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Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 10:29am
May 13th GenNext hosted London’s First Timeraiser. The GenNext demographic (20 and 30 year olds) showed what they are made of and bid to contribute over 4000 volunteer hours for local London non profit agencies! Approximately 20 local nonprofit agencies attended the evening event and chatted with participants about their unique volunteer opportunities. Local artists were also on hand to answer questions on the art work they submitted for bidding.We talk with a few of the
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Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 3:24pm
The Timeraiser is coming! In a few short weeks on May 13th, Londoners will have the opportunity to appreciate local London art, and learn more about volunteering in the community. Participants bid on local artist’s work not with money but with volunteer hours. This is the first Timeraiser to occur in London so if you’re like me you may have some questions on what this event is all about. Luckily local artist Cheri Robinson whose work is included in the show, offered to answer some questions
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 3:29pm
Tickets are now on sale for London's first Timeraiser!GenNext proudly presents London's first Timeraiser in association with Pillar Nonprofit Network, London Arts Council and London Community Foundation. With this unique initiative, your time is worth more than money, it builds community.Timeraiser is a silent art auction with a twist; instead of offering money, individuals bid the number of hours that they are willing to volunteer for an organization over a 12 month period. Once the evening
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - 10:31am
On May 13, 2010, Timeraiser is coming to the Forest City. Spearheaded by the GenNext Committee of the United Way London & Middlesex, wheels are in motion to bring the popular volunteer fair/silent auction slash night-on-the-town to the City of London.What is Timeraiser? Throw a volunteer fair, silent art auction and trendy London nightclub in a cup, shake it and yell Yahtzee! (er, Timeraiser!) You’ve got one of Canada’s most memorable, engaging and impactful civic engagement programs. Over
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Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 1:54pm
Recently a United Way donor stepped up with a gift of $100,000 to be used to match other personal donations of $1000 or more. What is even more remarkable about this person’s generosity is that they have decided to remain anonymous. Donor anonymity is something that is taken pretty seriously around here, so I really don’t know anything about this person, their financial situation, their connection to United Way or their motivation for giving. All I know is that this is someone who recognized
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Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 5:35pm
This was the pivotal question posed to the crowd at last week’s GenNext launch event by inspiring guest speaker Mark Keilburger. No doubt it’s a personal question. Ones legacy could almost be considered their most personal asset; the thing that results from each and every decision you make throughout your life. It’s who you choose to be, and how that impacts the world around you while you’re here and when you’re gone. As this question was asked, I couldn’t help but think about the collective
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Monday, September 28, 2009 - 2:56pm
This past week I hit the wall landing myself practically bedridden and incapacitated for two days with a nasty cold. Since then, three of my colleagues have all started to complain of sore throats and that ‘tickle’ at the back of their throats. That’s right folks the cold and flu season has arrived. For those of you who lend time and energy to volunteering, this means that you have to be extra diligent in making sure you take care of yourselves. For many of you, volunteering fuels your passions
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Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 8:57am
Students of any social science would be familiar with the term social capital. In short, the basic idea is that social networks have value. Building social capital can benefit not only individuals but also to the community where they live.My first introduction to the idea was from Robert Putnam’s popular book, Bowling Alone. Here he describes “the decline in social capital”, a transition from a time where people joined bowling leagues and volunteered more to a more recent period when people
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The Timeraiser is coming to London for the first time, brought to you in partnership with GenNext, United Way London & Middlesex, Pillar Nonprofit Network, London Community Foundation and London Read More...
1. Where do you work? What do you do?I work at Ernst & Young LLP here in London in the Assurance group. I’m working towards my Chartered Accountant designation so I spend quite a bit of time Read More...
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