Posts by category: Giving
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.
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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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November 9th, 2011 | Birthdays, Giving, Team Building, Volunteers
Mentors and mentees at Select Comfort spent part of their recent event assembling birthday bags. Wendy Schoppert, CFO at Select Comfort who launched the mentoring initiative this past year commented, “Cheerful Givers was a great team-building event – but most importantly, a wonderful way to give back to our community and help families in need.”
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November 1st, 2011 | Birthdays, Giving, Holidays, Volunteers
By Kathy Stoller-Junghans
Turning 60 has been full of joy and abundant blessings! My birthday
wishes were to collect and put together 60 birthday bags, collect 60 pounds of
food for the food shelves and 60 pair of shoes for the homeless. It was a
wonderful birthday, and many friends enjoyed being involved in my efforts to
provide a little joy to children.
This also reflected what I have tried to make my life about, rather than
receiving a bunch of stuff that I didn’t need and had no meaning. Thank you for
your willingness to represent the children.
I realize birthday bags will not save the world, but they will contribute to
making children feel special, cared for and loved. Someday, in the lives of
these children when they are grown and become adults, I believe they will pay
it forward because someone cared enough to reach out a loving hand.
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October 21st, 2011 | Birthdays, Children, Giving, News, Volunteers
On Saturday, October 22, which was national Make A Difference Day, millions of Americans helped to change the world. 120 Cheerful Givers volunteers along with mentors and mentees with Kids ‘n Kinship got together to assemble 3,000 toy-filled birthday gift bags for less fortunate children.
Special guests Natalie Davis, Miss Minnesota 2011 and Haley Obrien, Miss Minnesota Collegiate, joined the efforts to help reach more of the 174,000 kids in Minnesota who are now living in poverty. The event was hosted by Thomson Reuters in Eagan. Many thanks to sponsors: AAA Minnesota/Iowa, Hands On Twin Cities, Northern Dakota and Southern Dakota/Scott County Chapters of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.
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October 20th, 2011 | Donations, Events, Giving
In the next few weeks your inbox will probably be filled with requests to “Give To The Max” on Nov. 16. Last year, $10 million dollars was raised for Minnesota nonprofits by 42,624 online donors during this annual day of charitable giving. So how will you decide where to give your hard-earned dollars? Might be a time to prioritize your giving habits. Some families let their kids help decide what charities they would like to support as a way of teaching them about the value of sharing with those who are less fortunate. Cheerful Givers, which provides birthday gifts for kids in Minnesota who don’t get to celebrate their birthday, is just one example of several thousand nonprofits who need your help.
To encourage donations throughout the day, an individual donor will be randomly chosen every hour by GiveMN.org to win a “Golden Ticket.” An additional $1,000 will be given to the charity that received the original donation, and one name will be randomly drawn to win a $10,000 golden ticket.
Local musician, Tim Mahoney, has written a song to be unveiled on this day whose title sums it all up – “Just Give.”
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October 12th, 2011 | Giving, News, Team Building, Volunteers
It was a race to support a variety of charities. Volunteer teams of employees at Land O’Lakes corporate headquarters raced to complete a number of projects which included assembling birthday bags after which each group was required to sing Happy Birthday.
Cheerful Givers board member, Corey Cox, cheered them on.
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September 19th, 2011 | Giving, Volunteers
At 84, Kathleen Beckman hasn’t slowed down in her monthly project of assembling birthday bags. Born on a farm in Central Minnesota, she worked until 2010 when she was looking for fun ways to fill her days.
She learned about Cheerful Givers while reading her local newspaper and immediately began assembling bags. She says she “enjoys shopping for pretty bags and small gifts to fill the bags and loves the idea that these little bags might make some needy child happy.”
In addition, she crochets scarves and shawls for a ministry at her church and proudly states “my volunteer projects give me a purpose in my life.”
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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 29th, 2011 | Birthdays, Giving, Team Building, Volunteers
“For more than 100 years AAA has been involved in making our communities better places to live and thus this opportunity with Cheerful Givers is a wonderful way to reach out to children and ensure they all have a happy birthday.”- Randy Williams, Regional President, AAA Minnesota/Iowa.
As part of a recent meeting, employees and leaders at AAA Minnesota/Iowa assembled 500 toy-filled birthday gift bags at their Burnsville, Minnesota location. The event was described by those who participated as “fun, a real team-building activity and great way to give back.”
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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!
