This isn’t new news – but this pandemic we are all in together, while there’s light at the end of the tunnel, isn’t going to flip off like a light switch. It has drastically changed the way we define normal, the way we live our daily lives: Masks. Hybrid school and work. Less outings. Less…
Back-to-Back Blows in Honduras Only months before COVID- 19 hit Honduras in early 2020, they declared a national emergency for record-high Dengue outbreaks (a mosquito-borne tropical disease).. As Honduran families adjusted to the unknown and dangerous environment around them during the worst dengue outbreak in history, COVID entered the scene and further attacked their already…
Perspective Shift We crammed and jammed a lot of upheaval into just one year – a global pandemic, stay-at-home orders, high unemployment rates, riots, re-emerging pleas for racial and social justice, travel bans, and the list goes on and on. 2020 was packed full of chaos to coordinate through. But it became our new normal….
The Year in Review! Lift Up has now existed for two full years. At the beginning of the year, we set out to maximize impact with our nonprofit business. We had no idea how or what that would look like, but with partnership, a pandemic and prayer – we exceeded all impact we ever thought…
The 2020 Lift Up Christmas Project! That is so 2020. The catchphrase of the year. But what if it isn’t all bad? What if you had the ability to make a tangible difference for someone in 2020? Amidst a pandemic, protests and presidential elections – you get to show up and lift up social causes…
NOW IS THE TIME! As we enter the year-end giving season, we wanted to share some statistics about giving and some ways to make sure you are getting the maximum impact for your charitable contribution to the social causes you care most about. Nearly 1/3rd (31%) of annual giving occurs in December 12% of all…
We are blown away that the Star Tribune would feature the story and impact of Lift Up. Thank you for making Lift Up worth talking about! Because of YOU, more than $300,000 has been raised for 24 projects helping more than 29,000 people. Shane, the founder of Lift Up, closes the article with this quote….