Mission/Vision
Our Mission: To connect
you to giving opportunities at home, abroad, and the places you go.
Your Mission: To recognize a need; inspire others; and do something about it - today.
Our Vision: Everyone takes part to improve communities and increase humanity.
Purposes
The purposes of Adventure Giving are outlined in the following areas:
Giving & Volunteering
- To connect people and organizations to charitable giving and volunteering opportunities in their local communities
- To connect people and organizations to charitable giving and volunteering opportunities abroad and in the places they travel.
Advocacy
- To encourage individuals and organizations to identify and accomplish self-initiated projects
- To encourage capital campaigns by community leaders
Fund-raising, Training, and Implementation Assistance
- To provide fund-raising portals and fund-raising assistance to communities, organizations, and volunteers carrying out approved projects
- To provide project management training and/or assistance to communities, organizations, and volunteers carrying out approved projects
- To provide implementation training and/or assistance to persons, organizations, and communities carrying out approved projects.
- To mentor youth volunteers on carrying out successful charitable projects
Ten Truths of Sustainable Development (Adventure Giving Philosophy)
- To care, to learn, to teach, to act, and to support are the forefront principles of sustainable giving and service.
- Superior impact comes through friendship and one-to-one relationships.
- People are inspired to take action when they truly listen, observe, learn, and understand.
- The act of giving becomes enduring and sustainable when all individuals and cultures involved feel like they are both the giver and the receiver.
- It is unwise to do for [others] what they can do for themselves (Flynn, 2010).
- To have skin in the game is essential (Van Leeuwen, 2008). Buy-in comes through local leadership; ongoing support comes from the community; funding and resources come from all.
- Positive change requires patience and persistence.
- Wisdom comes from making mistakes; correcting them; sharing them; and staying on task.
- Sustainability increases when local leadership, training, accountability, and self-sufficiency are maximized.
- Giving is fun, rewarding, and challenging.
Goals for 2011
- Provide implementation and fund- raising assistance to eight volunteer groups or organizations carrying out community projects at home or abroad.
- Fund 50% of the projects in 2011
- Develop fund-raising portals
- Finalize Bylaws
- Develop Operations Manual, "How to" manuals, and downloadable media kit
- Develop collateral and Powerpoint to present to municpalities and NGOs
- Raise $120,000 in operating funds through grants and donations
- Finalize goals; measure progress; demand accountability
- Employ an Executive Director
- Develop Intern Program and employ volunteer intern(s)
Board of Directors
- Ben Nolte, Director, President
- Emily Haleck, Director
- Jennifer Hamelin, Director
- Nathan Hanamaikai, Director
- Kelsey Nolte, Director Apply to Board of Directors
Volunteer and Employment Opportunities
