tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71545792103409113942024-02-20T12:43:47.449-08:00ECLECTIC GIVINGEclectic Giving will be the first 100% nonprofit webstore, our proceeds will support health needs. To start we will select up to four established charities to contribute to, rotating between issues; an area of illness affecting many, a very serious illness that doesn't have reach, a mental health issue and an illness that impacts children. In time we will add our own of grant programs and funding for health education in the form of scholarships and student loan payback programs.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11598978069106128118noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154579210340911394.post-32507063063671406182013-03-06T17:52:00.001-08:002013-03-07T12:26:16.241-08:00Become "Fan of the Week" on Facebook!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Please welcome the "Fan of the Week" special promotion for <a href="http://bit.ly/EG-at-Facebook">Facebook fans of Eclectic Giving</a>.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />The Fan of the Week is chosen through the app based on the person with the highest page activity for the week. To improve your chance of being selected post on our wall, comment or like a post we or others have made, share our posts on your timeline or on those of your friends,... well, basically just think of ways to interact with the page, do them and the system will put you closer and closer to the top of the winner's list. Also, you can go directly to the "Fan of the Week" page itself and click the "Please Choose Me" button and this will bring you up higher on the list, it's a bit of a "cheat" we’re offering you but we want winners!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <br />Every Sunday afternoon that week's winner will be selected and posted to the wall. To claim your prize we're making it very, very easy for you; all you need to do is send us a message within 90 DAYS notifying us that you saw you'd won as our Fan of the Week, yes, we're going to give you 90 full days tor run back through the timeline to check if you'd won and didn't happen to notice! In your message mention the date you were selected as the winner and be sure to email us from the same Facebook account that was selected as the winning fan. That's it, that's all you have to do, no entry forms, just check out the page posts from time to time, interact with them and be sure to visit the page Sunday afternoons (or up to 90 days in the past!) and look to see if you were selected.<br />
<br />We're going to do something else... We'd hoped to have this promotion running by the first of the year yet weren't yet ready. To make up for lost time we'll be selecting two winning fans per week beginning tomorrow and running for nine weeks, until May 1st, we'll choose a second Fan of the Week on Wednesday afternoons, all the same terms apply.<br />
<br />You may be wondering, since we don't have a store what's your prize?... The prize can be used as soon as our store is up and running and it never expires (don't you hate expiration dates?!). It's a graduated discount code, meaning the higher your purchase amount the greater your discount percentage. In advance of opening for sales we'll keep a list of all selected Fans and all those who've claimed they're a winner and we promise an individual discount code, and although it can only be used once, again it'll never expires. Your savings will increase as follows:<br />
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<br />As soon as we begin listing products we will contact everyone who's already won “Fan of the Week” and send you your very own personal discount code through the Facebook email you used to claim your prize.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Cash isn't the only way you can assist in building this unique combination of both a charitable organization and a true business establishment. As two organizations in one, a charity and a retail business, our needs are extremely diverse. Following is a rather long list of ways you can be of assistance with direct contact emails addresses for each area you're interested in helping with (if you'd like to help in more than one area write to us at our "info" email address):</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Would you like to become a part of the team who runs Eclectic Giving? </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Become a key player</span></span></span></span>, have a true vote in how Eclectic giving <span style="font-size: small;">will operate over the years and join</span> our Board of Directors:</span></span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Do you work for an existing health-based nonprofit, are there any you support or feel strongly about? Please let us know so we can select a charity for this year and add the others to our list of charities to donate to in the years to come:</span></span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Advertise on our blog and in time on our fully designed website, or invite us to advertise on your site. What you see right now is not the final look for Eclectic Giving, everything is being redesigned If you're interested in creating an affiliate advertising relationship together please let us know:</span></span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We can always use help keeping our overall social media designs up to date along with finding and thanking new supporters:</span></span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To meet our philanthropic dreams we'll be selling through multiple outlets. A wonderful eCommerce company called </span></span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.volusion.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;">Volusion</span></span></a></span></span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> has volunteered to work on the design and management of our own webstore and Facebook store along with the integration of an eBay store. What we need is to have that eBay store designed, in addition we plan to create an Amazon store. We need immediate help with the all aspects of web design and construction:</span></span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To start with we'll carry almost anything wearable you can think of; from jeans to mascara or cashmere to body lotion. We'll have products for men women and children from around the world and styles will range from sophisticated to playful. We're going to carry product from the top designers, the most recognizable brand names along with giving a hand out to small business with high quality merchandise. If you're an established company and would like to sell through us:</span></span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Again, we'll carry a selection of quality secondhand items and vintage goods but this time through public donations. And again, anything pre-owned will be carefully chosen. If you're interested in donating goods contact us and we'll fill you in on the details and get you a prepaid shipping label:</span></span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The powers that be require a minimum of three people on the Board of Directors just to register to become a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Fortunately, we already have over three qualified members lined up! We're aiming to reach between six to eight members by the end of the year with an ultimate goal of a twelve member Board reflecting the diverse aspects of Eclectic Giving's functions. We're actively pursuing people to join our Board from a number of professional fields and educational backgrounds. The following list of qualifications are not requirements to join with us but someone with any of the below skill-sets in their background could prove to be quite helpful when it's time to make big decisions and when we apply for grant funding. Yet a caring heart and the willingness to dream are all you need to feel comfortable contacting us about becoming a Board member: </span> <br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Grant Writing Experience with Knowledge of Appropriate Grant Sources </span> </li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">General Business Management </span> </li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">We know that's a long list of possible qualifications while we're also saying compassion is the only true requirement, that's why we listed it first. Please email us at <a href="mailto:Board.of.Directors@Eclectic-Giving.com" target="_blank"><b>Board.of.Directors@Eclectic-Giving.com</b></a> if you're interested in joining, please forward this post to friends who might be interested, share it on Twitter, Facebook or your other social media accounts. Another thing you can do to help us reach our goals with the Board is to send us name recommendations of people you may not know personally but by reputation, such as various industry professionals, athletes, entertainers and the like who you feel might be qualified and interested in becoming a Board member and you think we should look into inviting them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">I have big dreams for Eclectic Giving, I started dreaming about it and planning for it in 2009. Developing a business is a highly creative process in addition to requiring the intellect for critical thinking and decision making. During my own longterm illness making plans for EG was the only act of creativity I could perform and the best way for me to keep my mind sharp during a time when my illness made normal daily tasks difficult towards impossible. Between the creativity and use of my intellect I was able to keep both sides of my brain firing. It's believed that having an active mind is very important for one's recovery. My mind was focused on something of deep personal meaning and something I could dream about as much as I planned for; I know this was crucial to keeping my spirits up through my illness. I owe a great deal to Eclectic Giving for providing me with a future to be optimistic about.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Please pardon the mess on this blog right now. Our name change to <b>Eclectic Giving</b> from Apparel Eclectic is completely official!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As great as this is for us it did mean dumping the old blog and starting over nearly from the scratch. We're doing the best we can to make this transition smooth and fast but we want to do it right too and doing something right does tend to slow things down a bit. We wish it were possible to make all the changes behind the scenes but it doesn't work that way with the application we're using... For example, at this time you can see the little titles we've given to our advertisements because with this app we must provide the<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">ads</span></span> with a title for us to see on the layout side of things; otherwise every single one of them is listed as "HTML/JavaScript" as you can (sorta) see in the below screenshot we made before putting the titles in:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm sure you can only imagine how difficult it is to work on the layout screen above by trying to recall from looking at the blog preview where to place the next advertisement or widget! It was taking us so much time working almost blindly on the layout screen by looking at the blog preview and counting that the next item should be placed "sixth from the bottom" or "four down from 'BLOG VISITORS'". So for the re-design this week we're going with short-term messy yet long-term faster (we hope!!).</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11598978069106128118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154579210340911394.post-59115002069932448692013-02-10T10:30:00.000-08:002013-02-15T11:45:24.168-08:00What Happens When You Sleep? - National Sleep Foundation - Information on Sleep Health and Safety<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This article is from the <b><a href="http://www.sleepfoundation.org/" target="_blank">National Sleep Foundation</a></b> titled, "<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.sleepfoundation.org/article/how-sleep-works/what-happens-when-you-sleep" target="_blank"><b>What Happens When You Sleep?</b></a>" provides an </span>interesting outline of what processes a person should go through in a normal night's sleep. Not getting any sleep at all for many, many days in a row will actually lead to death! The average person will die in 8 to 10 days if they don't sleep over that length of time; the longest anyone's known to have lived without sleep is 11 days. Additionally, most people will suffer permanent brain damage after being awake for between 6 to 8 days.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Those examples are extreme consequences associated with not getting enough sleep. Yet such serious issues emphasize the importance of finding a way to get your optimum amount of daily sleep. If no sleep at all is fatal than living everyday without adequate sleep is not healthy. The article describes during what sleep stages energy is created by the brain and body, it's also well documented that sleep improves daytime performance.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">During sleep your neurological, endocrine and other body systems create the chemistry necessary for the continuation of your life itself but a more common concern for most is that these chemicals are required for simple, adequate daily functioning. Carrying a sleep debt means living with a constant deficiency of these chemicals necessary for a life of quality.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> A good night's sleep is about more than getting enough hours of sleep in a night but making sure the sleep you do get is of solid quality is crucial. If there is anything you can do to improve your sleep such as replacing a mattress and/or pillows, wearing earplugs if you live in a noisy area and if you or your partner snores resolve this because it's a sleep problem for both of you; neither the person trying to sleep through someone's snoring nor the person snoring is getting great sleep. Many of the products which work to prevent snoring also help to prevent sleep apnea, a common yet dangerous and sometimes fatal sleep disorder, read the packaging before purchasing if you're looking for something to help with this also. Consider any purchases made to improve your sleep as necessities for a healthy life. <span style="font-size: small;">M</span><span style="font-size: small;">aybe this information will inspire you to make important sleep related health changes such as prioritizing your sleep above other things you've felt were more important, because without a sleep restored body and mind you're not going to be a whole lot of good to the parts of your own life you've valued above your own sleep.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you or someone you know has difficulties with sleep, take a browse through the other articles on the </span><a href="http://www.sleepfoundation.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Sleep Foundation</span></b></a><span style="font-size: small;"> site and take a look at some of the durable medical goods they offer to aid in sleeping through their store. A number of the products they offer appear somewhat complicated and some are expensive, it would probably be best to consult with your doctor before making a purchase. Additionally, </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Amazon.com</span></b></a><span style="font-size: small;"> offers a number of high quality sleep aid products such as special pillows, mattress toppers, and even snore prevention devices which the wearer places inside their nose to widen the nostrils and allow for increased respiration; a couple examples are the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Snorepin-TM-Smarter-Solution-Advanced/dp/B000BABW5Q/ref=pd_sim_hpc_1" target="_blank"><b>Snorepin</b></a>* and the </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Splintek-SleepRight-Breathing-Aid-3ct/dp/B004U5M28O/ref=pd_sim_hpc_5" target="_blank"><b>SleepRight Breathing Aid</b></a></span></span><span style="font-size: small;">*. The principle is the same as the disposable adhesive drug store products but apparently much more effective and there's no concern about these coming unstuck and falling off in the middle of the night. Even if snoring or sleep apnea aren't problems for you these little devices will increase your night-time oxygenation which shouldn't cause you any harm. If they don't already come in sets of two or more t's suggested to purchase at least two so you always have a clean set ready to wear<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Each o<span style="font-size: small;">f</span> us needs a different amount of sleep per ni<span style="font-size: small;">ght on top of that we all have different rhythms for when it's best <span style="font-size: small;">for <span style="font-size: small;">us to go to sleep and w<span style="font-size: small;">ake in the morn<span style="font-size: small;">ing; <span style="font-size: small;">hence </span></span><span style="font-size: small;">the idea of being </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> a <span style="font-size: small;">"night owl"<span style="font-size: small;"> or </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>a "morning person<span style="font-size: small;">"<span style="font-size: small;">. <span style="font-size: small;">E</span></span></span></span></span></span></span>ach one of us must figure out our optimum sleep needs for our<span style="font-size: small;">selves. If you already know <span style="font-size: small;">when and for how long you should sleep nightly but are<span style="font-size: small;"> finding it difficult to keep up with your needs<span style="font-size: small;">, sit down and take a look at what parts of your day would be better<span style="font-size: small;"> and</span> <span style="font-size: small;">how much more quickly you might <span style="font-size: small;">accomplish a task if you were to get more sleep<span style="font-size: small;"> each night. <span style="font-size: small;">A large number of a day's inconveniences can be associated with <span style="font-size: small;">carrying a sleep debt; <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">forgetfulness</span>, slow performance, making mistakes, errors of judgment, poor behavior towards others<span style="font-size: small;">, lowered immune response, and even<span style="font-size: small;"> increased</span></span> physical pain. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>I</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;">f you're uns<span style="font-size: small;">ure of <span style="font-size: small;">the best time of night for you to sleep and the amount of sleep you trul<span style="font-size: small;">y need <span style="font-size: small;">then</span> keep a sleep<span style="font-size: small;"> journal<span style="font-size: small;">. In it each morning you'll keep track of when you slept each night, for how long and<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">how yo<span style="font-size: small;">u'd <span style="font-size: small;">describe</span> the qu<span style="font-size: small;">ality of your sleep.</span></span></span> In the evenings you'll record </span>how you felt during <span style="font-size: small;">the day<span style="font-size: small;">. After doing this for a few weeks<span style="font-size: small;"> you'll notice <span style="font-size: small;">correlations betw<span style="font-size: small;">een <span style="font-size: small;">how you feel in the day and <span style="font-size: small;">the </span>connections to the timing, <span style="font-size: small;">quantity and qualit<span style="font-size: small;">y of your sleep.<span style="font-size: small;"> Once you sort this out you kno<span style="font-size: small;">w what you should do..<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11598978069106128118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154579210340911394.post-53444985101178125262013-02-05T10:45:00.000-08:002013-02-15T11:46:08.644-08:00We're Still Here and Plugging Away!<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We've obtained the first set of documents that make this whole endeavor a real business! It's like a child getting it's Social Security number for the first time, except in the case of a business it's called an EIN (Employer Identification Number). Although our nonprofit application is still in process we'll be able to begin sales as soon as we have a store or two built somewhere online. We will function as a nonprofit even while waiting for it be officiated because our status for the entire year will be based on whatever our year-end status will be and in our case we will end the year as on official 501(c)(3) nonprofit.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Because of the differing rates we can get things done based on both the design and construction complexity it will most likely be that we'll have an operational Facebook and an eBay store before our website and webstore are completed. Hopefully we'll have the at least the website aspects built by the time the other stores are up and running so you'll have an easy place to go to learn more about us, our overall giving mission and the charities we've selected to be recipients of our proceeds for the year. Because it's our first year out and we'll be starting sales mid-year we're considering selecting only one charity for 2013. As a new business we do need to use some of what we make this year to re-invest towards our expansion plans for next year, also as a new business it'll take some time for us to get our name out there and build a customer. We feel that giving one established organization the sum of what we have this year will be better than to split that up into potentially small pieces between multiple nonprofits.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To obtain our own nonprofit status we're working with a nonprofit called the <b><a href="http://www.501c3.com/" target="_blank">Foundation Group</a></b> </span><b><a href="http://www.501c3.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></a></b><span style="font-size: small;">. For a nominal fee they work with those wanting to establish a nonprofit. They put together the by-laws, assorted other documentation and the final applications for status as a 501(c)(3) corporation. They've been a great find; they average a four month process compared with an average six months before all documents are approved and they maintain a 100% application approval rating after eighteen years in business. If everything continues as it's been going we'll have the first of our online stores, our Facebook store, up by early April 2013!!</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11598978069106128118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154579210340911394.post-20096217892744266182013-01-03T10:30:00.000-08:002013-02-15T11:47:01.297-08:00It's Been Awhile!! — Time for an Update From "Eclectic Giving"<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
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personally thank every single one of you for your maintained support
during the slow process of making this dream a reality. As promised,
your patience will be rewarded...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For
a long time I've been arduously working on a post trying to explain all
the details of why we're not yet operational and why we haven't been
communicating. It's due to your support that I feel you deserve to know
the detailed reasons for the sudden disappearance that began only months
after publicly announcing the idea for this nonprofit business. As I
was struggling with sorting out what to say I realized I was making
something simple overly complicated. The bottom line is a very simple
thing, and that's until the past few months I've been too sick to work
on furthering this business. One of the reasons my illness served as an
inspiration to create this nonprofit is because of how being sick got in
the way of my ability to lead a normal day-to-day life. Until not too
long ago it had again been doing just that.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We
are now ready to get things underway though, and although it doesn't
show on the outside, we've already started. There are so many things to
announce I don't know where I should start... So in brief the following
are some things we'd like to share with you:</span></span> <br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Although not yet
reflected on Facebook we've officially changed our name to "Eclectic
Giving". In the first months after we announced our plans we received
inquiries from both potential customers and vendors suggesting an
interest in being able to buy or sell products outside the scope we were
restricted to by our old name. It wasn't a big leap for us to see that
having the ability to move with the market into new sectors is the best
way for us to reach our philanthropic goals. The name change is the
reason we're asking people not to promote the FB page right now; we can
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We've begun the process of legally becoming a 501(c)(3). We're working with a wonderful nonprofit organization called the <a href="http://www.501c3.com/" target="_blank"><b>Foundation Group</b></a>
that will handle everything for us. As a nonprofit themselves their
fees are nominal and more than worth it. As long as our application is
approved anytime in 2013 then all business conducted during the year
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Behind the scenes, the creation of our website and webstore at <a href="http://www.eclectic-giving.com/" target="_blank"><b>Eclectic Giving</b></a> is currently being constructed for us by <a href="http://www.volusion.com/" target="_blank"><b>Volusion</b></a>
pro-bono because we're an honored member of their "Stores to Change the
World" program. In addition to building our site they will also design
an improved <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Eclectic.Giving" target="_blank"><b>Facebook</b></a> page with a fully functional store, redesign our <a href="https://twitter.com/Eclectic_Giving" target="_blank"><b>Twitter</b></a> account, create our first <a href="http://pinterest.com/eclecticgiving/" target="_blank"><b>Pinterest</b></a> account and the full redesign of this <a href="http://eclectic-giving.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b>blog</b></a> is part of the deal too. They will also build an eBay store for us! Additionally, we can be found on <b><a href="https://foursquare.com/eclectic_giving" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Fours<span style="font-size: small;">quare</span></span></a></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span> </li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We will soon announce
new members of the Board of Directors. This is incredibly exciting, yet
we still have a few more seats to fill, send a message if you have any
interest in joining, if you've contacted us in the past on this subject
please do so again<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></li>
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