thanksgiving
noun thanksĀ·givĀ·ing \  a prayer expressing gratitude

Dear Giving DuPage Friends,

We are fortunate to see and hear stories of profound generosity, so we are happy to share this 'Thanksgiving' as an our expression of gratitude.

We thank every volunteer who has devoted one hour of time and every donor who has given one dollar, or one item, because your combined contribution is the very definition of helping those in need and enriching our community.

As you celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with family & friends, we want you to know...

YOU ARE POWERFUL.    Within you lies the powerful ability to make someone's life better.

YOU POSSESS A GIFT.  There is a local charity looking for your exact skills and passion.

YOU HAVE GREAT POTENTIAL.  To realize our fullest potential is to also give of ourselves.

YOU ARE THE BLESSING that someone is waiting to receive.
 
What would happen if you decided to use your power, gifts, potential and blessings to do a little more good? What would happen if 150,000 people decided to do the same?

Join us to  Do GOOD DuPage and let's find out together as we decide to transform our community through service. We offer a few simple ideas to create lasting impact and we'll share some more every month.

On behalf of the Giving DuPage board and staff, I thank you for your partnership, fellowship and friendship.

In Gratitude,
Shefali M. Trivedi
Giving DuPage, Executive Director
We have a goal to sign up 500 new volunteers by Jan 1 at our Volunteer Portal site - which contains 700+ volunteer & in-kind donation needs for 350 local nonprofit partners.

Do you have a gently used diaper bag or mommy back pack? Did you know there are hundreds of families that cannot afford a new diaper bag? Goal - find 150 awesome donors!

Donate your diaper bag and other baby items
Are you passionate about a local cause? What if writing about your favorite charity would make a HUGE difference for that organization? Write a post/article and publish it somewhere and start with "Why I Love This Charity!"

You're probably already a dedicated volunteer, right? Have some photos while you were doing some GOOD? We have a crazy goal to collect 15,000 photos of volunteers in action! Yep, that's 15,000 VOLUNTEER PHOTOS!

"I'd like to give back, but I don't know where to get started."
Giving DuPage is your answer, serving the public as the DuPage County Volunteer Center.

If you are a family, school, business, house of worship or community group, we want to serve as your volunteering resource.
              A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats
How can we strengthen the capacity of our 350 nonprofit partners?

Through our Volunteer Portal site, we connect an average of 4 volunteers every day to local charities, but what if we could mobilize 15 or 30 volunteers every day?

What if we could reach YOU as a potential volunteer?

If every person receiving this email invested $15 in Giving DuPage, we could:

  • have a social media advertising budget for the next 3 years, AND
  • hire a contractor for 2 years, to oversee our Board Volunteer Program which recruits/matches/places/trains prospective board members to nonprofit service - the #1 need for local nonprofits, AND
  • develop a formal program as a resource to help companies meet their corporate social responsibility goals and connect them to local causes, AND
  • afford more outreach to grow our volunteer database to over 10,000 volunteers by 2020!
To promote giving and volunteering in DuPage County
Giving DuPage is a 501(c)3 organization operating in partnership with DuPage County.
Giving DuPage | (630) 407-6458 | givingdupage@dupageco.org | givingdupage.org