Walkathon Maven | Musings of a walkathon guide on producing a successful fundraising event.

Thanks to the Peeps at Non Profit Tech for Good for gathering the info. Congratulations to the World Toilet Organization on celebrating 20 years on November 19. #worldtoiletday

January

17: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay
18: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay
28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay

February

2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay
9: Safer Internet Day — #SaferInternetDay13: World Radio Day — #WorldRadioDay14: World Bonobo Day — #World Bonobo Day14: V-Day — #1BillionRising20: World Day of Social Justice — #SocialJusticeDay
21: World Whale Day — #WorldWhaleDay
23: World Spay Day — #WorldSpayDay
25: Digital Learning Day — #DigitalLearningDay
27: International Polar Bear Day — #PolarBearDay28: Rare Disease Day — #RareDiseaseDay

March

3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay
8: International Women’s Day — #IWD2021
11: World Kidney Day — #WorldKidneyDay
18: Global Recycling Day — #GlobalRecyclingDay
21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination — #EndRacismDay
21: International Day of Forests — #ForestsDay
21: World Down Syndrome Day — #WorldDownSyndromeDay21: World Poetry Day — #WorldPoetryDay
22: World Water Day — #WorldWaterDay24: World Tuberculosis Day — #WorldTBDay
27: Earth Hour — #EarthHour

April

2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay
7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay11: Good Deeds Day — #GoodDeedsDay
12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay
14: World Dolphin Day — #WorldDolphinDay
15: World Art Day — #WorldArtDay22: Earth Day — #EarthDay23: World Book Day — #WorldBookDay24: International Sculpture Day — #ISDay
25: World Malaria Day — #WorldMalariaDay
25: World Penguin Day — #WorldPenguinDay
30: International Jazz Day — #JazzDay

May

3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay8: World Fair Trade Day — #WorldFairTradeDay
9: World Migratory Bird Day — #WorldMigratoryBirdDay
10: World Lupus Day — #WorldLupusDay
12: International Nurses Day — #NursesDay
17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia — #IDAHOBIT
18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay
21: Endangered Species Day — #EndangeredSpeciesDay
22: International Day for Biological Diversity — #BiologicalDiversityDay23: World Turtle Day — #WorldTurtleDay
31: World No Tobacco Day — #WorldNoTobaccoDay

June

5: World Environment Day — #WorldEnvironmentDay
8: World Oceans Day — #WorldOceansDay
12: World Day Against Child Labour — #WorldDayAgainstChildLabour14: World Blood Donor Day — #WorldBloodDonorDay
20: World Refugee Day — #WorldRefugeeDay
21: International Day of Yoga — #YogaDay
22: World Rainforest Day — #WorldRainforestDay26: Gay Pride Day — #Pride21

July

11: WorldPopulationDay — #WorldPopulationDay
18: Nelson Mandela International Day — #MandelaDay
28: World Hepatitis Day — #WorldHepatitisDay29: International Tiger Day — #InternationalTigerDay
30: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons — #EndHumanTrafficking

August

10: World Lion Day — #WorldLionDay
11: Indigenous People’s Day — #IndigenousDay
12: International Youth Day — #YouthDay12: World Elephant Day — #WorldElephantDay17: National Nonprofit Day — #NationalNonprofitDay (Internationally recognized)
19: World Humanitarian Day — #WorldHumanitarianDay
26: National Dog Day — #DogDay (Internationally recognized)29: International Day Against Nuclear Tests — #AgainstNuclearTestsDay

September

5: International Day of Charity — #CharityDay
8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay
10: World Suicide Prevention Day — #WorldSuicidePreventionDay
15: International Day of Democracy — #DemocracyDay21: International Day of Peace — #PeaceDay
21: World Alzheimer’s Day — #WorldAlzheimersDay
22: World Rhino Day — #WorldRhinoDay
26: World Rivers Day — #WorldRiversDay
27: World Tourism Day — #WorldTourismDay

October

4: World Animal Day — #WorldAnimalDay
4: World Habitat Day — #WorldHabitatDay
5: World Teachers Day — #WorldTeachersDay
6: World Cerebral Palsy Day — #WorldCPDay
10: World Homeless Day — #WorldHomelessDay
10: World Mental Health Day — #WorldMentalHealthDay
11: International Day of the Girl Child — #DayOfTheGirl12: World Arthritis Day — #WorldArthritisDay
13: World Thrombosis Day — #WorldThrombosisDay
15: International Day of Rural Women — #RuralWomenDay15: World Values Day — #WorldValuesDay
16: World Food Day — #WorldFoodDay
16: Global Cat Day — #GlobalCatDay17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — #EndPoveryDay
29: Internet Day — #InternetDay
31: World Cities Day — #WorldCitiesDay

November

13: World Kindness Day — #WorldKindnessDay
14: World Diabetes Day — #WorldDiabetesDay
16: International Day for Tolerance — #ToleranceDay
18: World Philosophy Day — #WorldPhilosophyDay19: World Pancreatic Cancer Day — #WorldPancreaticCancerDay
19: World Toilet Day — #WorldToiletDay20: World Children’s Day — #WorldChildrensDay21: World Television Day — #WorldTVDay25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women — #EndViolenceAgainstWomen
30: Giving Tuesday — #GivingTuesday

December

1: World AIDS Day — #WorldAIDSDay
3: International Day of People with Disabilities — #IDPwD215: International Volunteer Day — #VolunteerDay
5: World Soil Day — #WorldSoilDay9: International Anti-Corruption Day — #AntiCorruptionDay10: International Human Rights Day — #HumanRightsDay
11: International Mountain Day — #MountainDay
18: International Migrants Day — #MigrantsDay

Comments 0 Comments
Categories Uncategorized
Author Lana

WFH = Walk for Hunger

17 Apr

So the letters WFH for me always meant Walk for Hunger, the Boston event that always happen the first Sunday of May.

Now, the letters to most mean Work From Home during this pandemic.

The folks at Project Bread are still having the Walk for Hunger, but it will be a virtual fundraiser this year.

I see that the goal is $2 million and I wonder what the expenses will be with hopes the net result will be higher knowing so many of the usual logistical requirements will not be needed this year. That’s the good news.

The bad news is all of the event vendors that rely on large-scale events like this to pay their own bills will be hurt. I started making a list of all the vendors we would use to produce these walkathons and realized the financial hit so many of the folks are taking.

-State police and local police that work these events for overtime pay.
-Park department staff and rangers.
-Bus companies and drivers that bring walkers to the event.
-Sound techs, stage crews and event production teams.
-Table, tent, chair, toilets vendors and their staff.
-Water delivery company and their staff.
-T-shirt production companies and their staff.
-Food concession companies and their staff.
-Truck rental companies and their staff.
-Balloon/ decor companies and their staff.

Let’s say that the Walk (during a normal year) has 15% expenses. That’s $300.000 that would have been pumped into the economy to pay the above.

Best of luck to The Walk for Hunger and their virtual event. Now more than ever we need to raise money for them so they can take care of the food insecure around Boston.

Comments 0 Comments
Categories Logistics, Money
Author Lana

2020 Cause Awareness Calendar

2 Jan

Thanks to the folks at NPTech for Good, here are the 2020 dates of note:

January

19: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay
20: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay
28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay

February

2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay
11: Safer Internet Day — #SID2013: World Radio Day — #WorldRadioDay14: World Bonobo Day — #World Bonobo Day14: V-Day — #1BillionRising
15: World Whale Day — #WorldWhaleDay20: World Day of Social Justice — #SocialJusticeDay
25: World Spay Day — #WorldSpayDay
27: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay
27: International Polar Bear Day — #PolarBearDay28: Rare Disease Day — #RareDiseaseDay

March

3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay
8: International Women’s Day — #IWD20
12: World Kidney Day — #WorldKidneyDay
20: Global Recycling Day — #GRD2020
21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination — #EndRacism
21: International Day of Forests — #ForestsDay
21: World Down Syndrome Day — #WDSD2021: World Poetry Day — #WorldPoetryDay
22: World Water Day — #WorldWaterDay24: World Tuberculosis Day — #WorldTBDay
28: Earth Hour — #EarthHour

April

2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay
7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay
14: World Dolphin Day — #WorldDolphinDay
15: World Art Day — #WorldArtDay22: Earth Day — #EarthDay23: World Book Day — #WorldBookDay25: International Sculpture Day — #ISDay
25: World Malaria Day — #WorldMalariaDay
25: World Penguin Day — #WorldPenguinDay
30: International Jazz Day — #JazzDay

May

3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay9: World Fair Trade Day — #WorldFairTradeDay
10: World Lupus Day — #WorldLupusDay12: World Migratory Bird Day — #WorldMigratoryBirdDay
15: Endangered Species Day — #EndangeredSpeciesDay17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia — #IDAHOT20
18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay
22: International Day for Biological Diversity — #BiologicalDiversityDay23: World Turtle Day — #WorldTurtleDay
31: World No Tobacco Day — #WorldNoTobaccoDay

June

5: World Environment Day — #WorldEnvironmentDay
8: World Oceans Day — #WorldOceansDay
12: World Day Against Child Labor — #WDACL2014: World Blood Donor Day — #WorldBloodDonorDay
20: World Refugee Day — #WorldRefugeeDay
21: International Day of Yoga — #YogaDay
22: World Rainforest Day — #WorldRainforestDay27: Gay Pride Day — #Pride20

The Global NGO Technology Report is a biennial research project that seeks to gain a better understanding of how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide use web and email communications, online fundraising tools, social media, mobile technology, and productivity software.

July

11: WorldPopulationDay — #WorldPopulationDay
18: Nelson Mandela International Day — #MandelaDay
28: World Hepatitis Day — #WorldHepatitisDay29: International Tiger Day — #InternationalTigerDay
30: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons — #WorldDayAgainstTrafficking

August

9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples — #IndigenousDay
10: World Lion Day — #WorldLionDay
12: International Youth Day — #YouthDay12: World Elephant Day — #WorldElephantDay17: National Nonprofit Day — #NationalNonprofitDay (Internationally recognized)
19: World Humanitarian Day — #WorldHumanitarianDay
26: National Dog Day — #DogDay (Internationally recognized)29: International Day Against Nuclear Tests — #AgainstNuclearTestsDay

September

5: International Day of Charity — #CharityDay
8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay
10: World Suicide Prevention Day — #WSPD20
15: International Day of Democracy — #DemocracyDay21: International Day of Peace — #PeaceDay22: World Rhino Day — #WorldRhinoDay
27: World Tourism Day — #WorldTourismDay
27: World Rivers Day — #WorldRiversDay

October

4: World Animal Day — #WorldAnimalDay
5: World Teachers Day — #WorldTeachersDay
6: World Cerebral Palsy Day — #WorldCPDay
7: World Habitat Day — #WorldHabitatDay
10: World Mental Health Day — #WorldMentalHealthDay
11: International Day of the Girl Child — #DayOfTheGirl12: World Arthritis Day — #WorldArthritisDay
15: International Day of Rural Women — #RuralWomenDay16: World Food Day — #WorldFoodDay
16: Global Cat Day — #GlobalCatDay17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — #EndPoveryDay
17: World Values Day — #WorldValuesDay
29: World Internet Day — #WorldInternetDay
31: World Cities Day — #WorldCitiesDay

November

13: World Kindness Day — #WorldKindnessDay
14: World Diabetes Day — #WorldDiabetesDay
15: World Philosophy Day — #WorldPhilosophyDay
16: International Day for Tolerance — #ToleranceDay19: World Pancreatic Cancer Day — #WPCD20
19: World Toilet Day — #WorldToiletDay20: World Children’s Day — #WorldChildrensDay21: World Television Day — #WorldTVDay25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women — #EndViolenceAgainstWomen

December

1: Giving Tuesday — #GivingTuesday1: World AIDS Day — #WorldAIDSDay
3: International Day of People with Disabilities — #IDPwD205: International Volunteer Day — #VolunteerDay
5: World Soil Day — #WorldSoilDay9: International Anti-Corruption Day — #AntiCorruptionDay10: International Human Rights Day — #HumanRightsDay
11: International Mountain Day — #MountainDay
18: International Migrants Day — #MigrantsDay

Comments 0 Comments
Categories good read
Author Lana

2019 Cause Awareness Calendar

4 Jan

Here it is! Thanks to the folks at NPTech for Good, here is the Cause Awareness and Giving Calendar for 2019:

January

20: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay
21: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay

February

2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay
5: Safer Internet Day — #SID1913: World Radio Day — #WorldRadioDay14: World Bonobo Day — #World Bonobo Day14: V-Day — #1BillionRising
16: World Whale Day — #WorldWhaleDay20: World Day of Social Justice — #SocialJusticeDay
26: World Spay Day — #WorldSpayDay27: International Polar Bear Day — #PolarBearDay28: Rare Disease Day — #RareDiseaseDay
28: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay

March

3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay
8: International Women’s Day — #IWD19
14: World Kidney Day — #WorldKidneyDay
21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination — #EndRacism
21: International Day of Forests — #ForestsDay
21: World Down Syndrome Day — #WDSD19

21: World Poetry Day — #WorldPoetryDay
22: World Water Day — #WorldWaterDay

24: World Tuberculosis Day — #WorldTBDay
30: Earth Hour — #EarthHour

April

2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay
7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay1

2: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay
14: World Dolphin Day — #WorldDolphinDay
15: World Art Day — #WorldArtDay

22: Earth Day — #EarthDay
23: World Book Day — #WorldBookDay

25: World Malaria Day — #WorldMalariaDay
25: World Penguin Day — #WorldPenguinDay
30: International Jazz Day — #JazzDay

May

3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay10: World Lupus Day — #WorldLupusDay11: World Fair Trade Day — #WorldFairTradeDay
12: World Migratory Bird Day — #WorldMigratoryBirdDay
17: Endangered Species Day — #EndangeredSpeciesDay17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia — #IDAHOT19
18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay
22: International Day for Biological Diversity — #BiologicalDiversityDay23: World Turtle Day — #WorldTurtleDay
31: World No Tobacco Day — #WorldNoTobaccoDay

June

5: World Environment Day — #WorldEnvironmentDay
8: World Oceans Day — #WorldOceansDay
12: World Day Against Child Labor — #WDACL19

14: World Blood Donor Day — #WorldBloodDonorDay
20: World Refugee Day — #WorldRefugeeDay
21: International Day of Yoga — #YogaDay
22: World Rainforest Day — #WorldRainforestDay

23: Gay Pride Day — #Pride19

July

11: WorldPopulationDay — #WorldPopulationDay
18: Nelson Mandela International Day — #MandelaDay
28: World Hepatitis Day — #WorldHepatitisDay

29: GlobalTiger Day — #GlobalTigerDay
30: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons — #WorldDayAgainstTrafficking

August

9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples — #IndigenousDay
10: World Lion Day — #WorldLionDay
12: International Youth Day — #YouthDay

12: World Elephant Day — #WorldElephantDay

17: National Nonprofit Day — #NationalNonprofitDay (Internationally recognized)
17: International Homeless Animal Day — #IHAD19

19: World Humanitarian Day — #WorldHumanitarianDay
26: International Dog Day — #DogDay

29: International Day Against Nuclear Tests — #AgainstNuclearTestsDay

September

5: International Day of Charity — #CharityDay
8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay
10: World Suicide Prevention Day — #WSPD19
15: International Day of Democracy — #DemocracyDay

21: International Day of Peace — #PeaceDay

22: World Rhino Day — #WorldRhinoDay
27: World Tourism Day — #WorldTourismDay
29: World Rivers Day — #WorldRiversDay

October

4: World Animal Day — #WorldAnimalDay
6: World Cerebral Palsy Day — #WorldCPDay

5: World Teachers Day — #WorldTeachersDay
7: World Habitat Day — #WorldHabitatDay
10: World Mental Health Day — #WorldMentalHealthDay
11: International Day of the Girl Child — #DayOfTheGirl

12: World Arthritis Day — #WorldArthritisDay
15: International Day of Rural Women — #RuralWomenDay

16: World Food Day — #WorldFoodDay
16: Global Cat Day — #GlobalCatDay

17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — #EndPoveryDay
18: World Values Day — #WorldValuesDay
29: World Internet Day — #WorldInternetDay
31: World Cities Day — #WorldCitiesDay

November

13: World Kindness Day — #WorldKindnessDay
14: World Diabetes Day — #WorldDiabetesDay
15: World Philosophy Day — #WorldPhilosophyDay
16: International Day for Tolerance — #ToleranceDay

19: World Toilet Day — #WorldToiletDay

20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay
21: World Pancreatic Cancer Day — #WPCD19
21: World Television Day — #WorldTVDay

25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women — #EndViolenceAgainstWomen

December

1: World AIDS Day — #WorldAIDSDay
3: Giving Tuesday — #GivingTuesday

3: International Day of People with Disabilities — #IDPwD19

5: International Volunteer Day — #VolunteerDay
5: World Soil Day — #WorldSoilDay

9: International Anti-Corruption Day — #AntiCorruptionDay

10: International Human Rights Day — #HumanRightsDay
11: International Mountain Day — #MountainDay
18: International Migrants Day — #MigrantsDay

Comments 0 Comments
Categories Money
Author Lana

Game of Thrones

28 Feb

Are these the most beautiful potties you have ever seen?

You know I love a good potty story!

Today in the Boston Globe was a story about the high demand for port-o-potties.

What I found to be most interesting is that the Labor Unions require a potty for every 20 workers. Quite a difference from the one potty for 200 walkers that most walkathons subscribe to.

If you want to read about my past potty posts – you can check them out here and here.

As always – please feel free to forward any good potty company names and photos!