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O lympians have long been fans of buying local. Olympia Downtown Alliance partnered with SnowShoe , a local customer loyalty company, to create the game-link program. Check-ins earn customers points towards prizes and help to promote local businesses to all downtown visitors. The daily gift store has been a flagship downtown shop since A part of the festival, weekly concerts will take place every Saturday from July 10 to August 28, and will feature artists such as The Black Tones, Low Wires and the Cavities.

Olympia Mayor Cheryl Selby hopes that consumers will embrace the program. But it took a full ten minutes for this idea to strike. Maybe because I was in a retail store, full of products. Maybe because other than the uniform, there was nothing reminding me that buying the cookies was ALSO a gift to the GSA and the local troop. In an environment where I am buying commodities, it was natural, in my mind, to commoditize those cookies. I got Tagalongs and Smores.

And supported my local Girl Scouts. But it got me thinking. I really just wanted to support the Quarry Pool fund, and no one was bidding on it. Now, there are times when the commoditization of a non-profit product can help.

Example- non-profit food booths at Lakefair each summer. If it rains all week, sales are half a good year. In this case- is the desire to give a few bucks to Altrusa International what keeps people coming even in the rain for Elephant Ears? Sometimes, the commodity IS the product, more than the donation.

I hear friends in the area talking about which charity fundraisers they can and will attend — often based on the ticket price, and perceived value received. So I go to a complimentary breakfast, hear a pitch about the great things a non-profit does, then get asked to invest in the non-profit.

No, these are NOT the same thing. But the tactics are similar. One is a commodity, the other a charitable investment. For the non-profit, the key is to use the pitch to turn the thinking from commodity-based to giving hence the Power point slideshow with anthem-like music. This is why I think Table Captains, supporters of the non-profit who recruit friends and associates to fill up the tables, often hurt the cause they are trying to fundraise for.

I am asked to come to a FREE breakfast. And yes, I am automatically reminded of timeshare pitches, because of the frequency you get invited to them while in Mexico. Because the thing is — someone is paying for that breakfast.

Even on the occasion where a caterer donates — they are still paying for it. What I would prefer to hear from a Table Captain — Can you join me at a breakfast to learn about this great cause? But you in no way have emphasized or called out the value of the breakfast. As a potential donor, this puts me in a better state of mind at the event, because no one has placed the commodity in front of me. Non-profits walk a fine line sometimes on these gala fundraisers.

Remember Sand in the City? The Downtown Fall Ball? Sadly, what usually happens is over-commoditizing their event. Guests look at the admission price and think more about what they are getting than how much they are giving. And while the front of a grocery store is a great place for foot traffic- selling boxed cookies so close to where one buys boxed cookies will naturally shift the thinking towards a commodity, and away from giving. You might see Girl Scout cookies on sale the next few weeks.

Yes, they are sold year-round, in different parts of the country. I did a little research for you. The Council determines how much of that the unit and individual earn. So they have kept the cost low and maximized the amount going to the local Girl Scout Council The National Council does get a licensing fee from the bakery.

I mean, they were fine- but they tasted like any other cookie on the market to me know. The chocolate was fine, but not high quality.

Overall, they were a good cookie- but not an epic one. She said there also was an open house for the armory building that was connected to fall Arts Walk.

A few hundred people came to check out the space and to offer ideas on how to use it. Nava said they're still working on the process of prioritizing those ideas and requests to figure out what the space will actually contain. Nava said the city is trying to create lots of opportunities for community members to connect with them on how to best use the space. She said that over the years, many community members have advocated for the space, writing letters to the city and state legislators in support of it becoming a Creative Campus.

In the coming months, Nava said there will be a community housewarming event in the Armory building to show people what the space looks like and to continue getting input and ideas on how to use it. Jason Walker: North Carolina judge rules police body camera video in the shooting case can be released.

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