How Can We Get By Without Mom & Pop Shops?






My neighborhood used to be filled with Mom & Pop shops.  Independent businesses were thriving and giving back to our schools and parents shopped there with pride.  But something happened.  The economy shifted and landlords raised rents on the stores and suddenly, mom & pop shops went the way of the dinosaurs.  It feels like […]




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Community Fundraising: Why Do It?






There are lots of ways to do community fundraising, and getting your community involved with fundraising on any level is so important — both for the school and for the business.    A couple of weeks ago I talked about creating Party Book events to raise money for your organizations; Businesses can be incorporated into […]




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