Autumn in New York

I've never seen that movie...but since Richard Gere is in it, I'm sure I wouldn't like it very much at all. Anyway, I hope everyone is doing well in your respective locales across the country! Last week was pretty crazy with the election FINALLY happening..I didn't go to Times Square to watch the results, but in my opinion my couch was just as exciting.

In other news, things are going well at Grassroots.org - our team welcomed a new Executive Director recently and he has been pumping a lot of energy into the organization and putting a focus on the 'numbers' - measurable outcomes and how to track them. In addition, I'm now in charge of our volunteer web design program - thanks to an article posted on monster.com, we had a huge influx of 50+ new volunteers sign up with us! So, nonprofits are getting matched with volunteers much more quickly which is great news. Here's our volunteer map:

Also, we introduced our new World Lingo website translation tool and will be unveiling our graphic design program soon!

FYI, if your organization is not yet a member of Grassroots.org, refer your director to our services page so that they can learn about all the free services available to you! And ask me or Alice if you have any questions..

Working on team Grassroots is a lot of fun - we work hard and reward ourselves with staff trips to Pinkberry! (Next time you are in Pinkberry, ask for Mochi, its the secret topping that my coworkers revealed to me mwahaha).

That's all - if you're in ze big apple, let me know!

Laura