One Home Many Hopes was recently featured in Small Charities Get an Education in Fund Raising -- and Filmmaking By Caroline Preston- November 30, 2008 Each time Thomas Keown has asked people in recent weeks to donate to his charity, he’s had a camera rolling. The nonprofit group Mr. Keown established last year, One Home Many Hopes, is one of two charities participating in a documentary film project to show how small nonprofit groups can successfully raise money. The filmmaking effort was started by Kristy Hall, a nonprofit consultant in Charlottesville, Va., who wanted to demonstrate how some of the fund-raising ideas she had developed could help small organizations. After recruiting a film company to help, Ms. Hall selected two charities, Mr. Keown’s Boston group, a volunteer-run effort that benefits orphaned girls in Kenya, and Student Movement for Real Change, a Washington organization with three employees. Ms. Hall challenged the charities to raise $20,000 in 30 days—a small sum by many fund raisers’ standards, but one that initially seemed overwhelming to Mr. Keown. (continued - click here for full story). |
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 Giving Far and Wide By Adrian Walker - April 15, 2008 The impoverished street children of Mtwapa, Kenya, are far removed from Boston in every sense - geographically and psychologically. That last gap, though, is beginning to close just a bit. Since late last year, a group of Bostonians has quietly been lending support to an orphanage supporting three dozen girls in one of the poorest parts of Kenya. They have funded a website and wireless Internet access. They have thrown a St. Patrick's Day benefit on behalf of children who have never heard of St. Patrick. They have been brought together through the unending persistence of Thomas Keown, an Irish immigrant whose life changed last year on a trip to Kenya. (continued - click here for full story) |
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