First Tuesday adds a new tool
A volunteer group discovers nonprofits sometimes need brains more than brawn.
First Tuesday has spent years showing up with paintbrushes and work gloves. On May 5, it showed up with a whiteboard.
Kevin Burke of Beyond Business and Stuart Gilly gathered a group of seasoned business and operational leaders—Jay Dixon, Kristen Voitier, Cherie Hebert, Holly Normand, Kodi Wilson, Tayler Morgan, Brooke Laney O'Neil, Frank Kerner and Alexandra Aitken—to sit down with Front Yard Bikes founder Dustin LaFont and help design a relocation strategy for the nonprofit's return to its building later this month. What came out was a detailed operational move plan: logistics coordination, workstreams, volunteer deployment structure and execution timelines.
Sometimes nonprofits don't need labor. They need experienced operators helping them think through complexity. Gilly says May 5 was proof that First Tuesday can be something more—nonprofits that have built trust with the organization are starting to bring bigger, harder problems to the table.
"This is just another way for us to be more intentional—to find deeper, more meaningful ways to serve people that doesn't just look like the normal volunteer way," Gilly says.
Front Yard Bikes moves back into its building May 26–28. Want to help? Email volunteercoordinator@frontyardbikes.com.
