Ask us for our personal involvement first . . . Many of these new generation givers are more concerned about networking for collaboration than status-oriented socializing and want to leverage giving among their peers. Good results matter to them . . . You have to experience it yourself. Unfortunately, no one taught me about it.
Discussions are underway to develop such an initiative in Oregon.
Giving is done in a way that enlivens both the giver and the receiver and has a lasting positive impact on both. It is being placed here by permission of the author Charles MacLean and The American Fund Raising Institute. For the last few years all sources of fund raising information have been reporting a decrease in volunteering and giving. Since 1991, the average household contribution took a nose-dive by about eight percent. Overall volunteering also came down by about three percent.