As some of you might know, we had some water damage in our charming old building, resulting in a few weeks with the shop closed. All is well, but In light of our closure for renovations, we thought we’d take a break from the column to focus on getting those new floors finished! Passing the mic to our dear friends at Must! Charities, a group we are deeply grateful for, and proud to sponsor. Take it away, Must! the Team at General Store Paso Robles 3: Grow Community Giving by 9% Community giving is straight from the heart
How do we do this? We rely on YOU. The grassroots effort that has A new year and a new beginning. served us so well the last 10 years, It’s not just any year.... in 2022, remains our model. 4: Raise $1M Toward Our MUST! Charities celebrates 10 years Endowment of thoughtful and strategic partnerWho knew? Not everyone, because ships, of collective giving, and of the it was a soft launch for our endowthousands of lives impacted. As we embark on this new year, we ment, a project that once funded will ready ourselves to the next 10 years ensure MUST! Charities continues and what transformation it holds for to serve this community for many our community. So here we go. Below years to come. are 5 Goals we have for this new year, 5: Youth Board + Giving Model new season. We plan to launch a new form of 1: Launch New Projects with giving called Peer to Peer FUNdraisNew Partners ing, a leveling up of our movement It boils down to serving MORE by putting our Youth Board in the needs, MORE people, and making driver’s seat. About Us an even BIGGER impact. 2: Increase Our Outreach with MUST! Charities manages social Non-Profit Organizations giving that inspires and creates lastMarch of 2020 facilitated the ing solutions to critical community “great pause” on meeting new people, needs. We identify the most critical hosting roundtable discussions that community needs, vet organizations previously helped us find passion and that are serving those needs, then common ground amongst local orga- invest in their infrastructure, so they nizations. In 2022, we are launching are well-positioned to create positive, an ambitious campaign to meet, measurable change for years to come. greet, and be in a state of curiosity The Team about local organizations. @ General Store Paso Robles 10 Years + New Goals
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