He's just alerted fundraising family and friends (and thank you for your service, Michael or Mike, if you prefer) to this solid data:
While reaching out to cultivate relations with local service clubs recently, I discovered that 2 branches of well-know clubs in one of the most affluent communities in Canada have ceased operations because they were so devastated by the pandemic. Out of curiosity I looked up how a few branches of those same clubs were fairing in smaller rural and significantly less affluent communities. Not surprisingly, each of them are basically thriving and highly active despite the challenges of the pandemic. Further examples of how people in less affluent and thinly populated communities are frequently the most philanthropic and responsive.
Comments-in-response, about my own career arc in recent years:
While I gladly work for big, brand-name, industrial-strength, mass-mission charities (their deep pockets feel so warm and cozy), I often get just as much joy -- oh, heck, probably MORE joy -- working (pro bono since the start of the pandemic) for local charities.
Local charities have an advantage in fundraising (discuss amongst yourselves). In my e-news, I just featured a DM appeal written by a volunteer, an appeal that raised more than US$100,000 in a few weeks ... for a small town's land trust.
"Localism":
>>> It's a beautiful, planet-saving movement.