by Community Purse | May 26, 2022 | Blog, News & Updates
Community Purse is honored to be included in this new resource provided by The Maclellan Foundation, a timely and helpful guide to collaborative Christian giving based on biblical principles. “These biblical precedents— clear need to solve, individual decisions...
by Community Purse | Nov 13, 2021 | Blog, News & Updates
We are thrilled to announce that our founder and leader of the Lake County Chapter of Community Purse is being featured on a local podcast, This Mom Knows. Tune in for this conversation with Carolyn and Jennifer Uren, producer of the This Mom Knows podcast. The...
by Community Purse | Jul 22, 2021 | Blog, News & Updates
Julie Speth was minding her own business at a conference when she spied a notebook next to a co-worker. “What is Community Purse?” she asked. Her new friend explained that Community Purse is a giving circle where like-hearted women pool donations into one large grant...
by Community Purse | Apr 21, 2020 | Blog, News & Updates, Press
By Carolyn Dun A nonprofit in Illinois has a unique proposition that redistributes goods from donors to the nonprofits that need them. GiveNKind offers a way to collect and warehouse gently-used individual items or large quantities of new items from canceled orders,...
by Community Purse | Mar 21, 2020 | Blog, News & Updates, Press
Becky Weber | March 18, 2020 Community Purse Jefferson County Chapter received the February “Round Up” grant from Lake Mills Market. “I am thrilled we have the funds available to support all 17 of our (member-nominated) charities,” said Laura Pennington, Chapter...
by Community Purse | Aug 21, 2019 | Blog, News & Updates, Press
On Wednesday, August 14, LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Tobias (Lord of Glory – Grayslake, Illinois) joined LCC President / CEO Tim Hetzner and Director of K-9 Ministries Rich Martin at the quarterly meeting of the Community Purse / McHenry County Chapter. Tim spoke about...
