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Inspiration

michael@myquire.com (Michael) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:51:00 -0600

This month, we proudly announced the winner of our 2007 RapidGrant program. For those who don’t know, RapidGrant is a program we launched last month as a way to recognize non-profit MyQuire members who are innovative in their approaches to the problem they’re working to address. We were blown away by the applications we received. We heard from people across the country who are working around the world to improve people’s lives, protect animals, and save our environment. It was a pretty tough process but we had to choose a single grant recipient out of the pile of inspirational groups who applied. The organization we chose is called Redemption, a non-profit organization whose mission is to increase the educational advancement of underserved youth between the ages of 13 and 19 residing in Brooklyn, New York. They inspired us by taking such a hands-on approach to giving students the support they need to reach their potential.

Tiffany Tucker, Executive Director of Redemption, told us they were faced with the challenges of coordinating a growing non-profit and dealing with the headaches of having a distributed team working on projects. “We heard about MyQuire and quickly found it was the tool we needed to solve our logistical problems and coordinate our teams,” says Tiffany. “We wanted to get our volunteers on the same page, so we know who’s working on what, and where we can find the latest versions of our documents, schedules and tasks. MyQuire is such a relief – it changes the way we work together to make things so much easier.”

Please join us in congratulating Redemption or better yet, add Tiffany Tucker to your network and send her a message.

Announcing....MyQuire RAPIDGrant

david@myquire.com (David) — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:19:00 -0500

I'm really excited (and proud!) to announce RAPIDGrant, a new MyQuire program we're kicking off to recognize the efforts of an innovative non-profit MyQuire member organization.

On November 23rd we'll award a single $5,000 grant to the MyQuire non-profit member who most successfully demonstrates the spirit of innovation in its work.

It's been an honor over the last months to work with non-profit MyQuire members. We're inspired by the amazing work you're doing and we're proud that MyQuire is helping you work more efficiently, save time and money, and achieve your mission. Now it's our turn to honor you.

Do you have a unique approach to solving one of the world's problems? Tell us all about it. There are no restrictions as to type of work you do or the community/country you serve (animals, people, the environment, etc.). Our judging panel will select the non-profit organization best able to show how its creative approach is making a difference in the world. Eligible organizations must have at least one registered MyQuire member. Preference in judging will be made to entrants actively using MyQuire to do projects in their organization and entrants who have the ability to use the effect of networks to create MyQuire projects of scale and significance.

We've tried to make the application process as simple as possible. Get complete program information and an application here. All entries must be received by November 12, 2007 (Winner will be announced on November 23rd)

Good Luck! I'm looking forward to reading about all the interesting, inspiring, impactful and innovative work you're doing.

David

Congratulations Many Hands Foundation!

rachel@myquire.com (Rachel) — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:02:00 -0500

San Diego-based Many Hands Foundation is our Craigslist Boot Camp attendee award winner. Many Hands will receive $500 from Quire to be used to support their efforts in 2008!

Many Hands was founded by Mack and Mary Alice McKinney, who have been leading volunteer work teams to places around the world since 1969. Since 1992 the focus has been on rural villages in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa, and in 2006 to the community of Silindile.

Next year, two Many Hands teams of 16-24 people each will spend 24 days in Silindle to construct a multi-purpose annex to the church building Many Hands helped build in 2006. The community will decide the uses for the new annex which will be designed for classroom, meeting space, and even small community library uses. Volunteers will also be working to find an internet service provider willing and able to provide service to Silindile. As in past years some team members will also be teaching computer and business skills to budding entrepreneurs in the community.

Between now and then, Many Hands will be coordinating delivery of donated books to Silindile and putting together computer hardware and software packages to be delivered by the teams.

In years past, coordinating trip project information was cumbersome. Many Hands administrators in various locations used multiple emails to coordinate efforts. In reaching volunteers participating in the trips, newsletters were a static, one-way flow of information. MyQuire unites communication among the Many Hands community with a dynamic and collaborative communication flow. Many Hands administrators can get real-time feedback and MyQuire is well-suited as a toolset for the people coordinating the work that directly impacts quality of life in among Silindile's community.