The Women's Giving Circle Guide: Get Together, Give Together, and Make a Difference (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780989712989)

The Women's Giving Circle Guide is a hands-on manual for any woman who wants to make a difference in her community or the world in just a few hours per month. Authors Rando and Hayden are co-founders of a highly successful giving circle, and in this guide, they share every detail of how to launch and operate a thriving circle of your own. Whether you want to fund a neighborhood project or support a global cause, this book will show you how to use a giving circle to achieve your philanthropic goal.

Giving circles are one of the easiest and fastest ways to engage in philanthropy, and this book describes step-by-step the process of creating and running your own circle. You will learn why there's no need to set up a nonprofit organization in order to fund a charitable cause, how to gather a community of like-minded women into an ongoing circle, and all the essentials needed to get started quickly.

The book provides detailed instructions for every step, from recruiting volunteers to acknowledging donations. Also included are samples and templates for all the tools you will need to launch and operate a giving circle of your own, including forms, emails, flyers, and much more. The authors share freely of their own giving circle experiences, enhancing the book with anecdotes and examples.

Comprehensive and highly practical, The Women's Giving Circle Guide will energize you to get your own circle started, and begin reaping the rewards of knowing you've made a significant contribution to the cause you most care about.