Bowl as much — or as little — but Bowl to the Max!

Give to the Max Day is Thursday, November 13th and this year make your donation matter more than ever before! Join us at the 2nd Annual “Bowl the Max” for Spare Key at Treasure Island Resort & Casino on Thursday, November 13th for 24 hours of bowling — fun —

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Spare Key and Maiden Dixie Band together to help families “Bounce and not Break”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Maiden Dixie And Spare Key Band Together To Help Families Partnership Seeks To Raise Awareness And Raise Funds For Program That Helps Families “Bounce and not Break” Nashville, TN (June 10, 2014) – Maiden Dixie has joined forces with the Minneapolis based non-profit organization Spare Key to

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Spare Key featured in the Fargo Forum: Spare Key and other non-profits helping families!

Mandi Kaldor helps her children Kyah, from right, 3, Colten, 5, and Micah, 7 months, play in her home in Fargo. Mandi was on bed rest for four weeks prior to Micah’s birth and was able to receive help from Spare Key. Michael Vosburg / Forum photo editor Generosity to

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Spare Key featured in Rapid City Journal: A story about Morgon Emory

Private group helps families ‘bounce and not break’ June 11, 2014 6:00 am  •  John Lee McLaughlin Journal staff This past Mother’s Day became the last day for Jerrie Emory to look into the eyes of her son, Morgon. Morgon, 18, passed away that day after an exhaustive, nearly 3-year

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Spare Key hires Director of Crypto Currency Development — Perhaps first in the nation!

SPARE KEY HIRES DIRECTOR OF CRYPTOCURRENCY DEVELOPMENT Roerick Sweeney will also expand Spare Key market and social engagement opportunities as new currency option becomes more fully integrated into charity (MINNEAPOLIS) Spare Key, www.sparekey.org, has hired Roerick Sweeney as Director of Crypto currency Development, Markets and Social Engagement. Spare Key may

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Amy Kamenick Joins Spare Key Board of Directors

AMY KAMENICK APPOINTED TO SPARE KEY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Senior Digital Manager at Weber Shandwick to help organization expand development and social media platform (Minneapolis) Spare Key, www.sparekey.org, announced today that Amy Kamenick will join the organization’s Board of Directors effective immediately. Spare Key provides rental and mortgage grants to

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Treasure Island Resort & Casino joins Lost Highway and MinnesotaCountry.Com to benefit Spare Key

                        Treasure Island Resort & Casino teams up with Lost Highway to launch “Boots for Change” for Spare Key  Partnership includes MinnesotaCountry.Com as part of Lost Highway CD Release Party    (Welch, Minnesota) Treasure Island Resort & Casino (www.treasureislandcasino.com) along with the band, Lost Highway (www.losthighwaymn.com) and MinnesotaCountry.com

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Chronicles of Philanthropy: Why a Nonprofit Leader Embraces Virtual Currency

Opinion: Why a Nonprofit Leader Embraces Virtual Currency The leader of a Twin Cities charity explains in a Star Tribune opinion piece why his organization has begun taking donations in Bitcoins and other forms of “crypto-currency.” Erich Mische says the new currencies provide “a new platform for giving” and vehicle

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Spare Key leading on crypto currency for non-profits and charities

Why my nonprofit is embracing crypto-currency   Article by: Erich Mische In the history of the world, the greatest innovations in science, technology and culture must have certainly been spurred forward by this unequivocal statement: “There’s no way that will work.” Weeks away from my 51st year, I can still

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Star Tribune Features Spare Key on front page on story about crypto currency

Hey, Brother, can you spare a bit of virtual currency?   Article by: Jean Hopfensperger   Guests mingling at a recent gala for the Spare Key charity didn’t know it, but they had entered a new frontier in nonprofit fund­raising. Folks who bought auction items ranging from French wine to

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