[Event] Give Up to Give Back Debriefing

Before we can talk about the event, I just want to give a sincere thank you to all the organizations who contributed:

• Thom at Access Information Protected  http://accesscorp.com
• Jill Annis (Simply Organized)
• Marianne and David at Moving Forward
• Larry (Capital City Transfer)
• Carmen Wall (Wall 2 Wall Organizing)
• Diane Hughes (Diane's Helping Hands)
• Betsy Fauerbach (Madison Organizing Professionals)
• Kathy Rounds (TLC)

(You do not need to check your vision...I did just list the names of some of my local organizer competitors in Madison.  These ladies are great, do great work, and I look forward to finding more ways that we can work together in the future!  I truly believe that each one of us brings something different to the table and are better suited to help some clients, while referring other clients elsewhere.  This is my short list of go-to organizers who offer a total of over 20 years of professional organizing experience!)

Access donated their space, services and manpower to the shredding event for FREE!  Thom and his crew were amazing and I am really looking forward to working with them again in the future!  

We collected donation for several local charities:

• River Food Pantry -- 60 pounds of food and $84 in cash and checks!  http://www.riverfoodpantry.org
• Sain Vincent dePaul -- 3 cubic yards of donations and $10 check.  http://www.svdpmadison.org
• Transition Educational Program (TEP) -- box of personal hygiene items and backpacks.  https://studentservices.madison.k12.wi.us/TEP
• Middleton Outreach Ministry (MOM) -- Almost two barrels of clothes. http://www.momhelps.org
• Porchlight -- Cubic yard of towels, bedding and cleaning supplies. http://porchlightinc.org

These generous charities are in constant need of donation and funds.

We collected 2343 pounds of shredded paper!