Reference: RedLadder/CaringBridge Joint Press Release at RedLadder Achieves Milestone Donation to CaringBridge through Innovative 'Trade Ladder' Model

Exciting news about RedLadder, a groundbreaking platform that’s transforming the way we support charitable organizations – without having to dig deeper into your pocket. Just six months after its launch, RedLadder has achieved an important milestone by delivering its first unrestricted contribution to CaringBridge, a nonprofit that helps families through health journeys. This was all made possible through RedLadder’s unique “trade ladder” model, where simple trades evolve into meaningful financial contributions, without requiring additional resources from nonprofits.

The best part? RedLadder can help ANY charitable organization you care about, and it’s easy for everyone to get involved!

Whether it’s a local food pantry, an animal rescue group, a high school band or team, a faith organization, or a global nonprofit, RedLadder offers a fun, innovative, and sustainable way to create unlimited, unrestricted funding for the causes that matter most to you. But we can’t do it without your help to spread the word and grow this incredible movement.

How Can You Help RedLadder Make an Even Bigger Impact?

Here are ten easy ways you can join the RedLadder movement and empower charitable organizations with the critical funding they need to thrive and fulfill their missions:

1. Start a trade ladder for your favorite charitable organization – Visit RLadder.org to create your free account, identify your unneeded new or used items in good condition, and kick off a new ladder by donating one of your items.
2. Trade your unneeded items for items you want – Browse or search the existing trade ladders, and trade items from your account to obtain desired items.
3. Share RedLadder on social media – Post about RedLadder on your favorite platform with a link to our “RedLadder Trading” social media presence, and our website at RLadder.org.
4. Email this message to your network – The more people who know about RedLadder, the more charitable organizations we can help!
5. Talk to your friends and family – Spread the word about how they can turn their unneeded items into support for the causes they love.
6. Reach out to a charitable organization you care about – Let them know how RedLadder can generate unlimited, unrestricted funding without significant effort by staff or volunteers.
7. Feature RedLadder in your community – Introduce it to local organizations, clubs, or groups where people might be eager to participate.
8. Follow RedLadder Trading on social media – Stay updated and share stories of impact to inspire others.
9. Organize a RedLadder challenge – Get friends, neighbors, or coworkers to start ladders for causes they care about and see whose ladder can make the biggest impact!
10. Make a financial donation to RedLadder – Support the growth of this innovative program at RLadder.org.

With just a little effort, we can revolutionize fundraising for the organizations we all care about. Together, we can create new opportunities for great charitable organizations to thrive and make the world a better place—one trade ladder at a time.

Let’s work together to grow this movement and empower charitable organizations around the world! Visit RLadder.org today.

P.S.  We value input from our RedLadder users. They have suggested the following additional ways to help:

·  Host a “RedLadder Awareness Night” – Organize an event or webinar to introduce RedLadder to your community or network, showing them how they can get involved.

·  Feature RedLadder in your newsletter – If you’re part of a community group, nonprofit, or organization, include a feature about RedLadder in your next email or newsletter.

·  Contact your employer about RedLadder – Share the idea with your company’s CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) or employee engagement team as a potential initiative to support charitable organizations.

·  Promote RedLadder at local events – Hand out flyers or mention RedLadder during community fundraisers, festivals, or charity events.

·  Write a blog or article about RedLadder – Share a story about how it works for you, why you find it innovative, and how your friends, family, and coworkers got involved. Share photos, videos, or stories on social media about your own trade ladder journey to inspire others.

·  Collaborate with local businesses – Encourage shops or cafes to share RedLadder with their customers or donate items to create new trade ladders.

·  Reach out to influencers or media outlets – Ask them to spotlight RedLadder as an innovative way to support charitable organizations, and make a difference.

·  Support an existing trade ladder – Find a ladder benefiting your favorite cause and help it grow by trading for its items.

·  Advocate for RedLadder in your personal networks – Mention it in conversations, text groups, or online forums to get more people interested and involved.

Joel Ackerman

Joel Ackerman is the founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit C.A.S.E.S Institute, and its RedLadder program.  The Institute’s mission is to enable change and resiliency, providing innovative technology tools and services to assist people, organizations, and communities to adapt - and thrive - in normal and emergent situations.  Additionally, he is the founder and CEO of CommunO2 (“Community Oxygen”), a provider of creative, integrated technologies and services for “Thriving in Place”.  Joel is a recognized leader in information technology and innovation, focusing during the last 30 years specifically in health information technology.

Joel was the International CIO and Director of Advanced Technologies at UnitedHealth Group where he created and directed the predecessor to today’s Innovation Lab.  He was also the Founder and Executive Director of the Rx2000 Institute, EVP and CIO of Vivius, CEO of River Systems, and Principal Management Scientist of Honeywell, Inc.  Joel has been a management consultant to leading payer, provider, and senior living/care organizations, has founded several companies, and he led the development of national healthcare data standards. He served for 6 years as a director of the non-profit organization CaringBridge, for 6 years on the Board of Directors of DARTS, and now serves on the Board of Senior Community Services. 

Joel holds a B.A. in Computer Science and an MBA in Management Information Systems from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Business. He has completed the coursework for a PhD in Health Informatics at the University of Minnesota, focusing on Home Telecare.

Joel is passionate about driving technical and business innovation to improve philanthropy, healthcare, and aging – for all of us who are aging every day!