so that we have young leadership that will take our chapter forward and that they could depend [...]

You can go anywhere from here!

My university’s slogan is “you can go anywhere from here.” I always thought it was corny – but as I look back on it, it makes sense. They might not mean just physically going some where, but accomplishing something where you are at. Using that starting point as a beginning for something greater yet to [...]

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