Give Social participated in yesterday's open house for the Startup Hoya's Summer Incubator (the new name for the Georgetown Summer Startup Program). Along with the teams from the 14 other companies in the Incubator, Kita and Becky spoke to the guests about Give Social and its mission to strengthen local communities. Kita was one of five presenters to deliver a Rocket Pitch to the audience, describing Give Social's impact on local communities. The

Give Social is one of 15 startups in the first class of the Georgetown Summer Startup Program at the McDonough School of Business’s Hariri Building. All startups are led by current Georgetown students or recent alumni and are being incubated with the support of the University’s Entrepreneurship Initiative, led by Jeff Reid. The program includes various mentoring, advising, networking, and pitching opportunities. Two members of Give Social’s

On May 7, the Give Social team presented Beth Mullin, Executive Director of Rock Creek Conservancy, with a check for $1500 from our first online Ask. Beth gratefully received the check and told the assembled crowd how important the funding is for the replanting and how excited she and her team are to be a part of Give Social. Mike McCann of the National Park Service was also on hand, and he told the community that they are now a part of the "legacy"

Give Social is a semifinalist in the Dell Social Innovation Challenge. We have been selected as one of 220 organizations from an international field of over 1700. The finalists are announced on May 14, so we are keeping our fingers crossed. We recently submitted to Dell a thorough roadmpa for how Give Social will move forward to bring communities together. We also updated our video. Fans can vote for us, because we are also in the runnings for the

Give Social wins 3rd place in the Liquidnet "Markets for Good" Challenge. Give Social team members competed in the 2nd annual Liquidnet "Markets for Good" Challenge. We are excited to announce that we placed 3rd in this national competition. In addition to winning $1000 for Give Social, we are also able to donate $500 to Life Pieces To Masterpieces, a wonderful nonprofit in DC's Ward 7. a href="http://netimpact.org/lead-change/students/competitions/Liquidnet">Read

Give Social Founder Featured in the Georgetown Hoyapreneur Kita McCord, Give Social's founder and second year MBA candidate at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business, was featured in the April Issue of the Georgetown Hoyapreneur. Read the article here.

Give Social launches a new website. After just one month, www.givso.org received a face lift. "Our version1.0 site worked well for us to run our first successful online Ask," explains Director Kita McCord, "but we needed more functionality to move forward." Brad Smith, Director of Technology, spearheaded the effort and is responsible for Give Social's new look. "We are really happy with the updated version, which is going to make navigating our site