Little Hands, Big Hearts Little People’s Service Organization

About Little Hands, Big Hearts Little People’s Service Organization

Primary age focused/family centered servant leadership development organization.

What differentiates you from the competition?

We start young. Our target age range is 3-9. That’s speaking because most service/leadership programs start at 3.

What are your top selling services or products that your company offers?

We start young. Our target age range is 3-9. The experiences we create are done so for early/pre-exposure opportunities for little people to help shape their future. Ex. College tours, career exploration.

If you had one message to get across to future customers, what would it be?

The world needs more leaders who lead by/with service. We’re doing our part to help fill the need. Join us!

What is the biggest marketing challenge that you will face in the upcoming year?

Ensuring that our message is clear in short form (visual elevator pitch) about what we do and who we want.

What is the biggest operational challenge that you will face in the upcoming year?: Funding to continue creating meaningful, life-impacting experiences for our children and families that point back to our mission.
Increasing the number of active children and families.

How do you measure impact and success in your programs?: Number of service hours completed. Improvement academically or softened academic achievement. Improved leadership skills that translate into other appointments or affiliations or opportunities for our children (induction into school clubs, team leadership, class leadership appointments, initiating service opportunities within and outside of the organization, etc.)

What are your biggest fundraising or outreach challenges?: Finding a signature event to do every year that is worth the money paid to hosts it. Securing consistent low-lift donors. Turning programming into consistently findable ventures.

How do you build long-term relationships with donors and supporters?: Working on doing better with this. Highlighting their efforts via our social media platforms. Providing impact reports. Inviting them to see the work we do in person. Adding logos and their brand to our site and communications.

What trends are influencing the nonprofit world today?: Funding what’s popular. Deciding whether to change what you do to make it fundable according to the latest buzz words or remaining true to what you do well for the sake of consistency and staying mission minded. Trying to find the happy medium between the two.

Can you share a story that shows your mission in action?: I received a large donation of underwear some years ago. Every time we had a serve day or community event, we’d give away lots of underwear but still have so many left over. In 2022, I went to Kenya for the first time for work and ministry and took loads of underwear to two children’s homes that were in need. After 3 years, the underwear were gone because we were able to serve others in a such a small but tangible way. We have plenty of stories like this wherein we’ve received donations that we funneled back into the community and people expressed that their immediate needs were met through our service in a way that made them know God loves them.

What keeps you motivated in this work?: Knowing that through the act of serving others well, I/we are actively working to leave the world (or someone’s world) better than we found it.