Gary Bagley, Executive Director of New York Cares, shares how the organization has achieved the milestone of distributing 2 million winter coats for New Yorkers in need as well as plans for growing impact further. Gary shares how the organization aims to use text messaging and other technologies to improve volunteering engagement. We also discuss how they’ve built a strong young professional’s board, called the Rising Leaders Council, that contributes big dollars and impact to the organization.
Resources
- Text “Coat” to 41444 to see the Coat Drive SMS in action
- Twitter.com/newyorkcares and Facebook.com/newyorkcares on social
