Donating to charity is one of our base purposes at Duo Web Solutions, because without it, all this blood, sweat and tears doesn’t mean quite so much.
We can always shell out a few bucks to others can’t we? Skip a latte, a dinner out, a toy the kids don’t really need…. and what do you know, you’ve got 100 bucks to spare!
Here’s a bit of our giving history, I find it fun to track otherwise we forget as time goes on:
January – April 2012
In 2012, we invented a new way to donate to charity. Every employee of Duo logs an hour on their timesheet as “charity.” Then they spend that money on a charity of their choice, it can be anything; give it away to a random person on the street, buy groceries for a person at the store, or donate direct to their own personal charity. Here is what we have done so far this year as a team!
Jaimie got really creative and surprised our client Honda World with live blogging for their Make-A-Wish charity event.
September 2011-December 2011
Komen Foundation, in honor of my sis-in-law Chris who is cancer free and livin’ life.
| August 2011 Unicef relief effort in Somalia, Duo donated to the famine relief effort in Somalia. |
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| July 2011 Milwaukee Restoration Church, Donated to this charity that is a safe haven for those struggling with addiction. |
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| October 2010 Komen Foundation, first donation by Duo! In honor of my sis-in-law Chris who is cancer free and livin’ life. |
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| November 2010 Hope House, baby clothes and a whole load of brand new socks, undies, and t-shirts. They supply homeless individuals with clothing and other essentials. |
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| December 2010 Women’s Fund, our CEO Heather Blesington volunteered on their Communications Committee and helped them launch their Social Media efforts, great organization doing great things! Former Executive Director Elaine Maly is a phenomenal woman! |
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| January 2011 Normal in Schools (NIS), non-profit organization of a dear friend Robyn Hussa, the President of NIS. Her theater troop performs throughout the country an award winning play about a family struggling with a daughter who has an eating disorder. The goal of NIS is to educate kids about eating disorders, and the therapeutic impact of arts, self esteem, body image, family communications, and wellness. |
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| February 2011 Autism Speaks, in honor of our Max, the son of our graphic designer Hali’s who has the condition. I think this poem “Why I Walk” written by the Father of another boy with autism portrays the emotion, commitment, and compassion of this organization. |
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| March/April/May 2011 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton is in dire need of a new web site, so we stepped in to do the job! Watch for the new site to be launched soon here. |
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| June 2011 We wanted to help to prevent heart disease through our donation to the American Heart Association in honor of the amazing recovery of our Account Manager Sharon Krieger’s husband Tom. The Duo Web Solutions Team wishes the Krieger family continued health and happiness! |
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Watch for our monthly updates! If you have a charity to suggest please let us know!
