In this issue, a Los Angeles-based artist sets out to help inner city youths through raising funds for his art exhibit, a team of filmmakers are determined to document 365 days of random acts of kindness, a creative group in Philadelphia finds a way to revive the neglected Kensington area, and a unique coffee house concept focuses on providing a safe place for under privileged youths to express themselves through arts and more.

Check out these projects and help someone do good while achieving their dream! Continue reading “HelpersUnite: Awesome Projects This Month”

“HelpersUnite is such a wonderful way to help small businesses reach out to the world and achieve the funds needed to get off the ground. I love that it forces those of us looking for a way to get started to give back to the community and spread those funds around to truly help those in need. The staff is remarkable, punctual, always there to guide me, and a fun group all around! I know that I have made new friends through this whole process! I would recommend HelpersUnite to anyone looking to support new entrepreneurs or wonderful artistic people who have a new idea that needs funding. Since joining HelpersUnite and working with the tools that they have given me, the word is spreading so fast about what we do and have even received a segment spot on a local news station! I was never alone through the process and I thank you from the bottom of my heart!”

Jessica Myler
Designer/Owner
The Painted Shoe Design Studio LLC

“I love the idea of being able to create something while also helping to make the world a better place in some small way. We picked HelpersUnite because that’s their vision too, and what’s more, they’ve made it really easy for creators by handling all the administrative details on the charitable giving side so we can focus on the part we love most – creating something wonderful.”

Lisa Herbert
Chambers, Herbert & Ellis

“I am enjoying working with HelpersUnite, for many reasons. I love that all of the people I have worked with at HelpersUnite are creative & easy to work with. I am enjoying seeing the interest from the public, and love that our Kids Cooking Green program is having expanded coverage for what we do, while working with HelpersUnite. The staff at HelpersUnite is passionate about what they do, and they are attracting a unique and interesting base of small independent business, that would otherwise not be able to reach as many people. I feel honored to be highlighted as one of the first businesses to work with HelpersUnite!”

Lori Deliso
Kids Cooking Green

“The purpose of my company is to raise money for charity through entertainment. Why not raise money for charity while fundraising as well! The whole HelpersUnite team was incredibly helpful and attentive. They answered each of our questions both thoroughly and promptly. They supported my company’s mission through various Facebook postings and blogs. I have already recommended HelpersUnite to another project I am working on, and I can’t wait to use HelpersUnite for Nunya’s next endeavor. Thanks!”

Michael and Mariya King
Nunya Productions
Great Theatre For A Great Cause

“I was fortunate to find out about HelpersUnite via a friend just as they were starting up and I’m so thrilled to be a part of their venture. The most critical thing for a non-profit that has a viable reason for being is to simply to generate awareness, let people know that they exist. HelpersUnite allows us to broaden our base, to have exposure to an audience we might not otherwise connect with.

The HelpersUnite team is great to work with, very professional and responsive. I believe they have an outstanding business model that is a “win-win,” for causes and for potential donors who want an easy vehicle to quickly evaluate alternative causes.”

Barbara Goldberg
Wells Bring Hope

“The great thing about HelpersUnite is that they reach out to you and help you. You don’t have to browse and search for the answers you need. HelpersUnite is an amazing way to not only help your cause, but to help other causes as well. You get to have people help you help others. It’s a genius idea and it’s a great way to help those who need it.”

Dale Vande Griend
Stories of Haiti

In this issue, two sisters have joined forces to create a company that combines their love of shoes and design, a theatre company looks to produce their dark comedy about a man who decides to visit all of his ex-girlfriends before tying the knot, a Los Angeles second generation group of jazz musicians seeks to create a demo CD and an innovative school program integrating performing arts into the classroom seeks funding to continue and expand.

Check out these projects and help someone do good while achieving their dream! Continue reading “Awesome Projects This Month”

We’re very excited to report that the great press just keeps on coming! This morning Film Industry Network posted a great interview that they held with HelpersUnite’s President and Co-Founder, Luan Cox, in which she discusses how the platform was conceived and what makes us so unique.

The interview starts with how the whole idea got started: in seeing the crowdfunding space taking off, we believed that there had to be a better way to use this growing movement not only to promote new creative projects but also for social good. Through much thought, planning and some incredible coding to seamlessly bring together the various components of the site, HelpersUnite.com was born. This, she explains, became the world’s first “Crowd Karma” (creative plus chartable) funding site, setting it apart from other crowdfunding models. The interview concludes with some of the added benefits, beyond the act of giving back, that result from the site’s unique requirement that projects must donate a portion of funding to a charity: it also creates a community among donors, project creators and charities, which HelpersUnite seeks to foster. Through it, donors have a better understanding of the project creator’s values, charities receive funding that they may not have otherwise and project creators receive another advocate through the charity helping to promote the project from which it benefits as well. As the site and community grow, we look forward to watching this become an even more powerful tool for creating “Crowd Karma.” (see article on Fast Company)

To see the complete interview, please visit:
http://www.filmindustrynetwork.biz/interview-luan-cox-co-founder-helpers-unite/13033