Welcome! I love giving and participating in Random Acts of Kindness. Along the way, I have been introduced to so many absolutely wonderful non-profit organizations. I just love to see small organizations come together to help society in amazing ways.
The ultimate mission of Linking Angels? To make donations in the amount of $100,000 to really awesome non-profit organizations.
Here’s how we get there: I ask people to nominate small to medium sized non-profit organizations that do amazing work. I then review the nominations, paying special attention to organizations that are creative, fun, dynamic, and could really use a $100,000 donation. I select 20 organizations and then we vote. After 30 days, the organization with the most votes wins and becomes our “selected organization”.
Once the voting is over, the donating starts. We find 4,999 people (plus me), well okay, 4,998 people (plus me and my mom), well really it’s more like 4,993 people (plus me, plus my mom, plus my 5 closest friends that want to support me) willing to donate $20 and boom! we have our $100,000 donation. You get the point, right? I don’t hang with the ultra-wealthy. None of us could afford on our own to give a $100,000 donation. But we can all easily afford $20. And being able to come together and be a part of such a big and organization-changing donation, well that’s pretty cool.
I like to keep things very simple and I’ve done that with Linking Angels. The only rule that is written in stone is that the organization must have 501(c)(3) status from the Internal Revenue Service. While reviewing the nominations I look at how big the organization is, what their administrative costs are, and how our donation will be put to use. I am specifically geared towards small to medium-sized organizations because I want our donation to have a major impact.
That’s what Linking Angels is all about. Now a bit about the person behind Linking Angels. Me! I currently live in West Fargo, North Dakota. I lead an absolutely incredible life and I am blessed in so many ways. I am 41 years old and officially I am retired but that just means that I have tons of free time to do fun projects such as Linking Angels.
I have a Master’s degree in Psychology and in 2006 I started Progressive Alternatives, a social service agency for developmentally disabled adults. It was the coolest job in the world. We helped adults maintain their
independence in the community so they weren’t forced into larger group homes or even worse, institutions. In 2007 my friend and I started Greenelight Workforce, a vocational provider for developmentally disabled adults. The retirement part? In February of 2011 I sold Progressive Alternatives to a really cool employee who took over the agency.
I also own Crystal Magnetics, a really cool online crystal shop where I find the prettiest crystals from around the world and sell them to avid collectors. I have a shop on Etsy and also sell in my private Facebook group, Crystal Magnetics.
I told you, I get to have lots of fun!
I have other projects on the back burner. Right now my focus is on getting Linking Angels up and running.
Besides fun projects, I also love my dogs Zoey and Taylor. I am a furious reader and normally finish a book within a day. I am never more than two feet from my iPhone. I cannot recall nor do I wish to recall life before the Internet.
If you ever have any questions about Linking Angels feel free to e-mail me at: linkingangels@gmail.com.