Recently Grove had the pleasure of being introduced to The John Andrew Mazie Memorial Foundation. The foundation, in memory of its namesake John Mazie, is a grassroots non-profit that helps local at-risk high school students realize their full potential through their mentoring program. The program, which originated in Framingham High School and has recently expanded to Waltham High School, partners students with hand-selected volunteer mentors who help them set and achieve academic and life goals. Though  the program is outstanding and reading the student’s testimonials will tug at anyone’s heart strings,  the foundation’s web site needed some help of its own  to realize its full potential, and Grove was excited and privileged  to help out.

We  designed and developed a robust new site built on the WordPress platform, making on-going site maintenance a breeze. We also leveraged third-party tools including Flickr and Goodsearch helping to extend the reach of the foundation. Most importantly, the foundation is fully funded by the generous donations of the local community so it was crucial that the new site be equipped to accept donations online, for which we leveraged PayPal. Incredibly easy to use (and easy to implement on site from a programming perspective), PayPal is the clear front runner in a sea of third party online payment tools – it even flexes its good karma muscle by offering a special low rate for non-profits. And you don’t even need a PayPal account to donate. How easy is that?

Click here to check out the new site, and don’t be afraid to flex your good karma muscle for this great cause.