May 8, 2024 • 4 mins
Samantha Merwin is the President of Elbowbumpkid Inc and shares how you can support their mission through Birdies for Charity with The Traveler's Championship! Listen to our interview below and get connected to Birdies for Charity!
Inc is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization supporting families impacted by Type 1 Diabetes.Our mission is to provide families impacted with Type 1 Diabetes the opportunity to thrive, learn and grow despite the diagnosis.
Inc is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization supporting families impacted by Type 1 Diabetes.Our mission is to provide families impacted with Type 1 Diabetes the opportunity to thrive, learn and grow despite the diagnosis.
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(00:00):
I her Communities once again proud tobe a media spots there for Birdies for
charity presented by websincuare nonprofits. We'llreceive fifteen percent extra on every dollar due
on the line with one such charity, the Elbow Bump Kids, Inc.
Please welcome their president, Samantha Merwin. Hello, Hi, Renee. It's
(00:21):
so nice to have you on ourhotline. And I know we spoke last
year about your great organization, whoyou are and what great Yeah, no,
I'd be happy to so endlessly educationand social events for these kids.
We have scholarships for college students,We have scholarships for an education conference.
We support some of the diabetes programsthat CCMC runs for their patients, and
(00:45):
we support a lot of the programsthat JD reference as well. We also
have built out resources on our websitefor newly diagnosed and we try to mentor
them so that way, you know, our goal is to always, no
matter what, when someone is diagnosed, that immediately they have a community available
to them if they want it.So, you know, we in order
(01:06):
to do that, you know,we do need funding, so we are
basically looking for people to donate toour Birdie's for charity link to help subsidize
our twenty twenty five and be onprograms and how can we follow you on
social media and all of your platformsto get connected? Yeah, absolutely so
our Facebook primarily Facebook and Instagram.So Facebook page is Facebook dot com slash
(01:30):
Elbow Bump Kid. It's that easy. And our website and our website is
Elbow Bump Kid Inc. Dot org. And tell everybody how important these extra
funds, these extra birdie bucks,if you will, are to you in
an organization such as yours, becausehonestly, the Travelers Championship makes it so
easy and the generosity of Webster Bankis second to none with this Birdy's for
(01:52):
charity. So please if you wouldn'tmind sharing to other nonprofits listening about your
experience with Birdies for Charity, Andthen also, you know, back it
up with how important these extra dollarsare. Oh absolutely, I mean it's
so it's so important. The amountof fees that small nonprofits like ours raise
uh uh, you know get hitwith every year for our smaller fundraisers and
(02:15):
our fundraising events. I mean sometimeswe can lose five percent or more of
the amount of money that people donateto us just on paypalent square fees.
So having the fees eliminated is youknow, really important to us. But
you know, the Webster Bank bonusbox, you know, are are even
you know, more critical because thatyou know, that increases the donation impact
(02:38):
for every you know, for everydonation. I always tell our you know,
our population this time of year,whether you're going to donate ten dollars
or twenty five dollars, do itnow, because it's so much better for
us to receive it now through birdiesand not be subject to the fees and
get the bonus bux than it is, you know, if we you know,
if you're donating just through our websitevia PayPal in July, where again
(02:58):
we're going to be subject to tothe fees, and it helps us,
you know, increase our increase ourpresence in the community and our engagement with
our population. Well, you know, the work you do is just wonderful,
and organizations such as yours exist totell people about all the different things,
all the different you know, Idon't know what you want to say,
(03:19):
but there's so many there's so manyorganizations out there that shine a light
on situations, diseases, funds movementsthat people may or may not be aware
of, and it takes a voicelike yours and your team and your nonprofit
right to get that information out thereto make people aware. And then you
add this incredible layer of Birdies forCharity sponsored by Webster Bank to this and
(03:40):
it's just it's such a gift tobe able to share this information for me
too, to our audience, toenlighten people as to the work that you
do. So you know, ifsomeone hasn't said to you guys lately,
thank you for what you do too. Thank you, And I do want
to encourage your audience. But ifanyone has a travel with Type one ABE
visa is not connected yet with ourcommunity, please feel free to reach out
(04:03):
Samantha at Elblebumpkidinc dot org and I'dbe happy to connect you to our to
our social group that has over sevenhundred you know, parents with parents that
have kids with type one, Well, we will get that information out there.
Always a pleasure to talk to you. I hope you raised millions of
(04:24):
dollars this year for Berdiees for charity. That's what I wish for all the
charities. But in any event,thanks for the great work you do and
thank you for being and iheard communitiesthank you so much. I have a
great day.
I her Communities once again proud tobe a media spots there for Birdies for
charity presented by websincuare nonprofits. We'llreceive fifteen percent extra on every dollar due
on the line with one such charity, the Elbow Bump Kids, Inc.
Please welcome their president, Samantha Merwin. Hello, Hi, Renee. It's
(00:21):
so nice to have you on ourhotline. And I know we spoke last
year about your great organization, whoyou are and what great Yeah, no,
I'd be happy to so endlessly educationand social events for these kids.
We have scholarships for college students,We have scholarships for an education conference.
We support some of the diabetes programsthat CCMC runs for their patients, and
(00:45):
we support a lot of the programsthat JD reference as well. We also
have built out resources on our websitefor newly diagnosed and we try to mentor
them so that way, you know, our goal is to always, no
matter what, when someone is diagnosed, that immediately they have a community available
to them if they want it.So, you know, we in order
(01:06):
to do that, you know,we do need funding, so we are
basically looking for people to donate toour Birdie's for charity link to help subsidize
our twenty twenty five and be onprograms and how can we follow you on
social media and all of your platformsto get connected? Yeah, absolutely so
our Facebook primarily Facebook and Instagram.So Facebook page is Facebook dot com slash
(01:30):
Elbow Bump Kid. It's that easy. And our website and our website is
Elbow Bump Kid Inc. Dot org. And tell everybody how important these extra
funds, these extra birdie bucks,if you will, are to you in
an organization such as yours, becausehonestly, the Travelers Championship makes it so
easy and the generosity of Webster Bankis second to none with this Birdy's for
(01:52):
charity. So please if you wouldn'tmind sharing to other nonprofits listening about your
experience with Birdies for Charity, Andthen also, you know, back it
up with how important these extra dollarsare. Oh absolutely, I mean it's
so it's so important. The amountof fees that small nonprofits like ours raise
uh uh, you know get hitwith every year for our smaller fundraisers and
(02:15):
our fundraising events. I mean sometimeswe can lose five percent or more of
the amount of money that people donateto us just on paypalent square fees.
So having the fees eliminated is youknow, really important to us. But
you know, the Webster Bank bonusbox, you know, are are even
you know, more critical because thatyou know, that increases the donation impact
(02:38):
for every you know, for everydonation. I always tell our you know,
our population this time of year,whether you're going to donate ten dollars
or twenty five dollars, do itnow, because it's so much better for
us to receive it now through birdiesand not be subject to the fees and
get the bonus bux than it is, you know, if we you know,
if you're donating just through our websitevia PayPal in July, where again
(02:58):
we're going to be subject to tothe fees, and it helps us,
you know, increase our increase ourpresence in the community and our engagement with
our population. Well, you know, the work you do is just wonderful,
and organizations such as yours exist totell people about all the different things,
all the different you know, Idon't know what you want to say,
(03:19):
but there's so many there's so manyorganizations out there that shine a light
on situations, diseases, funds movementsthat people may or may not be aware
of, and it takes a voicelike yours and your team and your nonprofit
right to get that information out thereto make people aware. And then you
add this incredible layer of Birdies forCharity sponsored by Webster Bank to this and
(03:40):
it's just it's such a gift tobe able to share this information for me
too, to our audience, toenlighten people as to the work that you
do. So you know, ifsomeone hasn't said to you guys lately,
thank you for what you do too. Thank you, And I do want
to encourage your audience. But ifanyone has a travel with Type one ABE
visa is not connected yet with ourcommunity, please feel free to reach out
(04:03):
Samantha at Elblebumpkidinc dot org and I'dbe happy to connect you to our to
our social group that has over sevenhundred you know, parents with parents that
have kids with type one, Well, we will get that information out there.
Always a pleasure to talk to you. I hope you raised millions of
(04:24):
dollars this year for Berdiees for charity. That's what I wish for all the
charities. But in any event,thanks for the great work you do and
thank you for being and iheard communitiesthank you so much. I have a
great day.
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