We Are For Good Podcast - The Podcast for Nonprofits 229. Finding Hope in the Midst of Pain: The Mission of Paul's Place - Amy Torrez
Meet Amy. She knows what it's like to be displaced during a loved one's medical emergency. And she's removing those barriers for future families. Amy founded Paul’s Place following her father's 6-month experience with temporary medical housing while fighting lymphoma. "My last months with my father may have been just days if it had not been for the generosity shown to us at that time." 🎧Tune in to hear a heart-warming story about a legacy that's paying generosity forward.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Amy’s story and journey to where she is today (2:30)
- The founding story and mission of Paul’s Place (11:00)
- Amy’s advice for nonprofit professionals who are in “survival mode” (16:00)
- A powerful moment of philanthropy in Amy’s life (19:00)
- Amy’s One Good Thing: Embrace adversity. (24:00)
For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/229
The We Are For Good Podcast is co-hosted by Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE and welcomes the most dynamic nonprofit leaders, advocates and philanthropists to share innovative ideas and lessons learned 3x a week!
Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello
About Our Sponsor Virtuous
You know we believe Everyone Matters - and we’ve witnessed the greatest philanthropic movements happen when you SEE and activate donors at every level. Here’s the thing, Virtuous created a fundraising platform to help you do just that. It’s much more than a nonprofit CRM. Virtuous is committed to helping charities reimagine generosity through responsive fundraising. We love it because this approach builds trust and loyalty through personalized engagement.
Learn more about Virtuous at
About our Sponsor Givebutter 💛
Nonprofits use Givebutter to bring together multiple categories of tools, including mobile-friendly donation forms, fundraising campaigns, events, auctions, email marketing, a built-in CRM, and so much more. Head to givebutter.com/weareforgood to sign up for your free account today and get started in minutes.
Thank you to our partners 🩵
Big gratitude to Givebutter, RKD Group, DonorDock, Feathr, Whiteboard and Sowen for their partnership in growing the Impact Uprising. If you’re searching for a new CRM, tech tool, brand partner, direct mail partner, or impact strategist— we’d love for you to start with our trusted recs. We’ve vetted them so you don’t have to. Head to weareforgood.com/recs to learn more.
Become a Member and Get All-Access to Everything We Are For Good!
Experience the Impact Uprising Membership by We Are For Good: an ecosystem to learn, connect + grow in the power of a value-aligned community. Members gather monthly with Jon + Becky at exclusive members-only meetups + get video access to all new podcast episodes in an ad-free experience + so much more! Learn more + join us at weareforgood.com.
Say hi👇
LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter