Posts Tagged ‘philanthropy’

Granola Update!

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Everyone has been patiently awaiting this blog post. This will be the first post in a series leading up to the launch of our new granola product. We have been hard at work getting a sales and marketing plan drawn up, finalizing our first granola recipe, and lining up production resources. Everything is coming together, and we expect to have granola available shortly!

So our recipe is finalized. The granola is absolutely delicious. Ben and I have both tasted it in various applications – on top of yogurt, with milk in the morning, over ice cream, and just on its own. Oh yeah, and we were (barely) able to get some granola to a group of friends and family members to test. It went fast. Everyone loved it. Our final recipe is toasted golden brown with a delicious sweet and salty balance. It’s not too rich, and it is waistline-friendly. We’re positive that you’ll love it.

In the next couple of weeks, we will be launching a pre-order website, allowing you to be the first in line to have a bag or two of your own. Actually, we won’t restrict you to just two bags, we’ll ship you as many as you’d like. The more bags we can pre-order, the more children we can feed in the next couple of months through Feed The Children.

We are also offering advance orders for corporate gifts for the holiday season. It’s better to give than to receive, and we challenge you to be philanthropic in your giving this holiday season. Remember, each bag you give as a gift will still feed a hungry child for an entire day. If you or your company would like to order special holiday granola for gifts this holiday season, please contact us at granola @ daretogive.com.

Did you order one of our t-shirts a few months ago? Don’t forget, you’ll receive a free bag of granola as soon as we have it ready to ship.  We want to thank you for your support early on and keep you updated with our granola project.

Stay tuned for more updates in the coming weeks.  If you’d like more information, please feel free to leave your comments below, or send us an email.  We’d love to hear from you.

- Blaine

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Great Food for a Great Cause

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

We talk to people all the time who want to give back but don’t know how.  Or, they want to give back but don’t have a significant amount of time or money to help make a difference.  One of our goals is to make it easy for people to be philanthropic.  Purchasing our products is one way to do that, but I wanted to mention an event next week that will make it easy for you to give back.

I got an e-mail from a friend of mine earlier this week telling me about an organization he’s been working with for the past few months.  He got involved with the East Dallas Boys & Girls Club through the consulting firm he works for, and has stepped up to the plate to help manage their junior golf program.  He dedicates time every week to take a group of kids to the driving range to teach them about the game of golf and the life skills that go hand in hand with the sport: courtesy, respect, sportsmanship, etc.

To raise money for the junior golf program, my friend has arranged to have 15% of the day’s sales on Tuesday, October 6th at Half Shells Oyster Bar and Grill to go directly to the junior golf program.  Half Shells is a great restaurant itself, and you can have lunch or dinner there as you normally would while contributing to a great cause.  The restaurant is located at 6617 Snider Plaza, Dallas, TX 75205.

So if you’re looking for a way to give back, this is an excellent way to do it.  You have to eat anyway, right?  Head over to Half Shells and give back to the East Dallas Boys & Girls Club at the same time.

- Blaine

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Staying True to Our Roots

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Many of you who have followed us from the beginning know that Dare To Give has explored several different markets since we started it 4 months ago. We started with college t-shirts, then moved to our 1 Million Shirts project, and now to granola. Everything we have worked on has provided valuable experience and education. Most importantly, we have learned to stay true to our mission in every project: help as many people as possible through social entrepreneurship.

As college students prepare to return to class, we feel it is important to renew our mission of philanthropy in the college t-shirt project that helped us launch Dare To Give. Today, we are excited to make a continued effort to go to market within the college communities to encourage Greek organizations and campus groups to buy from philanthropic vendors.

We started at SMU, producing t-shirts for several Greek organizations and other charitable campus-based groups. While we only did a couple of orders, we donated over $300 to deserving charities. This semester, we hope to continue giving through our t-shirt sales. If your fraternity, sorority, or campus group is looking for promotional or fund-raising t-shirts, please send us an email at shirts@daretogive.com. Remember that for every shirt you buy, we donate $1 to the charity of your choice.

- Blaine

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