by Dawn Franks | Mar 6, 2018 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Giving, Millennials, Next Generation, Nonprofits
“How about oatmeal for breakfast?” That was the question I asked my dad during a recent visit to his home. He was preoccupied and assumed I would make it like, well, just like it’s supposed to be made. “Sure,” he responded while passing through...
by Dawn Franks | Feb 21, 2018 | Dawn's Blogs, Family, Giving, Millennials, Next Generation, Philanthropy in Action
If you could invent one thing to make the world a better place, what would it be? That’s the question we put to eleven-year-old Jack during the game Phil and His Family’s Adventures in Giving. Joined by his thirteen-year-old brother and another friend of the same age,...
by Dawn Franks | Feb 7, 2018 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Giving, Philanthropy in Action
“The two best interview subjects are children under 10 and people over 70 for the same reason; they say the first thing that comes to their mind. The children don’t know what they’re saying, and the old folks don’t care.” He should know; Art Linkletter was at the...
by Dawn Franks | Jan 22, 2018 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Giving, Nonprofits
Wait, what? How many times have you been sitting at a stop light, checking your phone, and suddenly you hear the radio announcer say something that causes you to go… Wait, what? I need an easy backup button for my radio; just 30 seconds would do the trick. Or, you’re...
by Dawn Franks | Jan 8, 2018 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Nonprofits
Start any new endeavor, learn a new skill, or explore an unknown subject and you should have more questions than answers. The more interested you are in learning about that one thing, the more questions you will have. So, when a donor who had recently made a...
