Filed under: Charity, Combs & Company, Feature Friday, Giving Back, Happy Holidays, Susan L Combs | Tags: Combs & Company, Girls Inc, Giving Back, Happy Holidays, Susan L Combs
Combs & Company’s last charity shout out of the season for 2017 is for Girls Inc! The network of local Girls Inc. nonprofit organizations serves girls ages 6-18 at more than 1,400 sites in 400 cities across the United States and Canada. Their research-based programming is delivered by trained professionals who focus on the development of the whole girl, supporting, mentoring, and guiding girls in an affirming, pro-girl environment. There, girls learn to value their whole selves, discover and develop their inherent strengths, and receive the support they need to navigate the challenges they face.
Girls Inc. girls live healthy and active lifestyles and are less likely to engage in risky behavior; they are eager to learn, successful in school, and more likely to graduate from post-secondary education; and they display diligence, perseverance and resilience.
Filed under: Charity, Combs & Company, Giving Back, Happy Holidays, Susan L Combs | Tags: Combs & Company, Giving Back, Happy Holidays, St. Jude, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Susan L Combs
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has always been very near and dear to my heart. In 1989, my brother, Matthew Combs, was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) and was treated at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. Matt is the longest surviving male bone marrow transplant to have been performed at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, dated June, 19th, 1991. He is now an oncology nurse giving back to critical care patients and paying forward his gift of life.
During this time of year my family is reminded of the true holiday spirit and what a blessing St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has been to so many through the years.
Happy Holidays!
Susan
Filed under: BeadforLife, Charity, Combs & Company, Feature Friday, Giving Back, Happy Holidays | Tags: BeadforLife, Combs & Company, Giving Back, Happy Holidays, Susan L Combs
Combs & Company has been a supporter of BeadforLife for the past 3 years and continues to be fascinated at all they do!
Check out an excerpt from their website as they tell their story best!
“Paper bead jewelry was only the beginning. We could have stayed the course, working with one group of women to create fair trade products that we could sell for them in the U.S. market – but we had bigger dreams. We created an entrepreneurial business training program, giving women living in poverty the skills and confidence they need to go out and create their own local businesses before they graduate. Salons, shoe stores, and produce stands are cropping up in Uganda and women are making money and living out their dreams. Not only do they have income, but now they have the confidence to be sustainable business women – meeting their own needs and creating a generation of confident and capable children.
But we haven’t stopped there. We’ve taken the best parts of that original business program and created The Street Business School. These savvy women don’t make products (for us), they make progress! They are women who have dreamed of running successful businesses, and that’s exactly what they do when they graduate, only six months later! See the impact.
Now we’re taking this proven poverty eradication program to the world! We will partner with organizations around the globe to share our program, so that we can ignite the lives of one million women!”
Filed under: Charity, Combs & Company, Feature Friday, Giving Back, Happy Holidays | Tags: Combs & Company, Giving Back, Happy Holidays, iMentor, Susan L Combs
Mentorship is very near and dear to our hearts at Combs & Company, that’s why we are supporting iMentor this holiday season. iMentor builds mentoring relationships that empower first-generation students from low-income communities to graduate high school, succeed in college, and achieve their ambitions.
Looking to give some love? There’s a lot to love with iMentor!
Filed under: Charity, Combs & Company, Feature Friday, Giving Back, Happy Holidays, Susan L Combs | Tags: Combs & Company, Giving Back, Happy Holidays, Operation Homefront, Susan L Combs
As mentioned earlier this week, Combs & Company is sharing the love with multiple charities this holiday season! Next up is Operation Homefront! Operation Homefront’s mission is to build strong, stable, and secure military families so they can thrive — not simply struggle to get by — in the communities they have worked so hard to protect. For over fifteen years, the have provided programs that offer: RELIEF (through Critical Financial Assistance and transitional housing programs), RESILIENCY (through permanent housing and caregiver support services) and RECURRING FAMILY SUPPORT programs and services throughout the year that help military families overcome the short-term bumps in the road so they don’t become long-term chronic problems.
Looking to spread some holiday cheer? Consider Operation Homefront!
Filed under: Charity, Combs & Company, Giving Back, Happy Holidays | Tags: Charity Profile, Combs & Company, Giving Back, Happy Holidays, Puppies Behind Bars, Susan L Combs
This December, Combs & Company, LLC decided to show some love to different charities that are making a different in our community and in the world. Our first feature is Puppies Behind Bars. Founded in 1997, Puppies Behind Bars (PBB) trains prison inmates to raise service dogs for wounded war veterans and explosive detection canines for law enforcement. Puppies enter prison at the age of eight weeks and live with their inmate puppy-raisers for approximately 24 months. As the puppies mature into well-loved, well-behaved dogs, their raisers learn what it means to contribute to society rather than take from it. PBB programs bring the love and healing of dogs to hundreds of individuals every year. The dogs bring hope and pride to their raisers, and independence and security to those they serve.
Looking to give some support this holiday season? Check them out!
Filed under: Bideawee, Charity, Combs & Company, Feature Friday, Giving Back, Happy Holidays | Tags: Bideawee, Combs & Company, FeatureFriday
In lieu of holiday gifts and cards to our clients and colleagues we choose to support charities that have touched one of our Crew Member’s hearts. Please read about our second Holiday Feature Friday where we honor Bideawee!
