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Changing the world ‘One Party at a Time’

by The Quotidian

How do you throw must-go-to parties and generate awareness for social causes at the same time? We see how Party Corps makes it all happen.

Part of the impetus for starting The Quotidian was the idea that perhaps the so-called Millennial Generation had more to offer than high rates of unemployment and arrested development into adulthood. Many of our stories have highlighted 20 and 30-somethings who are finding their own ways to contribute to their communities by starting actions that are local in immediate effect but much larger in overall scope.

The story of Party Corps is another such example. The organization is young, well-connected and bold in its efforts to raise awareness and funds for startup nonprofits. As founder Leila Monroe explained to me in conversations we had over the course of the roughly two months that we worked on this production, the idea of throwing parties to benefit charities is nothing new – but it’s about how you do it. And the way Party Corps is doing it is by putting on next-level benefits and fundraisers that move beyond hotel ballrooms and into nightclubs with great effect, as we see in this documentary. Read the rest of this entry »

Foodies on a mission

by The Quotidian

Are charitable food businesses the wave of the future? We see how San Francisco’s Mission Street Food went from taco truck to charitable benefactor in almost no time.

When former Bar Tartine cook Anthony Myint and his wife Karen Leibowitz set out to create a foodie distraction with which to occupy their spare time, they didn’t expect their taco truck sublet to turn into a local phenomenon with national attention. But thanks to their impeccable taste and timing (street food is in!) as well as with the help of the San Francisco Bay Area’s Internet savvy and food-obsessed denizens, their Mission Street Food experiment has since grown into a twice-weekly food event that amasses crowds outside of an otherwise lackluster Chinese restaurant in San Francisco’s Mission District.

The success of these nights has also transformed Mission Street Food into a serious charitable business, as more than $17,000 was donated to local charities during the part-time restaurant’s first 10 months of operation. Mission Burger, a lunchtime burger stand that Myint started inside the Duc Loi Supermarket a couple doors down from Mission Street Food, has also generated more than $2,500 in donations during its first three months of operation. Read the rest of this entry »

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