Just Giving Communications

09/28/2026

It is so gratifying to see Karen Lott honored for her life's work! (And a great thrill to partner with her and the Women's League Child Development Center for the past seven years!)

07/22/2026

Hey Hartford - office space available!

07/09/2026

It was so rewarding to be part of the Women's League Child Development Center’s campaign to create a STEAM Explorers Park. And yesterday it opened!

Pre-schoolers learn through play at the Women’s League Child Development Center’s STEAM Explorers Park in Hartford during the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, July 8, 2026.

05/20/2026

It's a wrap! What a joy to work with the team at Connecticut Forest & Park Association to create this piece for their donors. Kudos to this wonderful organization for their stellar work to protect our state's forests and trails!

04/03/2026

So proud to see my client Women's League Child Development Center on the front page of today’s Hartford Coutant! It’s been a dream working on their fundraising campaign to create their STEAM Explorers Park.

Yes, that's the Women's League on the front page of the Hartford Courant! Muralist Micaela Levesque Art is pictured in action creating the gorgeous mural for our future STEAM Explorers Park! And there are more Courant photos viewable here: https://www.courant.com/2026/04/02/photos-mural-brings-color-to-ct-child-development-center/

04/01/2026

Very interesting findings in this report from M+R, including this one: For fundraising emails, longer messages (specifically, more words!) translated to fewer donations.

Do long or short emails perform better? Do personal stories actually help or hurt?

Nonprofit marketers have been asking the same big questions about email for years — and we built Scout AI so we could answer them at scale.

We used Scout AI to analyze five years of email content for 12 nonprofits from our Benchmarks study, and we’ve packaged up all the key performance drivers into a brand-new white paper! While you wait for the full Benchmarks Study to drop on April 22, download and read the white paper at mrss.com/aiohmy

10/23/2025

It's always wonderful to see my clients receive special recognition for their extraordinary work! Congratulations to Karen Lott and the Women's League Child Development Center!

🌟 Celebrating Leadership and Community Impact 🌟

Last night, proudly hosted our Reception and Award Ceremony, where we honored two outstanding examples of service and commitment to our region through the Community Service Award and our inaugural Onward860 Champion Award.

This year, The Community Service Award, United Ways highest volunteer honor, was awarded to Donald Allan, Jr. of Stanley Black & Decker for his exceptional leadership, dedication to supporting the community and creating lasting change.

Our inaugural Onward860 Champion Award was presented to Women's League Child Development Center, recognizing their incredible work empowering women and families in our community.

Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating these inspiring leaders and their contributions to building a stronger, more equitable .

05/23/2025

Always a pleasure for me to write the stories of the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut's impactful grantees and donors! https://lnkd.in/eZZr6mcS

02/03/2025

Be a lifelong learner! These terrific podcasts can help.

Best Nonprofit Podcasts to Listen to ⋅ 1. Nonprofits Are Messy ⋅ 2. The Nonprofit Show ⋅ 3. We Are For Good Podcast ⋅ 4. Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership

11/21/2024

Wonderful networking yesterday at The Alliance: The Voice of Community Nonprofits annual conference! More than 750 nonprofiteers… wow. And hearing keynote Dan Pallotta encouraging nonprofits to think, dream and scale big was refreshjng and energizing!