If you’re emailbox has exploded with nonprofit reminders that Thursday is North Texas Giving Day, there’s good news and a warning.
First the good news: Within 36 hours the flood of activities and requests will turn into thank yous and there will be a year before the explosion reoccurs.
Now for the warning: Starting at 6 a.m. Thursday is going to busier than the day before a presidential election. But it will definitely be friendlier and more fun. There will be all types of events throughout North Texas and even more requests for donations.
It may seem like an overload, but please realize that more than 2,500 nonprofits are trying to accomplish two things:
- Raise money that is dearly needed.
- Raise awareness of their organizations and their missions. Believe it or not there are actually some nonprofits that even you might not have heard of (Darn! Hate ending that sentence with a preposition).
The Communities Foundation of Texas team has been working tirelessly for months to provide these nonprofits with a platform to achieve these two goals. Why even Jennifer Clifford has stayed just to help make it a record breaker! You did know that her husband First Presbyterian Church Dallas Rev. Joe Clifford has moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, to head up Myers Park Presbyterian Church, where Jennifer will soon be headed.
So, forgive the deluge of emails and hoopla, but it’s all being done for the betterment of North Texas.
BTW, if you want to get even with the NTGD organizers, overload the donation online site. The MySweetCharity elves still giggle about 2011 when you blew the circuits with your kindness.