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Archive | August, 2009
The Boring Store
826CHI is a Chicago non-profit that teaches creative writing skills to kids and helps teachers inspire their students to write. One of their fantastic fundraising strategies: They turned their storefront school into The Boring Store: No Longer Supplying Anything of Utility. Everyone in the neighborhood knows who they are and what they do. People stop [...]
Good manners make a difference
When is the last time you got a genuine thank-you note from a charity? Growing Power is a great organization. They help bring real agriculture and healthy food to urban communities. Founder Will Allen is leading both the urban renewal movement and the real food movement at the same time. Read more from the New [...]
You can’t make all the people happy all the time
I just stayed in a hotel that didn't have a gym — but they gave guests a free pass to the full-service gym a block away. I was annoyed, because I didn't want to take the time to find the place. I'd rather just go downstairs, hop on a bike, and be back in my [...]
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