Comments on: Merry Christmas http://www.asmallchange.net/merry-christmas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=merry-christmas Making Sense of Fundraising Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:12:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jason Dick http://www.asmallchange.net/merry-christmas/#comment-705 Jason Dick Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:18:30 +0000 http://www.asmallchange.net/?p=797#comment-705 Thanks Katherine, great remarks. I've heard from a couple people that they have it crazy this last week of the year. A few people gave me a pretty funny look when I talked with them about having a slow last week of the year. I love your story about the Christmas Day delivery. Thanks, Jason Thanks Katherine, great remarks. I’ve heard from a couple people that they have it crazy this last week of the year. A few people gave me a pretty funny look when I talked with them about having a slow last week of the year.

I love your story about the Christmas Day delivery. Thanks, Jason

]]> By: Katherine Wertheim, CFRE http://www.asmallchange.net/merry-christmas/#comment-704 Katherine Wertheim, CFRE Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:57:05 +0000 http://www.asmallchange.net/?p=797#comment-704 I used to work the Christmas Day gift delivery for elderly people. In the early years, our volunteers were all Jewish, because it's not their holiday. Then we invited the Muslims in, and finally we had 200 volunteers form nine religions, including Christians. I couldn't understand why the Christians would come -- wasn't it their holiday? But then they explained to me that it was the Christian thing to do, and besides, once the gifts were opened, there wasn't much to do that day. So hundreds of elderly people benefitted from a visit from a caring volunteer. Great column; I just wanted to add that for certain charities, the upcoming week can be very busy. I'm thinking of the Alzheimer's Association -- they get a lot of calls this week, because people visit family and realize that mom or dad has really deteriorated and needs help. A lot of people will work tonight and tomorrow for all of us -- staff coordinating the soup kitchen volunteers, the journalists covering the nonprofit events, and the police, fire and hospital personnel who keep us all safe. If you see one of them, now's the time to say thanks. Happy holidays! I used to work the Christmas Day gift delivery for elderly people. In the early years, our volunteers were all Jewish, because it’s not their holiday. Then we invited the Muslims in, and finally we had 200 volunteers form nine religions, including Christians. I couldn’t understand why the Christians would come — wasn’t it their holiday? But then they explained to me that it was the Christian thing to do, and besides, once the gifts were opened, there wasn’t much to do that day. So hundreds of elderly people benefitted from a visit from a caring volunteer.

Great column; I just wanted to add that for certain charities, the upcoming week can be very busy. I’m thinking of the Alzheimer’s Association — they get a lot of calls this week, because people visit family and realize that mom or dad has really deteriorated and needs help.

A lot of people will work tonight and tomorrow for all of us — staff coordinating the soup kitchen volunteers, the journalists covering the nonprofit events, and the police, fire and hospital personnel who keep us all safe. If you see one of them, now’s the time to say thanks.

Happy holidays!

]]> By: Dan Smith http://www.asmallchange.net/merry-christmas/#comment-703 Dan Smith Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:59:15 +0000 http://www.asmallchange.net/?p=797#comment-703 Merry Christmas to you too! Merry Christmas to you too!

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