Posts by category: Funding
January 17th, 2012 | Birthdays, Events, Family, Funding, Upcoming Event, Volunteers
On Saturday, March 31st from 1-3 pm, Cheerful Givers will once again host “The Great Minnesota Birthday Party” in Sear’s Court at the Mall of America.
We will be celebrating reaching our milestone of Half a Million Kids Receiving Birthday Bags since our organization began. We plan to have special guests fill the 500,000th birthday bag at the event, and the Governor is proclaiming it “Cheerful Givers Day” throughout Minnesota.
We will have a number of interactive elements this year that allows visitors to experience the Birthday Party in a way that resonates with each of them. The design will invite the passer-by to stop and engage while floor visuals grow throughout the event. Included will be a Join the Party opportunity, scavenger hunt, Knowledge Quest informational kiosks, Build a Birthday Bag Lego Station and many prize drawings.
It’s a free event with donations encouraged. All are welcome!
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January 12th, 2012 | Funding, Giving
Support our cause by eating chicken wings, or whatever you choose, at the Buffalo Wild Wings at 1280 Promenade Place in Eagan, Minnesota on Saturday, January 14 between 12-4 pm. Mention Cheerful Givers and we will receive 10% of food sales.
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December 22nd, 2011 | Birthdays, Children, Donations, Funding, Giving, Holidays
Did you know that 22% of annual giving happens in the last two days of the year? Online giving on December 31 is concentrated between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. in every time zone.
If you have already given, thank you very much! If not, there’s still time to make a tax-deductible donation to Cheerful Givers and to know that you showed the not-so-fortunate children that they, too, are special by allowing their parents to recognize their birthday with a toy-filled gift bag.
Your gift of $100 will bring birthday joy to 10 children. We appreciate whatever you can afford, and it will make a difference in a child’s life.
Thanks for your generosity and a very Happy New Year!
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December 19th, 2011 | Funding, Giving, News
Cheerful Givers was awarded one of the Dakota Electric Touchstone Energy Community Awards recognizing our service to the local community. Margaret Schreiner, Dakota Electric Board Member presented the award to Karen Kitchel on December 15th at Dakota Electric.
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November 17th, 2011 | Birthdays, Children, Funding, Giving, News
Cheerful Givers greatly appreciates everyone who made a donation during Give To The Max Day on November 16th. As a result of 97 donations, we raised $3,955. This will provide birthday gift bags for hundreds more kids!
Overall Give To The Max Day brought in over $13 million for 3,978 nonprofits in Minnesota. Many thanks to all who gave!
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November 15th, 2011 | Events, Funding, Giving, News
Give to the Max Day, the “Great Minnesota Give Together,” is a day for Minnesotans to come together to raise as much money as possible for nonprofits in 24 hours – starting at midnight on November 16 through midnight on November 17.
Of course we’d love you to donate so we can continue to help children in need celebrate their birthday. But you can also help in other ways.
Share from our website
We’ve created a central page on our website explaining what GTMD is and how to donate. At the bottom of this page are various buttons to share via social networks, email, like the page on Facebook and +1 it on Google+. Using these buttons to share will increase the totals displayed for each type of sharing and encourage others to do the same. Use all of them if you like then keep reading for more ways to use social media to help. Continue reading »
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October 27th, 2011 | Donations, Funding, News
A new way to support Cheerful Givers this week is to purchase 50% off restaurant certificates for some of the best restaurants in the Twin Cities — and 10% of every sale until the end of the month at Outstanding Dining goes to support our birthday gift bags.
OutstandingDining.com founder, Ben Berry is a manager at an independent
eatery in the Twin Cities. After working with other gift certificate and
discount websites to expand the customer base at the restaurant, he
came to realize two important truths about online gift certificate
venues: first, that these sites were playing an increasingly important
role in how and where consumers spent their money. Secondly, he
realized that many of the small, independent businesses that
participated often did so at a operating loss. He became convinced that
there was a better system to be had and set out creating one.
His concept: a website that ensured each gift certificate sold benefited
the participating restaurants just as much as it benefited the
consumer. At that point, he realized he needed to take the concept one
step further. The need for gift certificates and discount venues
stemmed from tight economic times. Tight economic times also meant that
most local nonprofits were struggling for funding right at the time
their services to the community were needed the most. Berry not only
saw an interesting correlation, he also saw the next evolution of online
gift certificate websites: a system that met the demands of the
consumer while also addressing the needs of the community.
Check out the options at Outstanding Dining!
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September 16th, 2011 | Birthdays, Donations, Funding, Giving
Thanks to everyone who placed a bid on our auction which ended today. Proceeds will bring birthday joy to many children!
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August 23rd, 2011 | Children, Donations, Funding, Giving, Kids
Cheerful Givers is now being featured on Groupon.com with a G-Team campaign running from Aug. 23-25.
As you may know, Groupon is a website that features daily deals (50 to 90% off) on local goods, services and cultural events in more than 500 markets and 46 countries worldwide. G-Team is a community outreach initiative within Groupon that brings communities together to do good, have fun, and make an impact. G-Team has been working in the Twin Cities to help mission-driven organizations like ours raise money and raise awareness, channeling the collective buying power of Groupon followers and our local supporters.
If you’re not currently a member of Groupon, sign up at (http://www.groupon.com/subscriptions/new) and confirm your city as Minneapolis/St. Paul. Then check your daily Groupon email, or you can go here to support our cause and encourage your friends to help.
We need 50 people to donate a minimum of $10 to get the funding. The result will be 50 less fortunate kids get to have a Happy Birthday!
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June 13th, 2011 | Donations, Funding, Volunteers
Thanks to the 20 Cheerful Givers volunteers who helped at Target Field on Saturday with the Minnesota Twins “split the pot raffle.” As a result of these efforts, $1,700 is being donated to Cheerful Givers.
Congratulations also to Debra Price, the lucky Twins fan, who also receives $1,700.
