November 13, 2009 @ 5:23 pm
What an EPIC year it’s been
336 DAYS OF EPIC: On December 12, 2008, EPIC received its articles of incorporation in a packet from our lawyer. That means we’ve existed, in an official way, for 336 days, working to establish a network of creative professionals who like the idea of using their talent to make social change happen.
We love the number 336. But it’s not the only number we’ve kept track of. In a lot of ways, numbers tell the story of EPIC’s first year better than we could with words.
117: Names considered before settling on EPIC.
2.5: Pounds of paper in information packet at first board meeting.
501(c)3: Status earned on 01/01/09.
8: Pie charts, abandoned quickly.
3: Pregnant ladies on the board.
998: Words written in form of meeting minutes.
1: Visionary founder with child.
36: Percentage of board meetings that ended at bars.
0: Fights.
181,325: Dollars in hourly fees EPIC volunteers waived for nonprofit clients.
And then there’s the most important number we have to show for ourselves: It’s 7. Because without the 7 teams of volunteer professionals–52 people in all–who donated their time to create strategic campaigns for 7 Chicago nonprofits, we wouldn’t have gotten past day one.
Clearly, we have an infinite number of people to thank——lawyers, bartenders, the one nice lady at Kinko’s–but we’ll start with all of you who joined us on this special evening, celebrating and supporting EPIC on this momentous anniversary.
Thank you. We look forward to all things to come in 2010.
(Also, you can see all images from the celebration on our flickr feed, just click on the bottom right of this page. Enjoy!)
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