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Uncorking the Success to Fundraising with Wine

Greater Giving

Whether you are focusing an entire event around wine, or looking to include a few fun wine-themed elements in your already successful fundraiser, there is an exact science to both creating the perfect bottle, and to using this expertly-crafted beverage to raise funds that support your mission. Are you hoping to develop a new audience?

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40+ Unforgettable Live Auction Items that Sell Well

Bloomerang

Beauty package The beauty industry benefits from major popularity worldwide, especially with the rise of online beauty and skincare influencers. Search for experiences in countries known for their cuisine, like Italy, France, China, and Mexico. Here are a few creative packages and basket ideas to wow attendees.

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A Tribute To Simone Joyaux

Bloomerang

Tenacious, Intelligent, Resourceful, Passionate, Insightful, Caring, Determined, and Fun are among the hundreds of words used to describe my friend and mentor, Simone Joyaux, since her passing last week. Then came our family trip to France, more specifically to Simone’s region of France. She soon adored them and vice versa.

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Interview with Temra Costa, Author of Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat

Have Fun - Do Good

I went to France. My great-grandparents were dairymen and dairywomen, so I went to France, and I dabbled a little bit in cheese making. That was really driven home when I was at this small farm in the south of France. Everywhere I go and talk about the book, it's so fun to meet a new community of food producers.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

EveryAction

Fund their work! In the early 1920s, Dorothy Arzner was one of a handful of working female directors as the industry transitioned from silent films. Fun fact: she's also a competitive Scrabble player. Chanel's designs revolutionized views on women in society and opened doors for modernization in France and worldwide.

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Fair Trade Certified: An Interview with Paul Rice of TransFair USA

Have Fun - Do Good

That same trend can be seen in all kinds of industries, particularly in food. When I was there last fall, I met a young woman named Paola Pereira who was the first woman in the history of this community to graduate from high school, thanks to the help from this scholarship fund.

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Solutionary Women: Anna Lappé of Grub

Have Fun - Do Good

In addition to co-authoring Grub with Bryant Terry, Anna also co-authored Hope's Edge with her mother Frances Moore Lappé and is a co-founder, with her mother, of the Small Planet Fund , and a founding principal of the Small Planet Institute , based in Cambridge Massachusetts.