by Dawn Franks | Dec 13, 2017 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving, Next Generation
Peeping through a keyhole on Christmas morning I could see the packages and toys Santa brought. All under the age of ten, we four made up the grandkid clan taking turns looking through that keyhole while my grandmother took her sweet time cooking breakfast. My sweet...
by Dawn Franks | Nov 15, 2017 | Dawn's Blogs, Family, Giving
My weekend was spent with a family, two generations. Gathered together for an annual giving meeting they aimed to work through a sizeable list of giving requests and agree on how much to give. The second generation had come from various states to join their parents in...
by Dawn Franks | Oct 25, 2017 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Giving
Disasters have been coming at us, roaring across our TV’s. There is little rhyme or reason and even less sensible explanation for why now, why there, why here. Texas, Florida, California, Puerto Rico and even Las Vegas. With so much loss of human life, personal...
by Dawn Franks | Oct 11, 2017 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Giving, Nonprofits
I didn’t think much of triangles in the tenth grade. They were just sides and angles. They were consistent, always a base with two sides leaning against each other as they came to a point. Sides might be equal, or not. The space inside the triangle is larger at the...
by Dawn Franks | Sep 25, 2017 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving, Nonprofits, Philanthropy in Action
It didn’t start out as a month of remembrances, but it is. I enjoyed reflecting on memories from childhood with Grandparent’s Day early in September. But then not quite unexpectedly my mother passed away. Despite how prepared you think you will be the place and time...
