Giving Kindness
Join us in a show of appreciation for and to return kindness.
Gratitude
The support that has come from our community this year is awe inspiring. Thanks to you, our community of donors, advocates, volunteers, partners and supporters, Gilda’s Club has been able to reopen our doors, bring back our in-person programs and community events while continuing to offer a full calendar of virtual support offerings AND introduce hybrid options.
I’d like to take this space to call out some of our amazing supporters – THANK YOU to:
- Mike Bauer and the team at Bauer Design Build for their exceptional work and dedication in putting on the 4th Annual Clay Shooting Event to benefit Gilda’s Club Minnesota. Thank you for your commitment to Gilda’s Club and ensuring that GCTC’s program is here for all those impacted by cancer.
- Brent Johnson and the Young Professional Board for taking a leap and putting on their first annual Topgolf Event!
- Mount Sinai Community Foundation for generously awarding GCTC with funds to launch a pilot Spanish speaking support group in St Paul.
- University of Minnesota for partnering with GCTC on health equity research to create culturally significant cancer support programs.
- The Wasie Foundation and the donors who have stepped up to help us meet our match goal of $10,000 in new monthly or increased donations!
What You’ve Made Possible So Far This Year
Keep the support going. Donate today!
Save the Date
Give to the Max Day – Thursday, November 17
- Mark your calendar and join the thousands of organizations and individuals who generate donations and excitement for Minnesotan causes, like Gilda’s Club Minnesota, that are working to improve the quality of life for all Minnesotans.
Year End Appeal – November 21 – December 31
- Get ready to learn from our members how the GCTC program has helped them to live fully with cancer…no matter the outcome, and how you can help keep GCTC’s program going.
Open Call for Member Stories
Your voice makes the difference. Storytelling has been used to pass on knowledge and emotional histories and is the fundamental tool that connects us. By sharing our experiences and voicing our history, we can inspire others, find our voice, identify our values, and make peace with our past – finding hope in our present and future.
Gilda’s Club is asking for our members to share your stories with us – so we may then, in turn, share your voice with the community to help others on a cancer journey, inspire supporters and empower you. Sharing your story can be empowering and help you develop resilience. It’s not just the writing or telling of your story that creates these benefits, but in the knowing that your story will be read by others and the hope that by sharing, someone else might be inspired or helped by your story (Psychology Today).
The courage it takes to share your story might be the very thing someone else needs to open their heart to hope.
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Submit your Gilda’s story submission here.
With gratitude,
Brianna (Bri) Garcia-Meyers
Marketing and Development Director
612-227-2147 main | 952-767-7623 direct
10560 Wayzata Blvd., Minneapolis, MN 55305
Other Ways to Support Gilda’s
Thrivent Choice Dollars and Action Teams
Ready to give back? Make a personal donation or direct some of Thrivent’s charitable funds to your favorite nonprofit organizations, like Gilda’s Club Minnesota! Generosity programs are part of what makes Thrivent so unique. Since the Thrivent Choice charitable grant program launched in 2010, Thrivent has provided more than $520 million to help thousands of enrolled 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations—including Gilda’s Club Minnesota and many more. Through online personal donations and Choice Dollars®, the program helps clients and other like-hearted individuals to have a financial impact on the causes and nonprofits they care about. Here’s how:
Personal donations
Thrivent, in partnership with Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing™, helps clients and other like-hearted individuals make online donations to enrolled organizations. Thrivent will cover all the online processing fees, so 100% of the donation goes to your selected organization.*
Choice Dollars®
By directing Choice Dollars, eligible clients with membership can recommend where some of Thrivent’s charitable outreach funds go. Eligible clients are designated Choice Dollars based on:
- The amount they pay in annual premiums for qualifying products—life, disability income and long-term care insurance.
- The total contract value of their qualifying products—annuities and life insurance.
Action Teams
We all want to give back, but sometimes it’s hard to know where to begin. If you’re wondering how you can make a difference, Thrivent can help.
Thrivent Action Teams are a great way to make a positive impact in your community. Simply gather a team of neighbors or friends for a fundraiser, educational event or service activity. Thrivent offers all the resources you need to get started, including up to $250 in seed money. Your team provides the passion that brings your project to life! Visit thrivent.com/actionteam for resources to help you brainstorm ideas and prepare for your project.
Participation in Thrivent Choice® & Thrivent Action Teams makes a difference! Thrivent clients with membership – consider making a personal donation, leading a Thrivent Action Team or directing Thrivent Choice Dollars® to support GCTC’s mission of cancer support. Go to Thrivent.com/generosity to learn more. You can also contact your Thrivent advisor.
If you previously made a donation or directed Choice Dollars to us, we thank you for your support!
Connect your dollars to the Gilda’s Club mission while honoring a special person or date in your life by sponsoring a day of Gilda’s Club!
Sponsor a Day
COST
$2,500/day
What does my sponsorship do? Your dollars go towards supporting the technology used to deliver our online programs and platform, the cost of licensed mental health professionals to lead our support groups, and our in-person programs and resources at the clubhouse.
HOW IT WORKS
Connect with Brianna Garcia-Meyers, Marketing and Development Director, Brianna.Garcia-Meyers@gildasclubmn.org (952-767-7623) with the date you want to sponsor in the 2022 calendar year. If your date has already been chosen, we will work with you to find another date that fits with what is important to you!
