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Benny the Benevolent Bat: A Sweet-Free Halloween Craft

By Karli Larson, TisBest Charities and Communities Manager Halloween can be a tricky time for parents. Although we want our children to enjoy a carefree night of terrorizing the neighborhood, we’re not always thrilled with the buckets of sweets that come home. This is especially difficult for parents who, like me, are not big treat-buyers…

Charity Highlight: National Breast Cancer Foundation

It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and one of our charity partners is hard at work helping women live longer through early detection, education and research funding! The National Breast Cancer Foundation has been supporting women since 1991 when it was founded by breast cancer survivor Janelle Hail. Now a highly successful nonprofit, NBCF has developed…

International Day of the Girl Child

In honor of yesterday’s first annual International Day of the Girl Child, we wanted to highlight a few of TisBest’s charity partners who are working hard every day to improve the lives of girls all over the world. In the past 12 months, TisBest Charity Gift Card spenders have directed nearly $16,000 to the four…

Karli Larson, Charities and Communities Manager

Hello, friends of TisBest Philanthropy! My name is Karli Larson and I am the new TisBest Charities and Communities Manager.  My role here at TisBest is multifaceted, but will focus primarily on the relationships between TisBest and our wonderful charity partners as well as building our TisBest community in the areas of social media and…

Closing Gifts That Give Back

A wonderful way to make a lasting impression with your clients is by giving them a unique closing gift. Long gone are the days that a bottle of wine or a calendar with your logo on it will impress. Your closing gift may be the last contact you have with them for quite some time,…

Brussel Sprouts and TisBest

The August 2012 issue of ‘Wired’ magazine has a fascinating article about a new restaurant in Palo Alto, California. It’s called Lyfe Kitchen. Lyfe is actually an acronym for Love Your Food Everyday. The restaurant is committed to healthy, organic ingredients and sustainable farming and restaurant practices.  Lyfe Kitchen will have no butter, no cream,…