Tag Archives: Fundraising

A Good Reason to Clean Out Your Closet Before Christmas

For the past few years, I have been part of a group of Pittsburgh bloggers who have helped the Pittsburgh nonprofit Community Human Services aka CHS raise money for their holiday gift project. One of the things that I have learned about CHS is that they provide many important services to Pittsburghers who don’t fit into other social service programs. The same holds true for the holiday gifts. The money raised from the CHS Holiday Gift Project goes to CHS to provide a little holiday gift to the people who likely don’t fit into other holiday gift programs which are usually for kids or seniors.

This year, we’re getting a little bit of a head start with a new idea for fundraising with ThredUp. ThredUp is an online store that sells new and used women and kids clothing. ThredUp will buy your extra clothes, as long as they are in good condition, and will donate the money to CHS. I have sent several ThredUp cleanout bags back to ThredUp over the past year, and I have ordered from the ThredUp shop many times. So I thought it was time to try the ThredUp fundraising program.

If you have some extra clothes that you were thinking of donating, please order a free ThredUp clean out bag and donate to the CHS holiday gift project. Order your free clean out bag today. The whole process takes a few week – so the sooner you order a free cleanout bag, the sooner we can raise some $$$ for CHS. (Any funds that come in after the holidays will also go to CHS).

How to Clean Out Your Closet and Support the CHS Holiday Gift Project

Photo of a ThredUp clean out bag from Broke and Beautiful’s blog

Visit the CHS Holiday Gift Project Group on ThredUp HERE.
Enter your email address, name and password and click “Join This Group”
Click the yellow “Order a Bag Button” – for the items that ThredUp doesn’t want – you can choose to have them donated to Goodwill or sent back to you for a small fee.
Wait a few days… ThredUp will mail you a bag with a prepaid shipping label attached
Clean out your closet and fill up the bag
Send your your bag back to ThredUp – postage is already paid on the label
ThredUp will make an offer for the items that they want and donate that amount to CHS

More Ways to Shop and Support CHS

If you are interested in other websites w online shopping on ThredUp or a similar site Twice. Use the following links, for each person who signs up – I get a $10 credit. I will be donating all of the referral credits from both ThredUp and Twice to CHS.

Twice – use this link to save $10 off your first purchase – https://www.liketwice.com/z1Ngx/
ThredUp – use this link to save $10 off your first purchase – http://www.thredup.com/r/XSCAUT

CHS Holiday Gift Project By The Numbers

Total Amount we need to raise in 2014 – $5000
Amount I hope we can raise from ThredUp – $1000
Number of Pittsburghers who I hope will send a bag to ThredUp – 50
Date of CHS Holiday Gift Project Party at Houghs – Thursday, December 11 (more details to come)

I will be blogging and Tweeting updates about the project between now and whenever we finish raising the $5000 – please help me spread the word by tweeting with #CHxmaS.

Yinztern Catherine is applying for the Millennial Trains Project!

You might remember last July when Lindsay applied for the Millennial Trains Project with her idea The United States of Pittsburgh. She received a tremendous amount of support and I’m hoping you’ll be able to donate to my campaign too!

I’m going to explore local independent bookstores and public libraries at each of the stops along the trip. Libraries and bookstores are such cornerstones of communities and I want to discover what places in other cities are doing to engage their neighborhoods. I also want to tie it all in with the digital age by seeing the extent that libraries and bookstores use modern technology and social media to get people involved.

My ultimate goal is to share lots of stories, ideas, and photos with everyone and bring some amazing possibilities back to Pittsburgh. I really believe the level of community engagement in Pittsburgh is one of the things that makes it special and such a great city.

This year the train stops in Los Angeles, Albuquerque, Kansas City, Louisville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, and Miami, and takes place March 16-26.

I’m almost halfway to my goal and am really excited about possibly going on this trip! Any donation amount would be helpful and I would be incredibly grateful. Sharing my campaign with as many outlets as possible is also super important to it succeeding. All funds must be raised by February 15th, but if I reach my goal by February 1st, they will pay for my plane tickets!

You can read more about my project, donate, or share via the following link: http://crowdhitch.millennialtrain.co/campaign/detail/2550

They are also still looking for applicants so if you have an idea, you should apply too!

Thank you, wonderful I heart PGH readers!

Shamrocks and Bald Heads for St. Baldrick's Foundation (and I Shamrock PGH T-shirt Giveaway)

The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a foundation that supports children with cancer. Each year they have a fundraiser where individuals volunteer to raise money and shave their heads – it is fun and it is a show of solidarity with kids who lose their hair to chemo and radiation treatments.

A felllow Pittsburgher, Bill Toland, has volunteered his head to the cause and could use your help in meeting his goal of raising $3000 for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. Click here to go to Bill Toland’s fundraising page and support the cause. (Help us track donations from IheartPGH readers by giving a donation that ends in .17).

I Shamrock PGH T-shirt Give Away

To help Bill spread the word about this great cause we are going to offer a little t-shirt giveaway. The good folks at Commonwealth Press have printed up a nifty I Shamrock PGH t-shirt just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. Continue reading →