Posts Tagged ‘donor walls’
School Additions Need Donor Walls
I had recently accompanied a college friend of mine to lunch. We picked our favorite spot on the campus as our meeting location. In the past few years so much has changed. The campus is currently undergoing renovation. They have signs up all over the main plaza with pictures of the new building designs. The [...]
Engrave Donor Walls for School Wings or Libraries
You want to be remembered forever? Make a donation to a university somewhere so they can build a new wing on their campus. It’s a sure fire way to achieve immortality. Immortality in the sense that your name graces the halls forever. Donor walls in schools are always named after the greatest financial contributor. If [...]
Hospital Donor Walls Mean A Lot
The last time I was visiting the hospital I couldn’t help but go through the names on the donor walls. Sure, I had no idea who any of these people were but I wanted to recognize the people who were responsible for funding the place that took care of my family. Without their generosity my [...]
In Tribute to the Tree of Life
The tree of life is represented in many cultures. It is a concept that incorporates the bonds that people have with each other, as well as an acknowledgement of the spiritual wisdom people get from living and learning. It is a sign of prosperity and hope and a reminder that we must strive to make [...]
Show Appreciation With Donor Walls
Great causes cannot be achieved by an individual. It takes the vision of the individual but a strength tenfold that. Add expenses, resources, and ingenuity and you get something quite spectacular. Sadly, in the end many of the hands it took to build a project are left unacknowledged. That’s just not right. Just about any [...]
Donor Plaques for Alumni
Your school is well respected and loved. It’s a rarity that students leave saying high school was the best years of their lives. Who says that anymore? But the alumni community is very close, often visiting old teachers and making donations to keep programs running. Your donors should be honored. After all, their presence when they [...]
Donor Walls Are Getting High Tech These Days
Have you heard about interactive donor walls? They’ve been showing up in various large locations, notably the St. Louis Holocaust Museum. They have touch screens that let you scroll through and see various donors. While a neat idea, there’s something to be said for actual bronze plaques. What if the interactive wall has a technical issue? People [...]
Donor Walls Commemorate Past and Lay Foundations For Future
Donor walls are a great way to express the help that donors give to your community or organization. The permanent feeling that a bronze plaque gives when attached to the wall symbolizes not only the strong relationship that the donor has with the community, but also gives a clear measure of appreciation for future donors. [...]
What Leads to Bronze Plaques?
Why do people give? There is a multitude of reasons, to be sure. But one of the greatest, deepest underlying ones is the desire to be remembered. All humans crave this and it so we construe it into magnanimity. And indeed, this construal becomes the primary reason: we give to those who have less because [...]
Donor Plaques Message Should Be Short And Sweet
We wrote a few weeks back about the advantages of showing appreciation through donor walls. Most of the advantages that we discussed circled around the feelings of the donor. After all, building a donor wall or plaque doesn’t directly benefit you or your organization. It is a token of appreciation to those who have given. [...]
