#10 EP29 Non-Profits: Using Free AI Tools to Help with Your Marketing Load

For those of you who help market non-profits, volunteer for social media to help the non-profits, this episode will cover free tools to help lighten your load. I’m also excited to share with you some of the amazing small charities and organizations doing things differently in 2023. We’ll be exploring the challenges they’ve faced and the successes they’ve achieved to inspire you to volunteer or run a nonprofit more efficiently.

#9 EP23 Gain Job Skills by Volunteering

When you volunteer you have an opportunity to help others, and better yourself. Our chapter leaders are not paid. No one is at Binky Patrol, but they are learning marketable skills. Binky Patrol chapter leaders – Area Coordinators – learn how to lead a group, speak publicly, do PR, coordinate events, do basic accounting and more. We give recommendations to up to 10 people a year who are seeking a job – sometimes for the first time. They have all of these skills they’ve learned while volunteering. Now they can get a better job.

#8 EP7 Sarah’s House and Wounded Heart

When we deliver binkies we encounter angels of hope. Our guest today, Liz Bias, is an angel of hope for victims of domestic and sexual abuse. As a survivor herself, she knows exactly what they are going through. A lot of these women when they leave, have nothing. They have no clothes, and their driver’s license and their social security have been taken from them by their abuser.

Sarah’s House gives them all the resources and the contacts where they can make the phone calls and set up the appointments so they can get back their license, and the paperwork that they need so they can get a job

#7 EP34 MrBallen Foundation and Binky Patrol Teaming Up October 28

Mark your calendar for Saturday, October 28. Locations are to be posted soon.

Bring: Your heart, your smile, sharp scissors, your sewing machine if you want to, thread, possibly a cushion to pin and cut on the ground or a folding chair in a cafeteria, and comfy shoes.

#6 EP27 How to Get Big Groups of Kid Volunteers

How to get more volunteers? It will depend on the opportunities you have. Sometimes you have to be flexible and creative. Binky Patrol is a great organization for younger volunteers because what we do is easy and fun with friends.

#5 EP30 From Bereavement Photography to a Mission of Care

Today we have a special guest, Michelle Cramer, the founder of On Angels’ Wings. Michelle’s story is one of devotion and determination, and her mission is to improve the mental health and well-being of families with medically fragile children. On Angels’ Wings provides free therapeutic photography and grief recovery services to families who need it most.

#4 EP22 Create Signage to Direct Them To Your Event

We’ve invited people and they signed up! That’s great. But, they need to be able to easily find you from the parking lot. Sometimes non-profits have events at libraries, community centers, schools, churches. Their campuses can be large and confusing. Having directional signage can help prevent volunteers from being frustrated before they walk in the door. Jordan Castellanos (J.C.) is our guest today from FastSigns in Beaverton, Oregon. We talk about how teaming up with a signage professional can save you money and add to your event success.

#3 EP33 Breaking the Stigma: Seeking Help is a Sign of Strength

In this very special episode of All-Volunteer, All Heart from Binky Patrol, host Susan Finch sits down with Eric Berndt to talk about his experience coping with the loss of his father at a young age. Eric’s story is a powerful testament to the importance of community, vulnerability, and resilience in the face of unimaginable hardship.

#2 EP24 Connecting Like Hearts to Grow Your Organization

Amy Smart is the founder of Diary of a Quilter. Her newsletter is inspiring, her website is filled with resources. Amy now knows about Binky Patrol. Binky Patrol volunteers have all been introduced to Amy Smart and Diary of a Quilter. This is how it works.  Susan suggests that you seek out companies, individuals, and influencers in your space that have active social media presence, but who also have newsletters. There is a great opportunity for both them and you to expand your lists and introduce each others’ audiences to your respective companies.

#1 EP25 Great Holiday Team Event for Remote Teams and Families

Have you ever known the family was coming over, but because of the weather, and varying ages, you didn’t quite know what to do with everyone after the meal? What about when your office and workload are lighter due to the upcoming holidays, end-of-year vacations, and more? A great way to bring these groups of people together is to make blankets. It’s a chance to lift some of the annual awkwardness, stay busy for those fidgety people, and change lives. Make blankets.