Friday, January 23, 2009

Homestretch Volunteer of the Month: Excella

Excella is a business and technology consulting firm serving government and commercial clients in the Washington, DC, area. We help organizations define and execute technology strategies to produce real business results!

Excella has adopted Homestretch as their charity of choice. They have donated a lot of time and money to Homestretch. Recently Excella came to our facilities and renovated, cleaned, painted, three of our units, and had another team of Excella employees helping Homestretch move from one space to another. They washed bathrooms, changed light bulbs, organized, bought Homestretch shelving for storage, and cleaned. Also for the Holidays they had a Homestretch child’s drawing as the cover to their Excella Holiday card. Homestretch is very excited for this partnership, and is very thankful for the amazing volunteers of Excella!
To learn more about Excella visit www.excella.com

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Donating Money, Just by Using the Internet!

What if Homestretch earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Or how about if a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support our cause? Well, now it can!
GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up!

GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 37 percent of each purchase to your favorite cause! Hundreds of great stores including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy, ebay, Macy's and Barnes & Noble have teamed up with GoodShop and every time you place an order, you’ll be supporting your favorite cause.

Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter Homestretch as the charity you want to support. And, be sure to spread the word!!!!!