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 25, 2020 | Blog, Featured Charities, Press
By Carolyn Dun Do you wonder where discarded items often go? Landfill. A newer 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...
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...
by communitypurse | Nov 13, 2017 | Blog, News & Updates, Press
Community Purse is honored to be featured in this video by Fox and Trove which shares how they will be using their recent grant awarded by our members! Check out the video to learn more: https://foxandtrove.com/pages/free-kindness-education-for-lake-county Fox and...
by communitypurse | Jun 21, 2017 | Blog, News & Updates, Press
By Kevin Brown, Interim Managing Editor – Lake Mills Leader When Laura Pennington, co-owner of Bartel’s Landing, relocated to Lake Mills from the Chicago, Ill., area, she brought with her her Christian passion for a unique community giving program called...
