Gifts for Good?

If you're a planner, and need to organize holiday gifting for your team or clients this year, there’s no time like now to get your gifting hat on and talk to our gift experts. The more time you allow for customizations of your gifts, the more unique the experience of your recipients will be. ?? We published our Holiday 2024 Catalog earlier this week to get you started: ?? Take a look here:?https://lnkd.in/gxYTNEFz And if you’re not really a planner, but more of a seat-of-your-pants kind of operator, we’ll be there for you when you’re ready??? (our GIFTforward platform takes away the hassle of scrambling to get shipping addresses from your recipients last minute - book a demo with our team and you'll see how easy gifting at scale can be! ?? https://lnkd.in/gkQjfbRa Whatever gift experience you send through us (and no matter when you start your planning), you'll be doing a huge amount of good in the world. Check out our 2023 Impact Report to see what we mean: https://lnkd.in/gxQiNcJb ??

Listen to this conversation as hosts Scott Luton & Kristi Porter sit down with Jenise S., Chief Impact Officer at Gifts for Good?, to discuss the California wildfires. Hear about the resilience of impacted communities, the challenges faced by first responders, and how you can help make a difference in disaster relief efforts. ?? Listen now: https://bit.ly/4jEpe43 #Wildfires #CommunitySupport #FirstResponders #Impact #SupplyChain #DisasterRelief #GiftsForGood #BreakingNewsNow

I had the honor of presenting alongside one of my role models today - the amazing Tamra Ryan of the Women's Bean Project. We were talking to the REDF Product Affinity Group about our experience developing and launching new social enterprise products: the successes, the missteps, lessons learned, etc. Hopefully it was helpful. As ever, I learned some things from Tamra. Now is a time when our dollars matter more than ever so please purchase products from social enterprise businesses whenever you can. Don't know where to start? You can find our Wagster Treats, Women's Bean Project goods, and many other social enterprise products at Gifts for Good? https://lnkd.in/gXfRFkVF

??You can now watch the first episode of our brand-new series on YouTube! Hosts Scott Luton & Kristi Porter sit down with Jenise S., Chief Impact Officer at Gifts for Good?, to discuss the California wildfires, community resilience, and how YOU can make a difference. ?? Watch now: https://bit.ly/4jXNGxC #Wildfires #CommunitySupport #FirstResponders #Impact #SupplyChain #DisasterRelief #GiftsForGood #BreakingNewsNow

?? Breaking News Now – Our FIRST Episode! ?? Hosts Scott Luton & Kristi Porter kick off our brand-new series with Jenise S., Chief Impact Officer at Gifts for Good?, to discuss the California wildfires. Hear about the community’s resilience, the challenges for first responders, and how YOU can make a difference. ?? Listen now: https://bit.ly/4jEpe43 #Wildfires #CommunitySupport #FirstResponders #Impact #SupplyChain #DisasterRelief #GiftsForGood #BreakingNewsNow

At a recent #BCorp Town Hall with B Lab U.S. & Canada CEO Jorge Fontanez and Burnham Benefits Insurance Services, BRP leader Hunt C. Turner our CEO, Laura Hertz, discussed how B Corps can play a vital role in supporting wildfire relief efforts in Los Angeles and advancing climate action. ?? ? Lots of great resources listed here in the article: ?? ?? https://lnkd.in/gtnygfV9 #CSR #wildfires #ClimateAction

The devastating L.A. fires have forced many to evacuate, including members of the team of our fellow B Corp Gifts for Good?. Our thoughts are with Jenise S., their Chief Impact & Operations Officer, and her colleagues during this incredibly challenging time. Jenise has been an inspiring voice on Logistics With Purpose? (Episode 29), sharing how meaningful gift-giving can create a lasting impact. Now, it’s our chance to stand by her and her team. Here’s how you can show your support: 1?? Join us tomorrow (Wednesday, January 22nd) at 1:15 pm ET on Supply Chain Now’s LinkedIn Live to hear Jenise’s story of resilience and hope. 2?? Dive deeper: Read the heartfelt evacuation account from Gifts for Good CEO Laura Hertz on their blog. https://lnkd.in/grq9P9zu In times like these, compassion is what connects us and drives action. Let’s come together as a community to support those who make such a meaningful difference in the lives of others. #LogisticsWithPurpose #GiftsForGood #LAWildfires #CompassionInAction #SupplyChainWithHeart

Thank you. Thank you Gifts for Good? !

It's happening now – Don’t miss It! ?? Join us on Supply Chain Now’s LinkedIn Live as Jenise S. shares her powerful story of resilience, hope, and the vital role of compassion in action. Let’s come together to support and learn from their inspiring journey. The devastating L.A. fires have deeply impacted our fellow B Corp, Gifts for Good?. Our hearts go out to Jenise S., their Chief Impact & Operations Officer, and her incredible team during this challenging time. #LogisticsWithPurpose #GiftsForGood #LAWildfires #CompassionInAction https://lnkd.in/gcNp7-vf

You know that feeling when you get home from a long trip and you’re excited to turn up your street because you’re almost home? So you press on the gas smiling because you can’t wait to open your front door and finally be home? The second photo here is what that drive for me looked like this week– fire engulfing both sides of the road... For the last 8 years, the Pacific Palisades was the place my family called home. If you scroll to the fifth photo, you’ll see a photo of my old home. Gone forever. My memories turned to dust. The place I came home to after my wedding day, the place I lost the doggie love of my life, the place I found out I was finally pregnant. My husband is a first responder. He was one of the first people allowed into the Palisades this week. Because of that, I delivered the news to 17 of my neighbors and friends that their homes were gone. A couple months ago I moved from my home in the Palisades across LA to an area near Altadena–where the other big fire, the Eaton Fire, is–to be closer to my sister and her family. On Tuesday night my sister called me screaming. She said to run out of the house with my baby. She said the fire was close to us and she didn’t know how much time we had. “Don’t pack, just run,” she screamed. Just look out your dining room window.” My husband thought she was overreacting. But I looked at him and said, “go look out the window. Can we see it?” He looked at me sternly without raising his voice and said “Oh my God. It is time to leave Laura. We need to get in the car.” I grabbed my baby, wrapped a towel around his head, and ran outside into 90mph winds. It felt like a tornado, dust through my eyes. Branches snapping around me. I could barely breathe, my mouth filled with smoke and dirt. We got in the car. There were downed power lines everywhere, light poles snapped in half, branches and downed trees blocking every block. We were lucky enough to get out safely. Our new home has smoke and ash damage, we can’t use the water, we have downed trees, broken fences. We’re navigating FEMA and the horrible world of insurance like everyone else. People say to be grateful I am alive. But I can’t begin to be close to grateful yet as I can’t comprehend the loss of our community and the homes of all of my neighbors and friends. We no longer have a neighborhood, a school, a downtown, or a community and I am gutted to the core. I've written a full account of the total devastation my neighbors have faced in The Palisades, with many personal stories and memories of a life now gone. It also contains a full list of ways you can support the people in LA who've been affected by the fires. https://lnkd.in/g-NY3rra? I’m posting more info and ways you can help in the comments below ?? ?? ?? With a grateful and aching heart from the city of angels, Laura #PalisadesFire #EatonFire #LAwildfires #LosAngeles #CaliforniaFires