by Community Purse | Mar 13, 2025 | Blog
There are things we give financially to during our lives because we are called to do it. Other things we give to because it just seems like the right thing to do. Depending on what touches you, giving to different organizations may already be going on, whether it is...
by Community Purse | Feb 4, 2025 | Blog
Community Purse meetings usually hold some kind of surprise. Lately for the McHenry chapter, it has either been a landslide vote, or so close we have to count it twice. At another meeting last year, the head of the charity got sick and couldn’t make it and the...
by Community Purse | Nov 13, 2024 | Blog
As the holidays get closer, my mailbox overflows with offers to give money to different organizations. Most days, there are several thick envelopes with “stuff” inside. There are return address labels, notepads, all-occasion cards drawn by kids, or a calendar. With...
by Community Purse | Oct 8, 2024 | Blog
Fall always means transition. Summer is over, school starts, days turn crisp, and, as a huge bonus, there are caramel apples available everywhere. Every year in our part of the world, the trees get perfectly magical before the leaves disappear altogether. It’s a...
by Community Purse | Sep 5, 2024 | Blog
Community Purse meetings are a blast. It’s a party we are all invited to, where we leave feeling better than when we came. Most of the same people come and some we may only see once a quarter, so the mood is upbeat and joyful. At the McHenry Chapter meetings there...
