{"id":22088,"date":"2019-11-26T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/honeybook.site.strattic.io\/?p=22088"},"modified":"2022-08-05T05:37:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T12:37:47","slug":"making-a-living-and-a-difference-with-philanthropy-in-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hbb.dev.reliablepenguin.com\/blog\/making-a-living-and-a-difference-with-philanthropy-in-business","title":{"rendered":"Making a Living and a Difference with Philanthropy in Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Photo by DAVID ZHOU<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I didn\u2019t realize one summer internship would change the course of my life forever.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The summer of 2011, I interned at a wish-granting organization for kids with life-threatening illnesses. I realized that so many of them would lose their hair to chemotherapy and be offered a wig or a hat. However, a lot of them wanted to wear headbands instead. Headbands were a great way for them to restore self-confidence through fashion without hiding what they\u2019re going through with a wig or a hat.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a whim, I started<\/span> Headbands of Hope<\/span><\/a>. For every headband sold, we donate one to a child with cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To date, we\u2019ve donated over half a million headbands to kids with cancer reaching every children\u2019s hospital in the United States and fifteen countries!<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll be honest, it wasn\u2019t all hearts and flowers in the beginning. I messed up <\/span>a lot <\/span><\/i>which I talk about in my new book <\/span>Chasing the Bright Side<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But one thing I <\/span>did <\/span><\/i>do right is make sure my company had purpose<\/span>. <\/span><\/i>We\u2019re a for-profit company with purpose built into our business model. In other words, I believe you shouldn\u2019t have to choose between making a living and making a difference, and here are three ways your company can do just that you may not have thought of:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three Unique Ways to Incorporate Philanthropy into Your Business<\/strong><\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. Educate people<\/b>.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Recently, I was hired to <\/span>speak<\/span><\/a> at a company for their awards banquet. However, they wanted to also sponsor me to give speeches at high schools or other communities that could benefit from my talk, but couldn\u2019t afford my rates. I was blown away by the creativity of that idea — of trying to use my speaking as a way to give back to the community.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot of businesses have great expertise in certain areas or know important skills they could teach, and education is a meaningful and relevant way to give back to the community or to your followers.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can you use your business to educate others?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n