In our coaching tip last week, we mentioned how thankful we are for ALL OF YOU, and how much you inspire us each and every day! You continue to be so generous with your stories, support and encouragement...
as a thank you, we want to pass this generosity on to some of your favorite organizations!
For the first 25 people who provide a recommendation in the comments below, we will donate $100 to YOUR recommended charitable organization!
What's the catch?
There is none!
Based on your recommendations, we will donate $2,500!
The only requirements are:
- It needs to be a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
- We would love to donate to organizations that are doing something to encourage healthy lifestyles!
So, act fast!
Please provide your recommendation in the comments section below:
- If you know the EIN # (employer identification number), that would be helpful (you can quickly find it using the GuideStar search engine). If you don't have it (or don't have time to look it up), feel free to go ahead and reserve your spot, and then you can come back and update it with the EIN.
- If you want us to mention your name in the gift, please let us know.
- If you want the gift to be in memory or in honor of someone, please include this info in your comment.
Why are we doing this?
Your stories continue to inspire us and we want to give back and help you support charitable organizations that are advancing the mission of helping people be as healthy as possible. You are probably involved with organizations in your community who are doing great things to help people live healthfully and we want to honor you by helping to support those organizations.
While $100 isn't life-changing, we all know that these organizations welcome any and all support, especially in the environment we are currently in.
Believe it or not, this is our 5th year doing this and we are so humbled and blessed...we will have reached $12,500 in donations after this year! Over the last four years, your recommendations resulted in donations to organizations such as:
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
BENJAMINS HOPE
BIG FAMILY OF MICHIGAN
BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK
CHILDREN FIRST CEO KANSAS INC
CHILDREN'S HOPECHEST
COVENANT HOUSE
EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION
FOOD FOR KIDS BACKPACK PROGRAM
FOOD FOR THE POOR INC
FOOD GATHERERS
HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
HOLISTIC MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL
HOUSING RESOURCES INC
HUNGER TASK FORCE INC
INTERFAITH SANCTUARY
KANSAS FOOD BANK
KANSAS LEARNING CENTER FOR HEALTH
KID POWER CARES INC
KIDS FOOD BASKET
LAKESHORE PAWS
LIVING WATER MISSION
MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
MILLERS CAUSE ANIMAL RESCUE
MISS CARLY'S
MORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION
92 FOR 22
NUTRITIONFACTS ORG INC
OREGON FOOD BANK
PANDO INITIATIVE
PARENTS AS TEACHERS
PARTNERS FOR WICHITA INC
SAMARITAN'S PURSE
STREET ANGELS INC
TEAM RED, WHITE & BLUE
THE COVERING
THE V FOUNDATION
TOLEDO GROWS
UNBOUND
UNION RESCUE MISSION OF WICHITA
VETERANS DROP IN CENTER
WE CARE OF GRUNDY COUNTY
WICHITA'S LITTLEST HEROES
WICHITA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION
WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
YMCA OF WICHITA (HEALTH & WELLNESS COALITION)
...just to name a few!
Together we can make a difference!
THANK YOU so much for all you do and for helping advance our mission throughout all of our local communities to encourage healthy lifestyles.
And, thank you for all you do help others to keep it simple and EAT REAL!
Happy Thanksgiving!
I support Union Rescue Mission on a regular basis and know that they make good use of every dollar they raise!
A great cause – the money is on its way!
KC Pet Project – Pets encourage people to get outside and walk!
From their web site:
https://kcpetproject.org/donate/
Is this donation tax deductible?
Yes. We are a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization and your donation is tax-deductible within the guidelines of U.S. law. To claim a donation as a deduction on your U.S. taxes, please keep your email donation receipt as your official record. We’ll send it to you upon successful completion of your donation
Sounds like a great organization! We lost our Border Collie earlier this year and greatly miss our daily walks.
KC Pet Project EIN: 45-3067615
New Life Covenant Church: Teacher Missionary Fund— teachers regularly apply to have snacks provided to low income students and this fund also goes toward supporting teachers walking in healthy mind ESET’s about themselves and their future impact on the lives of our community.
Love this idea!!!
We have a huge admiration and respect to ALL teachers – love making this donation!
Feed America
Wow, according to their website, this $100 donation will help provide 1,000 meals! Thanks for the recommendation!
I’m grateful for my new walking buddy who we adopted from Critter Crusaders, Inc of Kenton, OH. Even with only 3 legs she inspires me every day to get out and walk.
Critter Crusaders (47-3128139) helps the mistreated feel love and find forever families.
We used to volunteer with our daughter in the veterinary clinic at a local animal shelter. So much respect for what these organizations and people do for these animals!
I nomination both Compassion International or Child Fund; They help to feed these third world country children spiritually, and physically. We have such an abundance they do not and I would love it if you would give to their organizations to help those children and their families and communities. Thank you for your wonderful generosity.
We tend to take so many things for granted (things like shelter and water – and LOVE). Hope this donation can help make a difference in the life of a child who desperately needs these necessities!
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Student Visionaries of the Year! Here is a link for the 2023 leadership committee fundraising page. Our goal is to each raise $500 by the end of Giving Tuesday. All funds raised go straight back to LLS to support their mission of helping blood cancer patients and their families. Thank you!
https://events.lls.org/mid/wichitasvoy23/jbarber
My fundraising donations may be made in memory of JC Delamore.
This is near and dear to our heart and we know this money is making a difference to help find a cure for blood cancers. Thanks for the recommendation! #JCSTRONG
An absolute favorite of mine is WildHERness.org. These women champion and lift up every woman in her passionate pursuit of whatever takes her outdoors – including the encouragement and education in hunting, harvesting and homesteading. What’s more REAL than that??
EIN 851371891
Strong, adventurous women, learning that they CAN so no one can every tell them they CAN’T. What a great cause! The money is on its way!
https://www.kansascasa.org/
This is a great organization!
Love it that so many people are helping to support abused and neglected children. Thanks for making this recommendation!
I’m surprised you’re not already partnered with Mercy Chefs. We love that they provide victims, first responders, and any relief workers with a real meal. My husband has volunteered with them in Waverly, Mayfield, Cambridge Shores, and Paducah. Their heart for the mission is phenomenal. They travel not only to domestic disasters but also provided relief in Puerto Rico and on the Ukraine border in Poland. They do not push recipients with Christianity but are thereto answer any questions and pray with anyone who asks. The meals they provide are ample quantity of real food. See photos on their website. Our names Brad and Salena can certainly be used
I’m not sure how we have not become familiar with this organization before. Thanks so much for the recommendation! We are also going to look into opportunities to volunteer our time!
Camp mennoscah – working to provide kids activity as well as connect with nature. They also home cook their meals!
EIN – 45-4858198!
Love their mission! Looks like they have some great programs – happy to support this organization!
Thank you so much!
Kid Power Cares, Inc! Because we give Kids & Families the POWER to Feel Great!
45-2673368
Why do I feel like I should get out my finger lights and start dancing? A truly inspiring and fantastic program!
Passageways Wichita Kansas
74-1776507
Anyone who served our country deserves our support! This organization is doing some great things!
Wounded Warrior Project. I always support anything for our Veterans! Thank you for everyone who have served this wonderful country. We have so many veterans in our family also…including my daughter who is currently serving our country!
EIN: 20-2370934
Amazing all that this organization is doing to empower wounded service men and women – very happy to support their efforts!
Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes
Kalamazoo, MI
EIN: 38-2420575
Very impressive this organization and its volunteers are providing 700 people with groceries each day! The donation is on its way!
Thank you! During the growing season I help coordinate activities at a 1.5 acre vegetable garden where we donate all of the harvest to this organization. This year we donated over 7000 pounds of fresh vegetables. Thank you once again for your generosity.
I have been supporting Team Red, White and Blue for many years. http://www.teamrwb.org
This organization focus on the health and wellness of Veterans, with much focus on physical fitness. The philosophy is that physical fitness improves mental health, especially for those having PTSD and other emotional problems. They would appreciate your support! It is an international organization with chapters in every state and is a 501c3 non-profit
Health and wellness of veterans – how can you not support that? Thanks for the recommendation – we are sending the money their way!
Learning cove. I non profit that helps poverty level students catch up on reading level. All run on donations and from the sponsor. Targets 3rd graders as that is usually the last time to catch them up to level.
Reading is SO important in all aspects of life (including healthy eating)! We are sending a contribution their way!
Thank you so much for doing this! My request would be to give to We Care of Grundy County, Inc, Morris, IL. EIN: 36-3040908
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks for the recommendation! We are all dealing with something in our lives – so glad organizations like this are there to help people when they need it. It’s on its way – Happy Thanksgiving!
Covenant house – not sure if I made the first 25 but this is the charity that I suggest.
Thanks, this is a great cause! The money it on its way!
Morton Plant Mease Healthcare Foundation – https://www.mpmf.org
The Foundation is a qualified charitable organization under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code, FEI#59-1751535 and Florida State Registration #CH321. The Foundation only grants funds to benefit the not-for-profit hospitals of Morton Plant Mease. If we can be of any assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us at (727) 462-7036 or MPMHCFoundation@baycare.org.
Some of these grants were:
* “Six Tru-D disinfection systems were purchased for our hospitals and the Madonna Ptak Rehabilitation Center. These systems deliver an automated, measured dose of UVC light to help kill deadly pathogens and common health care-associated infection culprits throughout an entire patient room or operating room.”
* Alzheimer’s and Memory Loss offers the latest medication options and research trial opportunities.
* funding for nearly 10 programs aimed at granting a renewed sense of possibility to survivors and their loved ones. These initiatives encompass every moment that cancer touches people’s lives, from prevention and diagnosis through treatment and survivorship.
* support will help renovate the hospital’s electrophysiology lab and catheterization lab, as well as build an additional hybrid operating room for our team of expert cardiovascular specialists.”
Lots of great things going on here! Love supporting this organization!
Still taking suggestions? I’ve been impressed with the work of World Central Kitchen as they provide food to communities in crisis. They even helped in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, which touched many of our Lee County friends.
World Central Kitchen
501(c)3 nonprofit organization
EIN: 27-3521132
Thanks, Debbie, for the recommendation! Especially love that they have helped all the wonderful people in Lee County!