The World Café Harvest Fund Drive

Thank you so much!

Since 1995, the World Café has been transforming lives, communities, and organizations. We estimate that more than a million people around the world have used the process to engage in conversations about questions that matter.

On October 13th we launched our first ever fund drive, with the goal of raising $25,000 in three short weeks. Our extended community responded and we made it!

Read what those who've given have to say about why they made their contribution to the World Café Community Foundation.

This has been such an incredible experience - watching the thermometer rise each day with the tangible warmth of your love and support! We have been able to end this first-ever World Café Fund Drive by actually EXCEEDING our $25,000 goal and seeding the future with ongoing subscriptions! There are no words to thank you properly for coming to our aid in this time of need, but we humbly thank you, all, and a special thanks to those who came in on the last few days so very generously.

Maja Ramsey
Michael Jones
Sheryl Erickson
Institute Elos, Brasil
Craig & Patricia Neal, Heartland Circle
Beatriz Redko
Bob Stilger
Philip Reitz
Augustine Veliath
Joseph Loewy
Lisa Heft
Lenny Lind & the team at CoVision
Chris Abbey
Robin Higa
Mark Simon
Paula Pociecha
Sandy McGivern
Jeanne Supin
Shilpa M Jain
Barbara GreenStuder
Julie Caldwell
Martin Fischer
Sara Bronson
(Sabine) Bredemeyer & Friends
Tal Yifat
Dominik Werner
Maren Bingham
Roberta Faulhaber
Eulyses Jones
Toke Paludan Moeller
Anna Doroshaw
Sofia Bustamante
Arturo Uscategui
Marcela Urteaga
Stefan Cantore
Roger Doebke
Cheryl Lyon
Dr. Michael Picucci
Neil Jackson
Edith Meissner
James Myracle
Nóra Hegyi
Sustainable Aging LLP

On Nov 3rd with only one day to go, we are sailing in to make our goal with contributions coming in from all over our amazing international community! We now have a total of $20,778! Thank you all so very much!

Craig Fleck
Jose Zamarron
Walter Fisher
Fukasawa Mami
Agota Ruzsa
Deborah Frieze
Charlotte Denny
Anne Adams
Henry Izumizaki
Andrea Dyer
Teresa Posakony
Art of Hosting Brasil
Adele Condreay
Rowan Simonsen
Amy Lenzo
All Dimensions; Myriam Mathys
Alan Stewart
Ashley Cooper
John B Roy
Ingi Hans Jonsson
Jerald Brown
Linda Sweeney
Judith Enright
Benoit Hurel

Your incredible generosity is bringing a strong finish to the last week of our Harvest Fund Drive, with a current total of $17,968.00! Thank you so much!

Bo Gyllenpalm
Mary Porter
Emmett Miller
Ana Cristina Maldonado
Ken Takayanagi
Rosangela Medeirosr
Jennifer Duke
David Isaacs

Thank you to contributors from the past two days whose generosity brings us to a total of $11,645!

Donna Horn
Christopher Smerald
Meryem Le Saget
Daisuke Kawaguchi

The last week of the Fund Drive continues in force with today's contributions bringing us to a total of $11,115. Thank you!

Anne Dosher
Joseph Donofrio
Cecilia Soriano
Melissa Awbrey
Donald Proffit
Ronita Johnson
Vicente Rul·lan

Wow! What a heart-warming response to the beginning of the 3rd week! We are now at $10,750!! Our deep gratitude to each of you for your generosity.

Elaine and Tom Johnson
Catherine Grundy
Masakatsu Ninomiya
Christine Kreminski
Mariah Howar
Mildred R Cowan
Yvonne Treen
Mary Stall
Sharon Schachter
Andre J Lalonde
Myron Rogers
Elizabeth Jetton
Thomas Klug
Donatella Pastorino
Linda Pedelty
Samantha Tan
Anne Garvey
Denise Peng
Lorraine Rytz-Thériault
Vanessa Reid
David Gurteen
Axel Flinker

The last few days of donations bring us to the beginning of the third week of our Harvest Fund Drive, with a total of $8,045. Thank you so much to those who've contributed the last few days to enable us to reach this point!

Tsung-mao Chung
Carlos Mota Margain
Heather Cummings
Stephen Roberts
Christianne Gell
Jeannette S. Harrison
JGM van Zanten
Victor Leon Ades

Thanks to contributions from you, dear friends, Days Ten and Eleven have brought us ever closer to our goal with a current total of $7050!

Maja Tampe
Véronica Vivanco
Hanno Langfelder
Lorenza Pakula
George Kemnitz
Tatiana Glad
Ursel Biester
Pierre Goirand

Our sincere thanks to all who contributed to Day Nine, bringing us to $6720

Judy Voruz
Diane Cline
Alan Briskin
Axel Flinker
Susan Stewart
Ole Ovist-Sorensen
Carl Macdonald
Peter Frampton
Wendi Hill

Wow! What a fabulous response to Juanita's personal letter. Thank you so much for your presence and support at this crucial time, and special thank you for these donations, starting off Week Two of the World Café Harvest Fund Drive with a total of $6263!

Claudia Miller
Sherry Miller
Shiowjiuan Cheng
Marilda Moraes
Perviz Randeria
Elizabeth Plevney
Merton Chinen
Dorothy Reilly
Steven Byers
Beth Kanter
Jean Tennyson
Danny Gal
Emi Tanaka
Susanne Luithlen

Thank you to our generous friends for contributing to our Day Six total of $4523!

Dick Hulverscheidt
Bonnie Jo Radasch
Thomas Hurley
Tom Swigart
Peggy Holman
Serge Loode

Day Five Continues with generous contributions from around the world. The total raised is now $4203!

Tom Genevese
Martin Siesta
Kazuaki Katori

Day Four brought us to $3828.00! Thank you so much to each one of you who are contributing to the success of this first ever World Cafe Fund Drive.

Valerie Abl
Nancy White
角田知行

At the close of Day Three, October 15th brings us to a total of $3733.00! Thank you to all who contributed!

Facilitators Network in Singapore
Tzipi Vivien
Nancy Margulies
Kathleen Gilligan

Thank you for those who contributed to our Harvest Fund Drive on October 14th, Day Two! We are now at a total of $2690.00!

George Ferrando
Frank McGinniss

A huge thank you to the donors who contributed on Day One of our World Café Harvest Fund Drive, totalling $2440!

Ilona Christl
Eduardo Alfonso
Melanie Light
Rob and Laurie Benn
Laura Weisel
Erin Dunford
Mary Fentress
Sara Armstrong
Robert Devlin
Nancy Mathias
Christine Whitney Sanchez
Learning for Change
Bruce Larson
Robin Collins
Tenneson Woolf
Mirimba Giam
Deborah Gilburg
Lesley at Evaluation Services
Juanita Brown
ideas@play by Naive Experts
Janice Critchlow
Ian Moore
Jasminka Sabol
Benjamin Degenhart

The World Café Community Foundation, like every other 501c3 non-profit, needs ongoing financial contributions to survive. These contributions come from you - members of the world-wide community of people who are using the World Café in your work and receiving financial benefit from it, and those who experience and receive value from World Café events, the community of practice, and our repository of resources.

Please help us do our work by continuing to do your part - large or small. Your US tax-deductable financial gifts will help to ensure that the World Café Community Foundation continues its vital work as the hub of the World Café.

If you would prefer to contribute with a check, or subscribe to make convenient automatic monthly or annual payments (you can use the above link to pay with a credit card, too, whether or not you have a PayPal account), or if you just want more information about contributing to the World Café Community Foundation, see our contributions page.

Again, THANK YOU!!

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