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Love Drop #2 Vid: We Raised the $13,000!!

March 12, 2011

How crazy is that? Month two “live” and our Love Drop Team raised over $13,000 (and 3 iPads!) to help two boys with autism receive a service dog :)  They were beyond touched, and we literally did this in 1 month – that’s it.  If you were a part of it, THANK YOU! And if [...]

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This is What Micro-Giving Can Do

February 1, 2011

So I thought long and hard about this one, and figured if there were ever a time for me to make an appearance, it’s now. I’ve sat here for over two hours trying to express the power of community and what it really means to me, and I keep coming back to our final Drop [...]

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And the 10-Day road trip starts…. now!

January 20, 2011

Wooooo!  The first business/personal/business trip of the year! As you can tell I don’t waste any time with my new found freedom ;) A new year, a new adventure, baby! This is what the next 10 days will look like: Part I:  Milwaukee – The Prepping Our journey starts in Milwaukee where I fly in [...]

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Let the Love Dropping begin! Meet Jill.

January 3, 2011

LOVE DROP HAS LAUNCHED! Love Drop has launched!! 2 months and 100′s of hours later (no exaggeration), it is finally time to DO GOOD.  I can’t even tell you how excited I am :) Or thankful. More than 200 of you have already signed up to be a part of this, and we haven’t even [...]

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Sneak Peak Into Love Drop …

December 5, 2010

Well folks, Love Drop is now live and ready to go for 1.1.11! My lack of sleep has got me all sorts of twisted around, but I’m pretty damn excited about our final product :)  And to think that’s only half the battle right now! Haha… seriously, I’m still amazed at how much WORK this [...]

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Love Drop is coming! Love Drop is coming!

October 27, 2010

So I know I’ve been talking about this forever and ever, but guess what?  Love Drop is actually about to DROP! Yessir… My boy Nate St. Pierre and I finally wrapped our heads together on this thing and found a way to get ‘er done. And to REALLY change some lives! (one family a month, [...]

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5 Things I Kinda Feel Bad About

September 27, 2010

I started this post in November of 2009, but for whatever reason it seemed I didn’t want to finish it (not one of the things I feel bad about, btw ;)).  I think it had to do with not thinking these were all that exciting, mixed with really feeling guilty. And probably more so on [...]

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Kiva – The Rock Stars of Microfinancing!

September 23, 2010

I’m officially a Kiva member! It took me only about 2 years since first hearing about ‘em, but I’m now lending and feeling damn good about it. If you recall from Twitter, I had met a partner of Kiva on my plane ride out to Poland and was enthralled before he could finish his 3rd [...]

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Need a Project Done That Helps Someone? Tell Us!

September 2, 2010

My boy Nate and the ItStartsWith.Us team is at it again. Using the forces of good to help give back even more!  If there’s something you’ve always wanted to do to help someone, or a group of someones, let us know :)  Your idea just might be picked to help launch our newest venture! (and [...]

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Don’t Know What to Make of These “Coupon Books”

August 18, 2010

These Coupon Books intrigue me… You know the ones I’m talking about? The ones that claim to have $5,000 worth of coupons in it, yet sell for only $30? (I think they may be called Entertainment Books too). I usually get hit up by kids in the neighborhood or friends on sports teams trying to raise [...]

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