Or any of the other 70 great Community Shares organizations, its so hard to choose!! TRC staff has taken over my facebook page, enjoy their silliness and see below to see how you can help us by donating during certain times of the day and the “prizes” you can win . . . we already have our first winner!!!!
We have been having a great time with the lead-up to the Big Share, which is TODAY. TRC staff has taken over the TRC Facebook page and our executive Director’s personal Facebook account to post very silly, badly photo-shopped photos. The theme: March 1st, of course, and you should go check it out because Brenda Was There. You’ll see. Click through. It’s worth it.
We need you guys to donate TODAY on our Big Share website. In order to make your donations really count, and make us eligible for prizes (we could win hundreds of dollars because of your $10+ donation!), donate during strategic times:
- 5-6am: Are you an early bird? We need just one person to donate $10+ on our Big Share page in order to have an entry into that hour’s drawing. If your donation is selected, our non-profit would win $250! Donor Prize: $20 Marigold Kitchen Gift Certificate. WINNER = Lori Kief!
- 8-9am: We’re trying to get as many individuals as possible to donate during this hour! If you donate $10+, and we have the most individual donors, we could win $500! Donor Prizes: 1 lb of Just Coffee, 1 private phone call with Brenda Konkel (this is your chance to ask our Executive Director your burning housing counseling question). WINNERS = 1. A pound of Just Coffee – John Wilbourn
2. Angela Stryck – A phone call with Brenda Konkel (you poor thing!)- ADDED: 2-3pm: We have a $25 gift certificate to Madison Sourdough Company for one of our lucky donors (donate here) during this POWER HOUR, meaning we could win $500 if we have either the most amount of money OR the most amount or donors. If we had BOTH we could win up to $1000!!! Winner = Joanne Browne
- 5-6pm: We’re trying to get as many individuals as possible to donate during this hour! If you donate $10+, and we have the most individual donors, we could win $500! Donor Prizes: a $20 gift certificate to One Barrel Brewing, 1 private phone call with Brenda Konkel (this is your chance to ask our Executive Director your burning housing counseling question). Winner = Sandi Park (One Barrel) and Sarah Rodefer (phone call)
- 7-8pm: We need just one person to donate $10+ on our Big Share page in order to have an entry into that hour’s drawing. If your donation is selected, our non-profit would win $250! Donor Prize: a custom bad photo shop photo print based on your photos. Winner = Michele Ritt
- 9-10pm: We need just one person to donate $10+ on our Big Share page in order to have an entry into that hour’s drawing. If your donation is selected, our non-profit would win $250! Donor Prize: a custom bad photo shop photo print based on your photos. Winner = Tobi Silgman
- 11pm-midnight: Are you a night owl? We need just one person to donate $10+ on our Big Share page in order to have an entry into that hour’s drawing. If your donation is selected, our non-profit would win $250! Donor Prize: a custom bad photo shop print based on your photos. Winner = Karen Andro
If you already know you’ll donate, please fill out this form, or reply to this email! We’ll send you a friendly reminder email or phone call.
We’ll keep posting goofy stuff on our Facebook page all day, and that’s where we’ll notify the world about who won the prizes.
We’re counting on you because you’ve counted on us. Help support us for the year to come during this one day of giving.
– TRC Staff
Brenda, Matt, Anders, Laura, Shenise, Anne, Cristina, Keith, Maddie, Hunter, Jessica & all of our dedicated volunteers!—
What is Community Shares of Wisconsin? CSW is a membership organization that raises funds for local nonprofits looking to make social and environmental change. More about CSW is here: www.communityshares.comWhat is The Big Share? It’s a day of giving for all the nonprofits that Community Shares of Wisconsin supports. Your donation (after processing fees) goes straight to us. This is a great way to bring people together, to support nonprofits that you believe in (pick us!!!), and to help us win prizes along the way, supporting us and our services for the year to come.
