By Ben Varhula, Senior Midwest Regional Manager

Happy Summer Moishes! It’s everyone’s favorite time of year – the annual WE ARE campaign. Oh, you’re new here and have no idea what I’m talking about? Well let me break it down with the four questions – 

What is WE ARE? 

WE ARE is Moishe House’s annual peer-led fundraising campaign, where YOU (the community builders) to give back to the organization and encourage your peers to do the same. And the staff joins too! This year’s WE ARE campaign is August 13 (so, ya know, right now) through September 25.

But, like, I really love competition. How do I win?

Each Moishe House (and the staff, and MHWOW, and Pods, and PLR facilitators, and and and…) has their own fundraising page. In your one of your monthly meetings with your Regional Manager, you will have discussed your goal for the year – hitting that goal is how you win! We’re even offering $250 prizes to four houses that surpass their goals. If you raise the most out of all the Moishe Houses, you automatically win a $250 prize!

What if I don’t like competition?

That’s okay! We bet you still love when people show gratitude. WE ARE donations (and the comments that come with) are the perfect place to gather all the cheesy quotes for your next monthly newsletter.

Why is this WE ARE different from all other WE ARE’s?

We’re aiming big with our goal this year: to raise over $150,000 worldwide! That’s almost $20,000 (!!!) more than we raised last year. We’ve never done it before, but you’re all better than the residents from last year so I’m pretty confident we’ll surpass that mark. 

We’re a few days into the WE ARE campaign – how will you be engaging your community? A casino night? A silent auction? A silent disco? Can anyone take the WE ARE crown away from Moishe House Boston – Cambridge? Happy WE ARE-ing!

The Alternative WE ARE Four Questions:

This is happening and you’re completely unprepared? West Coast DA Laura Reader has your back – join her on August 28 at 10 AM PT for the webinar of your dreams! You can join the webinar on August 28 by using this link.

Forgotten where you put your WE ARE Handbook? I found it right here.

You want to tell all of social media about WE ARE? Found that too.

Have any questions? Feel free to reach out to your Regional Manager, or to me at ben.varhula@moishehouse.org