Posts by category: Funding
June 24th, 2010 | Children, Funding, News, Press
Minneapolis Star Tribune, June 23
The cold and rain didn’t keep 100 Cheerful Givers fans from cheering on the Minnesota Twins at Target Field on June 12. Tickets to the game were sold as a fundraiser to help the charity provide toy-filled birthday gift bags for less fortunate children in Minnesota.
The group also enjoyed wavers featuring right fielder Michael Cuddyer, which were provided by Animal Fair/Sports & Entertrainment. 
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May 5th, 2010 | Funding, Giving, Kids, Volunteers
By James Kwee
The Hilger Philanthropist Club held their fourth annual “Best of Hilger” Talent Show on March 11th. The show is held every year to raise money for the Chattanooga Cheerful Givers pilot program which serves the Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Northwest Georgia area. Last year’s theme for the show was New York City, this year’s was “Light and Color.” The stage was decorated with brightly colored panels, illuminated by colored lights, bearing resemblance to a Rubik’s cube.
This year, the show was conducted under new leadership. Virginia Rickard, 17, former club Vice President, now President, who grabbed the reins to ensure that everything fell into place. Speaking about her first time running the show, Virginia says, “It was very different to be the head coordinator of the talent show. I didn’t expect there to be nearly as many details to take care of!” Continue reading »
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March 15th, 2010 | Birthdays, Events, Funding, News
Join us for the “Great Minnesota Birthday Party” on March 27 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm at the Mall of America (Sears Court). Each year we gather to raise awareness and funds to provide toy-filled birthday gift bags for children who are living in poverty on their birthday. If you can’t join us in person, watch the live video stream at cheerfulgivers.org/live. Continue reading »
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January 15th, 2010 | Birthdays, Children, Donations, Funding, News, Press
We were very pleased to receive a donation of $1,500 from the Build-A-Bear Workshop Foundation to support our birthday bag gift program. Matt Oldani, Foundation Bear, writes “We are thrilled to be able to partner with you to help children.”
Each year the Build-A-Bear Workshop Foundation continues to advance its mission of improving communities and impacting lives through meaningful philanthropic programs that support children, families, animals and the environment. We are proud to be one of their “best friends.”
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November 18th, 2009 | Events, Funding, News
Cheerful Givers was proud to be one of the 3,141 nonprofits participating in Give to the Max Day yesterday. In addition, we were featured on Cities97 in an on-air interview about the event.
We’re pleased to announce that our pre-match total was $2,666!
We couldn’t have done it without the generous support of our donors. Thank you all for helping us continue putting birthday smiles on the faces of underprivileged children in the year ahead.
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September 29th, 2009 | Donations, Funding, Giving
The Environmental, Health and Safety Operations group at 3M world headquarters in St. Paul, MN got together today to promote workplace giving. In conjunction with a chili cook-off and dessert competition, they collected toys and $ for Cheerful Givers.
