Fundraising Connection: Fundraising Lessons From HONY
Phew! Yes, the admirable Ms. Lopez is certainly someone who persevered for years to become an educator who has positively impacted not only her students, but the world.
Now, that's not only perseverance—that's some serious passion! Lopez has sincere passion for her work, and that too shines through. Passion is a driving force that propelled her from working at Verizon for four years to becoming a beloved and respected educator who is creating monumental change. And that kind of passion is contagious—just look at how it's gone viral and led to some serious crowdfunding!
Pamela Grow is the publisher of The Grow Report, the author of Simple Development Systems and the founder of Simple Development Systems: The Membership Program and Basics & More fundraising fundamentals e-courses. She has been helping small nonprofits raise dramatically more money for over 15 years, and was named one of the 50 Most Influential Fundraisers by Civil Society magazine, and one of the 40 Most Effective Fundraising Consultants by The Michael Chatman Giving Show.
