Business Giving Strategies » Red Cross http://www.businessgivingstrategies.com Tips, Tools and Strategies for Strategic Business Philanthropy Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:34:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Fines for Charity http://www.businessgivingstrategies.com/2008/01/15/fines-for-charity/ http://www.businessgivingstrategies.com/2008/01/15/fines-for-charity/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:10:25 +0000 Susan Hyatt http://businessphilanthropycoach.com/2008/01/15/fines-for-charity/ I saw a little piece entitled, “A Fine Idea”, in the Rocky Mountain News a while back that a number of local libraries were donating a week’s worth of fines to the Red Cross tsunami effort.  “To contribute, pay your fine from January 24-30.”  So while I realize libraries are part of local government not the private sector– this is still a great example of a way to get something the organization needs done (i.e., get books returned and fines paid) and give to a worthwhile cause at the same time.

Does this give you any ideas about something your company could do?   Got any late fees coming your way?

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