Community 101

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When students and teachers work together to raise money for charity, amazing things can happen.

In Oregon, eight schools have united to create Scot’s Angel Club, a club that raises money for children in medical crisis. The schools created Community 101, a philanthropy project. According to them:

“Leadership students are the engine that makes the Scot’s Angel Club at David Douglas go. Part of Community 101 is teaching students the value of giving. Students spend hundreds of hours on fundraising and creating special projects for the Scot’s Angels club.”

The club has raised over $75,000 over the past 12 years. 100 percent of their proceeds go directly to the families involved. Students also volunteer in other ways, such as helping at food banks and cleaning up at the beach.

Boy Scouts of America

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The Boy Scouts of America was founded in 1910 and has over 2 million youth participants. Central to the organization are their one million adult volunteers who help oversee Scout troops.

Volunteers come from a range of backgrounds, united by their desire to help train Scouts. Many volunteers, such as Paul Ostling, a business leader and the former Global Chief Operating Officer at Ernst & Young, dedicate hours of their time to the Boy Scouts. Paul Ostling volunteered with the Boy Scouts as an adult leader volunteer, Cub Master, Assistant Scout Master and Eagle Advisor. He went on to help lead Troop 70 on the Philmont Expedition, a multi-day, high-adventure hiking experience, and served as Chairman of the Finance Committee, a member of the Executive Committee and President of the Transatlantic Council.

The success of the Boy Scouts of America depends on volunteers such as Paul J. Ostling, who donate their time and energy to this important cause.

Shredding Events: A Unique Charity Fundraiser

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Effective fundraisers know how to grab people’s attention. The next step—convincing people to donate money—is often the easy part.

When donors benefit in some way from their contribution, this often encourages donations.

Shredding events are fundraisers that meet this criteria. Donors bring bags of paper and documents to be shredded, donating a few dollars per bag.

Sometimes, banks or offices run shredding events to raise money and awareness of identity theft. An upcoming shredding event in New York will raise money for the A.J. Anderson Foundation, funding research to cure Tay-Sachs disease.