SmallCanBeBig makes Boston Globe Magazine's list of the "Best of the New"

So exciting… we made the Boston Globe Magazine’s “Best of the New” issue. SmallCanBeBig.org was listed as one of the Best New Ideas of 2009.

Also here is a mention by Susanne Althoff the Editor.

“Direct Charity SmallCanBeBig.org takes a new approach to helping local families on the brink of homelessness: The focus is on small, direct donations. Created by Waltham-based ad agency Boathouse Group, the website works with a dozen charitable organizations to find cases where a one-time monetary donation can be pivotal (for example, $2,000 for mortgage or rent payments missed due to a job loss). The entire gift goes to the recipient, and donors decide how much to give and to whom. Since its launch, the site has saved about a hundred families from eviction or foreclosure.”

Haiti

With our thoughts on Haiti and how we can help, SmallCanBeBig wants to share Partners in Health, Dr. Paul Farmer’s organization. 

Please consider making a donation at www.pih.org

2009

With less than three days to go before a new year, we want to share the impact of the last 11 months. Since our start, SmallCanBeBig.org has raised $120,000 and helped 96 families and 211 children avoid homelessness.

Thank you.

Together, we’re headed for BIG things in 2010. 

One goal and one week later...

This holiday season, SmallCanBeBig has witnessed some remarkable acts of generosity and kindness. One supporter made it her mission to raise enough money to help this family off our site and into a home.

Nicole, the owner of Stitch in Melrose, MA, did something BIG and yet also wonderfully simple. For a week, she offered to gift-wrap for her customers in exchange for a donation. 

What Nicole found after talking to over a hundred customers and the shop-owners around her was that most could not believe how simple and straightforward SCBB is: a fundraising model that is more direct, more personal, more local, and more shared. People were excited and inspired to help. 

Stitch’s success tells the story: the store raised $1,571 in six days.

Thank you.