The staff and volunteers of CCH are overwhelmed with gratitude for the enthusiastic support offered this past Giving Tuesday. Over 650 generous people contributed to CCH during this annual celebration of giving.
CCH is grateful to longtime supporters Robert Pasin & Muriel Quinn, Marta Delgado & Sam Nandi, and Revolution Brewing for donating a collective $50,000 in matching funds. With their support, CCH was able to raise a record breaking $152,000 through this Giving Tuesday campaign.
CCH recruited 40 staff, Board members, and Associate Board members and other supporters to follow their lead and become Giving Tuesday Ambassadors, spreading news of CCH’s work and enlisting peers to invest in our advocacy.
Ambassador Work
Ambassadors employed all types of creative tactics to call attention to CCH’s impact. Associate Board member Amelia Thelen offered a Tarot reading to anyone in her network of family and friends that donated $50 or more to CCH.
Amelia reflected on the experience:
“I was a Giving Tuesday ambassador for CCH for the second time this year, and like last year, I was absolutely blown away by the generosity of the people in my life. In a season with so much consumption, I love the opportunity this gives me to connect with my loved ones with a cause that we care about so very deeply, and I am already looking forward to doing it again next year!”
Another tried and true tactic for drawing attention was to utilize the power of pet photos. New CCH staff attorney Melissa West had this to say about her Ambassador experience:
“It was heartwarming to receive material support and encouragement from loved ones who share in our belief that housing is a human right. I am honored to be newly onboard with the Law Project of CCH as an attorney working to combat the criminalization of the unhoused. I am also touched that people find Artie the pup and Cleo the kitty as cute as I do!”
Thank you to everyone who made contributions of any size to CCH on Giving Tuesday. We often like to say that we are stronger together, and this Giving Tuesday is one more example of that collective power to make change.
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