Doing Good Together 2019-2020 Annual Report

Letter from the Founder and Executive Director of Doing Good Together…

2019-20 Volunteers & Board Members

2019-20 Financials

News & Updates in 2019-20

Let's Stand Together.jpg — **DGT’s Coronavirus Resources** offers dozens of ways families can make a difference while they’re home together, including kindness projects, advocacy initiatives, and suggested books.

Kitchen Table Kits Updated.png — **DGT’s Kitchen Table Kindness Kits - Print or Digital Download** let families share acts of generosity from their kitchen table. The materials enable families to advocate for issues that matter and spark fun, meaningful conversations about empathy, compassion, and the common good.

antiracist collection.jpg — After researching the experts, we compiled guidance on how to talk to children about race. Our **Tools** **to Raise an Anti-Racist Generation** is an evolving collection of the best books, videos, tips, and projects for families and educators who want to better understand racism and better advocate for racial equality.

Membership Circle.jpg — Our **Membership Circle** continues to grow and now includes a Welcome Kit for new members. We’re also working on ways to expand membership and turn current members into tomorrow’s DGT ambassadors!

Summer eCamp.jpg — To meet the needs of families whose summer camps were cancelled, DGT created the **Summer of Kindness eCamp** in which we adapted our most-loved club activities for a unique at-home summer camp experience for families.

DGT’s Festival of Giving went virtual for Make a Difference Day on Oct. 24th. Families completed hands-on projects, enjoyed live music and movement, and downloaded an exclusive activity guide – all for free thanks to our generous sponsors.

DGT’s Partnerships in 2019-20

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota

DGT worked with BCBS Minnesota to create an at-home engagement tool focused on racial and health equity and social impact to inspire their employees to action on this critical topic.

Global Peace Foundation

We were honored that the Global Peace Foundation asked DGT to collaborate on creating a manual titled Family Volunteers for Peace Guidebook: Building a Culture of Service through Family Volunteering. It will soon be available to families globally.

Hats & Mittens

Doing Good Together has completed a year-long project with this Minnesota-based nonprofit that collects hats, mittens, and scarves for kids. We created resources to help organize a collection, as well as materials to teach young people about poverty, philanthropy, leadership, community organizing, and service.

Minneapolis Institute of Art

We joined with Mia to help families explore how courageous actions can produce change. In this pre-pandemic workshop, we talked about how to teach children thoughtful citizenship and had families made their own art about navigating change. We also created a take-home packet, Doing Good Together’s Family Guide to Active Citizenship, for workshop participants.

PJ Library

PJ Library, which offers families with young children books, ideas, and activities to celebrate Jewish life, worked with us to create a customized Kindness Kit featuring many of our projects, but also some of their own content, so PJ Library members around the country could teach their children critical values and make a difference for others from their own homes.

United Church of Christ - Minnesota Conference

Along with several other partners, DGT has been offering UCC families kindness projects, creative activities, children’s book suggestions, and other resources around themes such as practicing gratitude, sparking wonder, and more. Families and faith leaders are able to use this toolkit to share important values with children during this time when they’re not able to gather.