Posts tagged New Organization
Welcome Schoolhouse Supplies
Jan 29th
In 15 Non-Profits and Counting, I proudly announced the continued growth of Click. Buy. Help. and my plan to begin showcasing the organizations that are currently participating. Since Schoolhouse Supplies was the first group to join, it is of course the appropriate group with which to start.
Click. Buy. Help. is an innovative fundraising idea and Schoolhouse Supplies is equally innovative. After being founded in 1999, Schoolhouse Supplies has enjoyed over a decade of supporting students and teachers throughout Portland Public Schools. They operate Oregon’s first and only volunteer-run Free Store to provide teachers with the classroom supplies needed to encourage the learning process for all students. Today, they are a nationally recognized leader in the Free Store movement, which creates direct links between students and members of the community.
As an award-winning nonprofit that supports public education in Portland, their mission is targeted at helping students achieve. “To serve classrooms in need by operating a volunteer-run Free Store for Teachers, which is stocked with supplies donated by the community,” is based on the belief that every child deserves school supplies and has the right to a quality education.
Founded by Portland Public Schools parent Katie Gold, Schoolhouse Supplies has grown from serving 11 schools to all 130 Portland Public Schools. With supply drives and generous contributions of gently used supplies from leading businesses in the northwest, Schoolhouse Supplies has been able to keep their Free Store shelves stocked year round.
If you would like to help Click. Buy. Help. sustain the good work they are doing, start your online shopping from their page. There, they have all three of the big office and school supply retailers shown along with direct links to purchase the items most in need. Tell your friends and share the link to their page.
If you know of a another non-profit organization that could benefit from a new and creative fundraising idea, send them to our Contact Us page and we’ll help them get started!
15 Non-Profits and Counting
Dec 15th
It has been a while since I’ve posted any general information or perspectives about fundraising or non-profit trends. That is mostly because I’ve been happily busy working with wonderful organizations to get them started with Click. Buy. Help. I am pleased to say that there are now 15 organizations or sub-groups participating and it is truly rewarding to be helping these groups help others.
As a way to showcase the member organizations to each other, potential members and the general public who visit the site, I will begin an ongoing series of short focus stories for each group. Then, as new groups join, a story will be added, introducing them to the Click. Buy. Help. community.
Look for the first profile soon. They will appear in the sequence they joined Click. Buy. Help.
This is a wonderful opportunity to thank the Group of 15 for allowing me to be a part of their work. Although I don’t participate directly, I am able to provide assistance through the commissions earned on supporters purchases. Fundraising is difficult and assistance is needed from any available direction. I am pleased to be able to provide support.
Dave
New Organization: ISV – Zack Guerrero
Apr 17th
International Student Volunteers is an organization that pairs (mostly) college students with volunteer opportunities around the world. While ISV isn’t partnering with Click. Buy. Help. directly, one of the student volunteers is. Click. Buy. Help. is pleased to welcome Zack Guerrero!
Zack attends Northern Arizona University and is planning to volunteer in South Africa this summer. You can check out is Click. Buy. Help. page to see the significant variety of activities in which he is planning to participate. There will be much hard work mixed in with a little fun – the perfect way to volunteer!
New Organization: Courts for Kids
Apr 10th
Courts for Kids is a wonderful organization that like most non-profit organizations, has their heart in the right place – to help make better lives for others. What is unlike other non-profits is the nature of their mission: “To foster love, compassion, service and an expanding worldview as we take teams to economically disadvantaged areas, partnering with local organizations and community members to build courts which will provide kids with the opportunity to play sports.” You can read more about this heart-warming aspiration on their mission page.
The groups they take to economically disadvantaged areas around the world seem to benefit as much as the towns and villages who receive the gift of a court. The work benefits the group, but the court benefits an entire community.
New Organization: Trillium Charter School
Dec 18th
Click. Buy. Help. is pleased to welcome Trillium Charter School!
Trillium Charter School, based in Portland, Oregon, is a public school that nurtures each child’s inherent curiosity, creativity and connection to community. They support diverse learning styles and use democratic processes to help students grow fully as human beings and contribute to and enhance the world.
Trillium Charter School’s philosophy is founded on the belief that schools and families can provide effective ways of supporting the student throughout their years in the public school system. The school treats students as actively involved learners who are building a personal knowledge of the world around them through action, experience, and reflection. The educational philosophies used are centered on contextual teaching and learning and constructivism. Contextual teaching and learning utilizes problem-based learning, collaborative/cooperative learning, project-based learning, service learning, and work-based learning.
Please feel free to begin your shopping from their page. They would appreciate your support.
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Our First Organization: Schoolhouse Supplies
Jun 20th
Click. Buy. Help. continues to evolve. You may have noticed some changes lately – and there are more planned. What’s driving these changes is responsiveness. Click. Buy. Help. is dedicated to helping non-profit organizations and being responsive to their needs is paramount.
First, Click. Buy. Help. is pleased and proud to have Schoolhouse Supplies join as the first organization! Initially, a small pilot test with their close friends and colleagues will take place from a small collection of retailers from their page. Then, as we refine our strategies, they will consider expanding to their current supporters.
Please welcome Schoolhouse Supplies to the Click. Buy. Help. community by visiting their page, learn more about the good work they do for teachers and students, and join in the pilot test – jump off from their site to do some shopping!
In addition to our first organization, a number of new retailers have been added. More >
Organization Index Page Added
Feb 9th
Interest is growing among non-profit organizations and as they become part of Click. Buy. Help., they will be added to the new Organization Index page. In addition, the navigation at the top has changed to allow drop-down choices. For now, the initial two choices and others to be added will be in alphabetical order until another redesign is needed.
Check back frequently for more organizations you can help with your online purchasing.
Thank you for supporting these causes. Let us know in the comments below if you would like to add your organization.
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