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Pro Sports Team Challenge 2008 – NFL Stars Play for Operation Kids
Operation Kids congratulates Drew and teammates Michael Strahan, LaDainian Tomlinson and John Elway on a strong second place finish earning a $75,000 donation. Proceeds will be used in full, to complete the Operation Kids Rebuilding Dreams in New Orleans campaign.
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From left to right: LaDainian Tomlinson, Drew Brees, Rick Larsen , John Elway, Michael Strahan. |
Giving Smarter – The Operation Kids Approach to Charitable Giving
Give smarter…what does it mean? It means knowing that your charitable contribution actually reaches a child in need…and has a significant and measurable impact on that child’s life.
The new reality is that smart charitable giving takes time and planning…and very often requires insight, expertise or resources that you might not have access to, including:
• Knowing the Issues: o Who do you turn to for a clearer understanding of the issues facing children and the best solutions to those issues?
• Identifying Efficient Charities and Programs: o How can you determine which organizations are delivering solutions…and doing it most effectively?
• Use of Proceeds: o How do you insure that through your giving, you are making a meaningful gift that includes clearly-defined objectives for its use?
• Accountability: o Who monitors the use of your giving and assures accountability and results?
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Rick Larsen , President of Operation Kids, accepts check. |
Smart giving is an investment…in the happiness and well-being of others. Shouldn’t you treat it with at least the same care and focus that you would your other investments?
As your charitable partner, Operation Kids can make sure that you give smarter.
• We’ve already identified the most important issues facing children and we actively evaluate the ways to most effectively address those issues. We’ll work with you to identify the issues that are most meaningful to you, and their corresponding solutions.
• We identify charities and programs addressing those issues with the most efficiency and effectiveness. We bring a business sense of accountability and expectations to the charitable giving process.
• We can facilitate your gift so that it goes to specific programs of your choosing, or we can manage its use in serving the Whole Child through our expanding roster of programs. We determine exactly how organizations will spend your dollars, and counsel them when needed on how to spend it better. We’re confident in measurable results of each gift.
• We apply our cause-marketing and public relations expertise to help you and your charitable partners get maximum exposure.
• We track your gift through its use, assess the results, and make a full report back to you on the effective outcome.
• And we do all of this at no cost, because that’s our mission!
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From left to right: Jim Martin, Executive Director – Baseball Assistance team; Rick Larsen, President – Operation Kids; Kathy Mejasich, Vice President of Corporate Alliances, USO; William Gershen, World Board of Governors - USO; Willie O’Ree, Director of Diversity Programming, NHL |
With so many children in need, and literally tens of thousands of charities trying to help them, you need Operation Kids to make sure you get the most impact for your investment. And it doesn’t matter if you are an individual, a business, or a foundation.
• A professional quarterback wanted to know how he could make a difference in his storm-ravaged city. He partnered with Operation Kids to rebuild school facilities, parks and playgrounds, day care centers and after-school programs.
• A large beverage company wanted to help children in their own community and across the country during the recent holiday season. Hundreds of low income families and children in need of organ transplants were helped as a result of Operation Kids’ efforts.
• A large private foundation wants to streamline its giving process while increasing its impact on children around the world. Operation Kids will soon be managing its entire gift-giving process.
Let Operation Kids do the same for you.
If you’d like to make an immediate gift to Operation Kids, we encourage you to do so on-line or by calling us at 1-888-257-KIDS. If you’d like to know more about what we can do for you or your organization, please give us a call. We’ll be happy to schedule an assessment and discuss how we can help you with your charitable gift-giving needs.
You can give smarter – we’d love to show you how!
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John Walsh to be honored at our 2008 Lifetime Achievement Gala