Do you like to think? I do too. And its sharing things like this that I hope help you to think of the good you could do with a simple act. This is a very short story with a very simple lesson. It’s the holiday season and you may still need a holiday gift for […]
The One Donation motto is that it takes One Donation to Change the World. Just think what a community can do. Speaking of community, businesses can be very influential in working and participating with the people around them. I have worked for several businesses in my career and a few of them actively participated in […]
Recently in Eastern Tennessee, residents have been impacted by wildfires that have burned across several counties. If you are reading this and you live in the Western USA you are no stranger wildfires, especially during drought conditions. However, the southeast, even with a lack of rainfall is not used to wildfires. In this blog post […]
I know this sounds like a crazy question, and before I travelled to Haiti in 2000 I would have agreed. But there I was, on a tap-tap (Haitian bus transportation), and looked down to see this: I witnessed two Haitians, on their hands and knees, cutting grass with scissors outside of the presidential palace. […]
By the time this blog is posted, votes will be cast and unless we have issues similar to 2004 the 45th President of the United States of America will be elected. In the 2016 Presidential Election did you make a donation and do you know where it went? Millions of dollars are spent each […]
The year is 2016 and the world is at your fingertips so your extra time should be also. I remember in grade school learning how to write a letter, address an envelope, put a stamp on it and send it to someone. Now an email can be sent back and forth, between recipients, multiple times […]
There is nothing comparable to seeing the eyes of a recipient of your gifts to truly understand the impact of what giving can have. My name is Stuart Epperson and several years ago I went to the Darfur Region of Sudan with the Persecution Project Foundation (PPF) – and I’ll never be the same!! While […]
In my previous blog post I discussed how the schools and churches that I attended influenced my background on giving. However, it was not until after graduating from college that I realized the true impact that my giving can have on individuals. There is nothing comparable to seeing the eyes of a recipient of your […]
My name is Brian Hemel and I am a Co-Founder of Pass the Plate. I grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and was fortunate to attend a Catholic church and school. Like most kids growing up in the southeast, I attended a weekly Sunday service, really not wanting to go. During those services I would […]
What started out as an ordinary Friday morning turned out to be exactly what I needed… Fridays typically start for me at NCS Winston Salem (New Canaan Society) at 7:00 AM bright and early. For the Winston Salem chapter, this means that 150-200 men get together on Friday mornings to have coffee and biscuits and […]