by Dawn Franks | Aug 28, 2020 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Giving, Nonprofits
The first bicycle I attempted to ride lacked training wheels and was a bit large for me. My cousin was eighteen months older, taller and already had long legs. She made riding look effortless. Only six at the time, I was in between. Not quite big enough for big kid...
by Dawn Franks | Aug 17, 2020 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Giving, Nonprofits
Five years ago, a funny-sounding start-up company called Silidog caught my attention. Researching crowdfunding, I stumbled across Mickey Lickstein’s project on Kickstarter, a web-based platform used by creatives to find financial backers willing to invest in tiny...
by Dawn Franks | Aug 5, 2020 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Nonprofits
Ladies and Gentlemen, may I direct your attention to the gallery? We are joined today by a phenomenal group of nonprofit leaders, staff, and volunteers. You may not recognize all the faces, but I’m sure many are familiar. I assure you that they have all been working...
by Dawn Franks | Jul 20, 2020 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving, Next Generation
The PARADE Magazine has been a part of my Sunday newspaper reading for more years than I can remember. Tucked in the largest paper of the week with advertisements and the comics, it was my earliest introduction to many things cultural. Started in 1941, PARADE magazine...
by Dawn Franks | Jul 6, 2020 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving, Next Generation
As a kid, summertime meant more time to read the stack of books I brought home from the library each week, swimming with my grandmother early in the morning, horseback riding and westerns at the drive-in movies. My parents didn’t seem to work all that hard to keep me...
by Dawn Franks | Jun 17, 2020 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Giving, Nonprofits
It is a big day when the home you’ve had on the market for eleven months finally sells. In fact, for days leading up to the closing and the hours and minutes before, I was afraid to let myself get excited in case something, anything unexpected, went wrong. It did...
