How Big Giving Starts with Free Pizza

How Big Giving Starts with Free Pizza

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...
Manna on Mission

Manna on Mission

Every charitable organization has limits.  There’s only so much money, only so much time, and only so many hours that can be spent furthering the mission on which it stands.  I would wager to say that most of these enterprises also have goals and dreams that aren’t...
Potluck Philanthropy – All In It Together

Potluck Philanthropy – All In It Together

I enjoy a smorgasbord. I appreciate a church potluck. I especially love it when friends come over, everyone brings their best dish, and we eat like kings.  When I look at the difference between eating just what I made or getting to taste all of it, there’s no...
You Have to Love a Good Registry

You Have to Love a Good Registry

It’s quickly becoming wedding season, and one of the best parts of getting invited to that celebration is scanning the couple’s registry and seeing what they like and what means something to them. Is it the beautiful dishes they will have forever, 800 thread count...