by Dawn Franks | Jun 19, 2024 | Business, Dawn's Blogs, Giving, Wealth
I stepped out of the sunroom to a sunny, cool morning. Then I realized it’s mid-June, and the year is half over. Summers used to mean running barefoot through the neighborhood, walking to the corner store for an ICEE, and trips to the nearby park for serious...
by Dawn Franks | Jun 4, 2024 | Family, Next Generation
A morning walk triggered a fond memory in early June, mid-sixties. The water was cold as I jumped into the pool’s shallow end. Slowly walking down the pool steps, my grandmother declared it unusually cold for an early June morning. We were up early for her...
by Dawn Franks | May 20, 2024 | Blog, Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Giving, Next Generation
The front page of today’s newspaper has a wonderful story about a graduating high school senior at the top of his class, already facing life’s realities and unexpected changes to his dreams. You remember the dreams when we were young and barely tarnished...
by Dawn Franks | May 8, 2024 | Donors, Giving, Guest Blogs, Nonprofits
Photo: Astronomical Clock in Prague, Czech Republic Over twenty years of my nonprofit career, I drove or flew home from meetings and conferences, wondering how to replicate great ideas and model programs. I faced the reality of fewer resources and the need to get...
by Dawn Franks | Apr 17, 2024 | Blog, Donors, Giving
What are your aspirations for generosity? Do you dream of what might be? What you could be doing? How you might do something differently? Dreams always lead to me storytelling – the stories I tell myself. As a kid, I dreamed and devised stories on walks to and from...
