A History of a Charity in Twenty Objects - #16
#16. The Bulletin Board of Happy Things (2011) Whenever entrepreneurs ask us for start-up advice, our immediate response is, “Make yourself a Bulletin Board of Happy Things.” The Bulletin Board of Happy Things was, of course, Piera’s idea. After hanging a few bulletin boards in our office, which immediately gave homes to courier logs, calendars, postage rates, project timelines & deliverables, she decided that we also needed one that would be filled with inspiration. That Piera, she’s a genius. What goes on the Bulletin Board of Happy Things , you ask? Quite simply, anything that makes us smile! Cartoon portraits of our volunteers and supporters. A coffee loyalty card, filled with stamps. Letters from children. They’re our favourite, those lovely little notes and drawings, usually written in pencil, but sometimes in a glitter pen. And sometimes with stickers! An email from a lady in Australia whose 5-year-old loved our Economy Book so much, he took it with him everywhe