Microsoft Impact at Make-A-Wish Southwestern Ontario
Organization Information:
- Organization Name:
- Make-A-Wish Southwestern Ontario
- City & State:
- London,
- Ontario
- Organization Website:
- http://www.swo.makeawish.ca
- Organization's Mission Statement
We grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy.
Submission Information
- Impact Essay
Wishes have increased by 93 per cent since 2006 at Make-A-Wish Southwestern Ontario, and Microsoft programs help ensure we continue to grant quality wishes!
The ways we use Microsoft products to optimize mission delivery include:
Microsoft Word
- Create wish, volunteer and donor files
- Develop information packages and forms for wish families, service providers and volunteers
- Correspondence with wish families, donors and volunteers
- Create letters and proposals for supporters
- Write thank you letters
- Generate educational resources and materials about our organization
- Create event agendas and pledge sheets
Microsoft Access
- Keep track of pertinent information on each wish family and the child’s wish, expenses relating to the wish
- Keep mailing list up to date
- Track activities, communication, recognition and stewardship of donors, supporters and volunteers
- Track event status, in-kind donations, cash donations, attendees
- Provide ongoing reports
- Maintain volunteer program policy
- Document organizational history
- Secure entry of data
- Maintain donor, volunteer and wish family records
Microsoft Excel
- Create charts and graphs e.g. budget
- Export data from our accounting software into a user friendly software application allowing us to organize support data for our financial reports
- Create spreadsheets for contact information, event schedules, amount raised by event location
Microsoft Publisher
- Provide updates to volunteers on new and/or improved policies
- Create wish stories, e-newsletters and e-blasts for donors and volunteers
- Produce donor recognition certificates
- Create event materials e.g. programs, tent cards, draw tickets, posters, etc.
- Create wish stars to commemorate each child's wish
Microsoft PowerPoint
- Provide interactive and fun wish grantor training
- Create quality presentations for proposals, programs, events, volunteer orientations
- Generate presentations to raise awareness of events
Microsoft Outlook
- Electronic communications with donors, supporters, volunteers, other chapters
Microsoft Small Business Server 2003
- Network operating system within our office environment
Windows XP Professional
- Operating system on each individual computer station
Internet Explorer
- Research and explore the infinite opportunities of our organization within the community
- Materials created in various Microsoft programs are posted on our website www.swo.makeawish.ca
- Submission Category
- Optimize Mission Delivery
- Project Image
- MAY 2009 BEST WISHES.jpg
- Supporting Work Files
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