Create a Holiday Donations Drive
Start planning your year-end donations drive for the upcoming holiday season. A Virtual Aid Drive™ can be quickly set up and customized for your organization. All the donations are processed securely online - so there's no worry about collecting cash. And they can be a lot of fun.
For Corporations: Make a competition and allow each department to see each team's progress. Let employees select from a variety of local or national charities from which they can designate their donation. Plus your dollars go a lot further. When nonprofits purchase food they can often save more than 75% off retail costs - thus allowing them to feed more people.
For Nonprofits: Here's a great addition to your website and email fundraising campaigns. Give donors the convenience of an online shopping cart. Plus they get the confidence of knowing they are providing goods that are needed most, not items that will sit on your shelves. No paperwork or credit card processing for your staff. Just enjoy a monthly check in the mail for your total donations.
Join organizations like Accenture and The Global FoodBanking Network to help with humanitarian relief.  Find out more about creating a Virtual Aid Drive for your organization at info@aidmatrix.org.
Honduran Flood Relief
Recent tropical storms in Honduras have left thousands homeless as flooding and evacuations continue. The president of Honduras has declared a national state of emergency. Aidmatrix, the Republic of Honduras' Office of the First Lady and COPECO Honduras (the Honduras National Emergency Management Commission) are asking donors to visit the Honduran Portal on the Aidmatrix Network® for disaster relief to view the most urgently needed items posted by relief agencies. This website is available in both English and Spanish.
Jacana and Aidmatrix Partner to Enhance Efficiency in Humanitarian Fleet Management Jacana, a nonprofit who supports development organizations with the resources that address project transport issues, announced today their cooperation with The Aidmatrix Foundation. This new partnership aims to improve the efficiency of humanitarian transportation fleets through the application of supply-chain technology. Read the full story
Aidmatrix Network® Goes Live in Bolivia with Procosi
Aidmatrix team-members Brad Watts and Keith Thode traveled to La Paz, Bolivia, this month to set up and launch the Aidmatrix Network® program for Procosi, Bolivia's leading association of humanitarian relief organizations. Procosi's members include more than 30 nonprofits in Bolivia, including hospitals and other charities such as the Bolivian Red Cross, CARE, Catholic Relief Services, Save the Children, World Vision Bolivia, and more. They support programs for health, nutrition and education throughout Bolivia and reach some of the smallest villages in the country. The Aidmatrix Network® technology will empower Procosi NGO members to accelerate the distribution of products and services to provide more humanitarian resources to areas of the country that have few to none.
Speaking Updates
Aidmatrix team-member Michael Ross spoke in both Memphis and Chicago this month at Feeding America's Conference. The topic: "The Future of Agency Ordering" covered how food banks and their agencies can use Aidmatrix's new release of AgencyExpress™ 3.0 to simplify their ordering processes to quickly get more food to those in need. Aidmatrix team-members Melis Jones and Charlotte Medley spoke at the national convention of the National Association of Free Clinics (NAFC) in Rhode Island to promote the benefits of the FreeClinicLink™ program for donated and discounted medical supplies. |
