A puppy for your happy fundraising summer thoughts. This is the 173rd Fundraising Writing Newsletter. If you find value here, please tell a fundraising friend. (Your fundraising friend can subscribe here for free.) Wednesday, June 25, 2025 Hi Reader, Summer snuck up on me. So did this puppy. Meet Charlie! He's a cavapoo. We've had him for 1 week, and already we are head over heels. After Brett and I lost our dear Pepe and Daisy within 12 months of each other last year, we swore we were done with dogs. We couldn't go through that again. But then we kept seeing cute pups. On TV... Out and about... Visiting friends and family... Everywhere. As valiantly as we tried, we could not escape the onslaught of adogable doggos. After several week of hemming and hawing and researching, we found our way to Charlie... and now we feel like new again. Feeling like new again is fantastic. At least 2 other things make me feel this way: summer and the Fourth of July. Summer reminds me of being a kid. And July 4th fireworks have that new-country, new-you vibe. In honor of new beginnings, here are 7 things for you in case you missed them from us in the past year... 7 things you may have missedDid you see these already?
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Until next time: May your fundraising be full of fireworks, your life be full of puppies, and your summer be full of fun! Grateful, Brett Cooper & Julie Cooper |
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