Our children and theirs will be grateful for it later."
Welcome to our organization. Any space, any style can be made green. Think about how green you want to go. From changing your light bulbs, painting a room, replacing your flooring, going solar, remodeling, adding a room, to even building a green house from the ground up, you can make a positive impact on the environment and the health of your family. You might even end up lowering your utility bills! We spend an enormous amount of time in our homes, which makes them the most important place to start going green. Don't forget that our schools, daycares, offices, and communities can all be more healthy, efficient, and environmentally friendly!
Our Founders have been serving the Salt Lake community for over Two decades.
We do not require that you belong to any particular affiliation or possess any previous memberships to join our organization. We do ask that you support our organization through regular participation in activities.
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Host a Food Drive
A food drive a concentrated effort to collect commercially packaged non-perishable items to aid families and individuals facing a food crisis.
Time lines of food drives can last a few days or a few months - it’s up to you. Be sure you allow enough time for grocery shopping and plenty of reminders!Creative Ideas to Generate Food Drive Interest Among Your Co-workers
- Have a contest for the team that donates the most food! It’s easy to create some friendly competition and offer prizes or incentives. The winning team could receive dress-down days or movie passes, pizza parties, ice cream socials, etc.
- Create donated food theme days like “Macaroni Mondays” or “Tuna Tuesdays”, etc.
- Place a cash donation bank by the pop machine for spare change.
- Pass out brown lunch bags to employees, the bag returned with the highest nutritional value wins.
- Offer "dress-down" Friday coupons for donations.
- Brainstorm and come up with your own ideas - original ideas are the best!
Baby Item Donation Program
Basic Information
we are thrilled to accept donations of baby items, provided they are in excellent condition. Because we have a special opportunity for families in poverty to obtain needed baby essentials that are in wonderful condition, we ask that all donations are new or nearly new . Please, nothing stained, teethed on, worn in appearance, or missing parts. These items go directly into the hands of families living in poverty, free of charge.
Organize a collection drive.
Organize a collection drive at your place of business, child's school or other affiliation. we will provide instructions, advice ,receipts to make your drive a success.
To organize a collection drive, please email us
Host a baby shower.
Get together with friends, colleagues or others and throw a baby shower to raise money or to collect baby items to donate
Celebrate by giving.
Celebrate your child's birthday or other family event by donating a gift to another child in need. We can help you choose an item, or pick one out yourself!
WHAT WE ACCEPT
We accept the following items....
We do not accept RECALLED or UNSAFE items.
Clothing to size 4T
Toys
Books
Blankets
Bumpers
Sheets
Towels
Strollers
Highchairs
Booster Chairs
Feeding Supplies
Baby Proofing Items
Baby Monitors
Diaper Bags
Photo Albums
Baby's Room Accessories
The following items are accepted NEW only
Bottles
cups
teethers
Baby Shampoo
Baby Lotion
Diaper Cream
Baby Care Items
Diapers
Diaper wipes
Baby Food- Non expired
Formula-Non-Expired
Sorry,we cannot accept:
(for Safety or hygiene reasons)
Cribs
Bath seats
Diaper Pails
Opened food items
UTAH FEED THE POOR (www.utahfeedthepoor.org) CharityChannel ( (www.charitychannel.com) Chronicle of Philanthropy (www.philanthropy.com) Council On Foundations (www.cof.org) Foundation Center (www.fdncenter.org) Guidestar (www.guidestar.org) Internal Revenue Service (www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=96136,00.html) More Than Money (www.morethanmoney.org) Institute For A Civil Society (www.impacs.org) National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (www.ncrp.org) National Center for Family Philanthropy (www.ncfp.org) Nonprofits.org (www.nonprofits.org) Philanthropy Roundtable (www.philanthropyroundtable.org) Support Center/Nonprofit Development Center (www.supportcenter.org)
Gives food to 501 c charities and church groups.
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Board Source (www.boardsource.org)
BoardSource, formerly the National Center for Nonprofit Boards, is the premier resource for practical information, tools and best practices, training, and leadership development for board members of nonprofit organizations worldwide. Through our highly acclaimed programs and services, BoardSource enables organizations to fulfill their missions by helping build strong and effective nonprofit boards.
CharityChannel is a resource that connects individuals interested in the nonprofit sector around the world. It is a place where nonprofit professionals can connect, learn from each other, share information and work together to advance the cause of philanthropy.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy is the newspaper of the nonprofit world. It is the No. 1 news source, in print and online, for charity leaders, fund raisers, grant makers, and other people involved in the philanthropic enterprise.
The Council On Foundations provides overall advice and resources for prospective donors, including a list of over 350 local "member" community foundations, who advise donors on local and regional issues.
The Foundation Center is an "independent non-profit information clearing house" designed to foster understanding of the foundation field by organizing and disseminating information on foundations, corporate giving, and related themes. Information including IRS data on private foundations is stored at five Center libraries around the country.
Guidestar, a service of Philanthropic Research, Inc., guides individuals by providing information on the programs and finances of the over 600,000 501(c)3 organizations registered with the IRS.
The IRS website contains much information for charities, including Publication 78, Cumulative List of Organizations described in Section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, which is a searchable list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions.
More Than Money informs wealthy individuals on how to best contribute their time and money to "creating a more sustainable and just world." Their services include a quarterly journal, counseling, and workshops.
Institute For A Civil Society is a non-profit organization seeking to "identify and facilitate innovative approaches to pressing issues around the globe." It facilitates family and individual giving, and provides numerous non-profits with unsolicited funding. Though it does not accept unsolicited proposals, it also offers non-profits expertise in media, policy and politics, business, and income-generation strategies.
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy mission is to make philanthropy more responsive to people with the least wealth and opportunity, more relevant to critical public needs, and more open and accountable to all, in order to create a more just and democratic society.
National Center for Family Philanthropy, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, was established in September 1997 by a group of family philanthropists to encourage families and individuals to create and sustain their philanthropic missions. It is the only national resource center focusing on matters of importance to families engaged in philanthropy and their effective giving.
The Philanthropy Roundtable is a national association of more than 600 individual donors, corporate giving representatives, foundation staff and trustees, and trust and estate officers. Its Associates include donors who are involved in philanthropy on a professional basis, as well as individual donors for whom giving is a serious avocation.
Support Center/Nonprofit Development Center is a consulting and training organization with a regional focus and a national reach. Through consulting, workshops, publications, and special management programs, we seek to help nonprofits utilize the best management tools and concepts to help them best serve their communities.
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