Thank You Stacey Monk of Epic Change

by Avi on November 17, 2008 · 10 comments

in nonprofits,rockstars,videos

I want to introduce and thank Stacey Monk who has been a real inspiration and mentor to me.

Stacey runs an organization called Epic Change that seeks to support community change by helping people to use the power of their stories to obtain the resources they need to improve their communities. In its first project, Epic Change is partnering with Mama Lucy Kamptoni expand Shepherds Junior a school in Arusha, Tanzania that now has over 200 students.

I first met Stacey this past May on twitter. She had just posted about a Miracle on her birthday when she guest posted on Sam Lawrence’s blog. As I have gotten more involved with Epic Change, I have learned so much from Stacey and I am thankful to have her as a mentor. Her passion is an inspiration and she works tirelessly to help the people she works with. Stacey is deeply connected to the world around her and acutely aware that distance doesn’t make problems any less significant.

This week Epic Change is issuing holiday cards with the proceeds going to support Shepherds Junior. She’s posted about her excitement about the holiday cards on her blog. They’ll hopefully be available on her site this week.

Stacey is very good at saying thank you. Back in August she entered a competition to win funding for her cause by creating a video of Shepherds Junior students using post it notes to thank Epic Change’s supporters. The video didn’t win the money, but I felt like a million bucks. (See if you can spot my name in there)

Stacey, you’ve taught me so much about gratitude, having a can do spirit, and leading by example. Thank you!

What about you folks? What, or who are you thankful for as Thanksgiving approaches?

This post is a submission to the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, be sure to check out the other submissions this week on SocialButterfly.

Update: The holiday cards are now live and smokin’ on the Epic Change site.

Tagged as: Africa, carnival of nonprofit consultants, Epic Change, nonprofit, nonprofits, Stacey Monk, tanzania, twitter

  • http://www.EpicChange.org Stacey Monk

    I’m blushing. And in reality, I’ve learned so much from you…

    Thanks for all the help. I’m not sure how you found me, but I’m so very glad you did.

    I’m not sure if I shared this with you yet as I was saving it for Thanksgiving, but here’s just a small token of thanks that 2-year-old Rehema helped us make for you during our last trip to Tanzania: http://www.flickr.com/photos/epicchange/2922670159/.

  • http://www.EpicChange.org Stacey Monk

    I’m blushing. And in reality, I’ve learned so much from you…

    Thanks for all the help. I’m not sure how you found me, but I’m so very glad you did.

    I’m not sure if I shared this with you yet as I was saving it for Thanksgiving, but here’s just a small token of thanks that 2-year-old Rehema helped us make for you during our last trip to Tanzania: http://www.flickr.com/photos/epicchange/2922670159/.

  • http://fly4change.wordpress.com/2008/11/19/an-early-thanksgivingcarnival-style/ An Early Thanks.Giving…Carnival Style « SocialButterfly.

    [...] Kaplan wrote a wonderful thank you to Stacey Monk for her mentorship and for the hard work she is accomplishing through Epic Change. To those not [...]

  • http://www.fly4change.com/?p=224 An Early Thanks.Giving…Carnival Style | SocialButterfly

    [...] Kaplan wrote a wonderful thank you to Stacey Monk for her mentorship and for the hard work she is accomplishing through Epic Change. To those not [...]

  • http://zyozy.org/blog/?p=256 zyOzy Foundation Blog » Blog Archive » Epic Change leveraging Twitter to build a school: Tweetsgiving

    [...] Tweetsgiving is a project of Epic Change that seeks to demonstrate the power of twitter and the social web by spreading gratitude and raising $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom at the school in Tanzania. The project was inspired by the TrickorTweet campaign organized around Halloween by @TheGrok and @ChrisBrogan and by this “thank you” post. [...]

  • http://twittonary.com/blog/tweetsgiving/ TweetsGiving | Twittonary Blog

    [...] -Tweetsgiving is a project of Epic Change that seeks to demonstrate the power of twitter and the social web by spreading gratitude and raising $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom at the school in Tanzania. The project was inspired by the TrickorTweet campaign organized around Halloween by @TheGrok and @ChrisBrogan and by this “thank you” post. [...]

  • http://www.avisamkaplan.com/2008/11/happy-tweetsgiving-day-1-perspective Happy #TweetsGiving! Day 1 Perspective — MeshugAvi Blog

    [...] Stacey called me on Wednesday night, with the name and twitter account for TweetsGiving, asking for [...]

  • http://www.digitalsolid.com/2008/11/26/social-media-powers-fundraising-for-an-african-classroom/ Digital Solid: Marketing Technology ROI » Blog Archive » Social media powers fundraising for an African classroom

    [...] Tweetsgiving is a project of Epic Change that seeks to demonstrate the power of twitter and the social web by spreading gratitude and raising $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom at the school in Tanzania. The project was inspired by the TrickorTweet campaign organized around Halloween by @TheGrok and @ChrisBrogan and by this “thank you” post. [...]

  • http://epicchange.org/blog/2008/11/26/tweetsgiving/ Tweetsgiving | The Epic Change Blog

    [...] a week ago, Avi posted these kind words about me on his blog. I was surprised to get the link and, while I was blushing on the outside, I was [...]

  • http://blog.web2marketer.com/web-20-marketing/happy-tweetsgiving/ Happy Tweetsgiving | The Web2Marketer

    [...] Tweetsgiving is a project of Epic Change that seeks to demonstrate the power of twitter and the social web by spreading gratitude and raising $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom at the school in Tanzania. The project was inspired by the TrickorTweet campaign organized around Halloween by @TheGrok and @ChrisBrogan and by this “thank you” post. [...]

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