Give for Good Day Aims for $2 Million in Donations
Kristi Gustavson, CEO of the Community Foundation of North Louisiana talks about the annual Give For Good Day and the area non-profits that it assists.
Give for Good began eight years ago as a single day event but, this year, started two weeks early to allow for advanced giving beginning on April 20.
Tuesday is the official Give for Good Day of Giving, during which an online tally of contributions is constantly updated so the public can see the total amount grow throughout the day.
Gustavson comments on hitting the million dollar mark early in the day. We hit $1.98 million last year and that was amazing during COVID, she says, So I m really hopeful we can hit $2 million this year.
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Give for Good 2021 campaign kicks off Give for Good Day is May 4. However, the Community Foundation of North Louisiana is opening up online giving two weeks in advance so people can give to northwest Louisiana non-profits. (Source: G4G) By Chandler Watkins | April 24, 2021 at 4:15 PM CDT - Updated April 24 at 6:35 PM
The Community Foundation is a public foundation takes in donations from the public, invests the funds, then distributes the revenue from the investments to the community through grants.
“Spring is a really busy time for us,” Kristina Gustavson, the chief executive officer of the Community Foundation of North Louisiana said. “We just made our competitive grant decisions and will be announcing those very soon. Then coming up on May 4 is Give for Good, our 24-hour giving challenge. We use Give for Good to help the nonprofits raise unrestricted dollars for the very worthy causes they support.”
âEmpathy and compassion is what we should all haveâ: Mayor Perkins revitalizes program to bring opportunity to young men of color
My Brotherâs Keeper was started under former President Barack Obama in 2014 Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins is revitalizing a national program created to provide opportunity to young boys and men of color. (Source: Christian Piekos) By Christian Piekos | April 22, 2021 at 5:26 AM CDT - Updated April 22 at 9:27 AM
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Mayor Adrian Perkins vividly remembers his childhood growing up in Shreveportâs Cedar Grover neighborhood.
âI was raised by a single mother, my father left when I was 3-years-old,â he said. âI would hide under my bed when I heard gunshots outside.â