Help a Regenold out

I've mentioned FrameUSA before as they're the biggest sponsor that we've had for the past few years of our Pasta for Pennies campaign, and I want to give the FrameUSA folks - especially Dan Regenold - a major shout out today.

Every month, FrameUSA donates $1 from every website purchase to a charity of the month.  I know that in the Pasta for Pennies months, FrameUSA has made donations between $800 and $1100 each of those months.  Assuming that those are typical months, that means FrameUSA is donating well over $10,000 to charities throughout the year.  I'll admit that I haven't the foggiest idea what a year's revenue for FrameUSA is and whether that's 1% or what of their revenue, but I'm still amazed at the charitable giving that they engage in.  Not only do they do this charitable work, but they do this work publicly, encouraging others to come along with them and to turn their donation into a much larger donation for the charities that they choose to support.

This month's charity is a new one for FrameUSA: The Healing Center.  It's a part of the Vineyard Church in Cincinnati, and "[t]he Healing Center offers practical, social, and spiritual support to individuals and families. Services include, but are not limited to: food and clothing, job skills training and job search assistance, auto repair (Saturdays only), mentoring, financial counseling, tutoring, prayer, life skills training, and helpful information about local community services."  FrameUSA is doing their typical $1 per order donation, but they're also moving to a much higher level with something they're calling FillTheTruck.org in which they're trying to, well, fill a truck with needed items for the Healing Center - blankets, sheets, coats, gloves, toilet paper, diapers, socks, canned food, and other items.

To get things started, FrameUSA sent out a bunch of $20 gift certificates for FillTheTruck.org.  The gift certificates are meant to get people to the site and add their donation to the $20 donation (I'm about to put in my donation and use theirs, too) and it means that FrameUSA is donating way more than they already are.

If you get a chance, head over the FillTheTruck.org website and make your own donation.  Or, if you're in the Cincy area, feel free to stop by the FrameUSA outlet to drop off donations of the needed supplies in person.

And feel free to drop a mention of thanks to Dan Regenold, owner of FrameUSA, for being a pretty amazing guy.