Dear Hive:
In honor of the seventh day of Christmas – and with apologies to those swans a-swimming – I offer up these “7 Bees a-BUZZing” highlights of 2024!
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Now that Giving Tuesday is over, let me share why I regret Giving Tuesday.
Yesterday I received at least 43 emails from 27 different nonprofit organizations asking for my support on #GivingTuesday. This doesn’t count all the texts, social media posts and so forth.
Mind you, I don’t fault the nonprofits. They’re taking advantage of this one day — fabricated with good intentions, I’m sure, in 2012 — to inspire us to think beyond ourselves during the holiday hustle and donate to these organizations that bind us together when so many other institutions have failed.
But the unintended consequence of Giving Tuesday is a further relegation of nonprofits to subservient status. By hyping this one day for charitable giving, we suggest that the countless causes with which nonprofits grapple aren’t important the other 364 days.
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We just finished premiering our latest round of six BUZZ in Birmingham episodes on Alabama Public Television. Watch now on demand to see how we highlighted and helped the nonprofits Nurse-Family Partnership, United Ability, Small Magic, College Choice Foundation, and the Alabama Association of Nonprofits!
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On the eve of Election Day, please allow me to share my welcome remarks from our recent BUZZ in Birmingham preview party:
“Good evening everyone. My name is Michael Hemphill and it’s my privilege to be the creator of this TV show called BUZZ, which I launched in 2020 to highlight and help nonprofit organizations.
For the last 20+ years I’ve worked in the nonprofit world in and around my home in Virginia, where I’ve developed a deep passion for these charitable organizations because they literally do everything!
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Have a tissue nearby as you learn about the incredible people serving, and served by, Children’s Assistive Technology Service in our 52nd episode of BUZZ.
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