NYLC to Participate in Give to the Max Day to Support Expansion of National Youth Leadership Training
The National Youth Leadership Council is joining nonprofit organizations throughout Minnesota for the fourth annual “Give to the Max Day” on Nov. 15, 2012. The event showcases local nonprofits and schools, with a simple gateway for supporters to give to their favorite charities and schools online. Anyone can contribute to NYLC on Nov. 15 by visiting the GiveMN page at www.givemn.com/nylc.
“Individual giving has been crucial to ensuring that a diverse group of participants can learn and grow together at the National Youth Leadership Training,” said Amanda Larson, Youth Initiatives Lead at NYLC. “In 2012, 18% of our youth participants were able to attend because of scholarship funds made available through individual giving to NYLC’s annual campaign. Many more students were interested and would have otherwise attended had we had more scholarship dollars available. As we grow to engage more than three times the number of students this year, individual giving is now more important than ever.”
Starting on Give to the Max Day, NYLC hopes to raise $15,000 to expand the reach of NYLT to three weeklong trainings in two locations, continuing to focus on the achievement gap, self-discovery, cultural exchange, leadership-building, and service. Our goal for 2013 is to train 75 teams — each consisting of about three students and one mentor — from 75 communities across the country. Money donated to NYLC will directly benefit its mission to create a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world with young people, their schools, and their communities through service-learning.
“We set single-day records for philanthropic giving in 2009, 2010 and 2011, and want to keep that streak going in 2012,” said Dana Nelson, executive director of GiveMN, which debuted in fall 2009 as the first-of-its-kind giving website and sponsors Give to the Max Day.
During last year’s Give to the Max Day, 47,534 donors logged on to GiveMN.org. The result: $13.4 million raised for 3,978 Minnesota nonprofits, whose missions range from feeding the hungry, to protecting the environment, to promoting the arts. GiveMN hopes to again raise millions of dollars for thousands of nonprofits and schools, showcasing Minnesota’s unparalleled generosity to the world.
2012 Give to the Max Day Incentives
In 2012, GiveMN will offer several incentives to encourage donor participation in Give to the Max Day. Anyone can support NYLC and other Minnesota-based nonprofits and schools for an opportunity to win prize grants up to $12,500 as top donation earners. During Give to the Max Day 2012 NYLC will be eligible for prize grants in the form of hourly “Golden Tickets” — an hourly drawing to add $1,000 to a donor’s donation, randomly selected from donors who gave during each hour of the event. One donor giving to a nonprofit and one donor to a K-12 public school will be drawn in the evening for a Super-sized Golden Ticket of $10,000 added to their donations.
At GiveMN, Minnesota nonprofits and schools can showcase their work and introduce their organizations to potential donors. Customized profiles of Minnesota charities detail their individual missions, programs and events. The site also lets donors manage their charitable giving by recording online contributions and storing receipts.
GiveMN is powered by Razoo, a critical partner in making Give to the Max Day a success. Razoo is a venture funded social enterprise committed to transforming people's lives through meaningful giving. Its secure online platform facilitates crowdsourced fundraising, streamlines the donation process and offers a suite of free and easy-to-use fundraising tools that inspire individuals and nonprofits to give and fundraise online.
Read the full press release at: www.nylc.org/about/pressroom
Watch the NYLT video on YouTube: http://youtu.be/bD-zN8gzcsQ
