--- title: "Membership Hack: Mother’s Day Good Deed" id: "46595" type: "post" slug: "membership-hack-mothers-day-good-deed" published_at: "2019-05-10T21:21:04+00:00" modified_at: "2019-05-10T21:21:04+00:00" url: "https://associationsnow.com/2019/05/10/membership-hack-mothers-day-good-deed/" markdown_url: "https://associationsnow.com/2019/05/10/membership-hack-mothers-day-good-deed.md" excerpt: "The National Peace Corps Association encourages its members to buy gifts for Mom online. Each purchase is a chance to give back and do some good." taxonomy_category: - "Fundraising" taxonomy_post_tag: - "AssociationsNow" - "donation" - "Fundraising" - "Membership" - "partnerships" taxonomy_content_format: - "Article" taxonomy_role: - "Association CEO / Executive Director" - "Director" - "Manager" taxonomy_persona: - "Association Professionals" --- [Home](https://associationsnow.com/) » [Articles](https://associationsnow.com/format/article/) » Membership Hack: Mother’s Day Good Deed **How to hack it?** Before Mother’s Day (and many other holidays), your members most likely do some online shopping. And there’s a good chance they do some of it on Amazon.com. This year, to celebrate Mother’s Day, the National Peace Corps Association signed up for the [AmazonSmile program (opens in a new tab)](https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201365340) , a partnership that any association with a 501(c)(3) charitable organization can [enroll in for free (opens in a new tab)](https://org.amazon.com/) . Registered partners connect members to Amazon using a referral link. Then, when members click “buy,” a small portion of the proceeds (0.5 percent) is donated to the association’s charitable arm. “It is just another way for us to promote NPCA and receive donations,” says Digital Content Manager Ana Victoria Cruz. “We spread the word mainly on social media and our e-newsletter.” https://twitter.com/pcorpsconnect/status/1126119231169363970 **Why does it work?** The AmazonSmile partnership is an easy way to collect small donations during peak holiday shopping periods. Because NPCA’s members serve in the Peace Corps around the globe and the association has affiliate and alumni groups worldwide, it’s likely that many members will shop via Amazon. “ **What’s the bonus?** NCPA also promotes [its own online gift shop (opens in a new tab)](https://store.peacecorpsconnect.org/) , where 100 percent of the revenue generated supports the Peace Corps and its related activities and programs. In its [Full Circle Gifts program (opens in a new tab)](https://store.peacecorpsconnect.org/collections/full-circle-gifts) , sales of artisan products produced by local communities in active Peace Corps countries help to alleviate poverty. (fcafotodigital/iStock/Getty Images Plus) [Tim Ebner](https://associationsnow.com/author/tim-ebner/) Tim Ebner is communications director and press secretary at the American Forest & Paper Association in Washington, DC. He is a member of ASAE’s Communication Professionals Advisory Council and a former Associations Now senior editor. [More articles by this author](https://associationsnow.com/author/tim-ebner/) Tags: [#donation](https://associationsnow.com/tag/donation/) [#Fundraising](https://associationsnow.com/tag/fundraising/) [#Membership](https://associationsnow.com/tag/membership/) [#partnerships](https://associationsnow.com/tag/partnerships/) **Stay Informed** [Subscribe to our free newsletter](https://associationsnow.com/newsletter/) , *Associations Now Daily News*, to find out what’s happening in the association world every business day. ## You Might Like - [Video2025 Summit Award Recipient: Building Owners and Managers Association of Greater Los AngelesOctober 3, 2025](https://associationsnow.com/2025/10/03/2025-summit-award-recipient-building-owners-and-managers-association-of-greater-los-angeles/) - [VideoWhy Give to the ASAE Research FoundationDecember 2, 2019](https://associationsnow.com/2019/12/02/why-give-to-the-asae-research-foundation/) - [VideoJeff De Cagna ASAE Research Foundation Giving Tuesday ChallengeNovember 26, 2019](https://associationsnow.com/2019/11/26/jeff-de-cagna-asae-research-foundation-giving-tuesday-challenge/) - [Video2025 Summit Award Recipient: Florida Association of Free and Charitable ClinicsOctober 3, 2025](https://associationsnow.com/2025/10/03/2025-summit-award-recipient-florida-association-of-free-and-charitable-clinics/) ## Comments **Comments are for ASAE members.** [Learn more about comments on this site.](https://associationsnow.com/comments/) [Log in](https://associationsnow.com/login?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fassociationsnow.com%2F2019%2F05%2F10%2Fmembership-hack-mothers-day-good-deed%2F%23comments) to your member account or [join ASAE](https://my.asaecenter.org/select-a-membership-type/) !