2023 Fundraisers
Supporting Philosophy in the Community



Greater Helena Gives 2023
A Community Giving DayGreater Helena Gives 2023
Please show us your love by supporting philosophy in the community on GHG day!
Greater Helena Gives 2023
Greater Helena Gives is a great way to show your support for local non-profits. Greater Helena Gives will take place in May 2023 on a TBD date.
- You can make a donation online here on Greater Helena Gives Day.
- You can also make a contribution via check to Merlin CCC (Mailing address — PO Box 2034, Helena MT 59624) or on our website.
- You can pledge to give on the Greater Helena Gives website in a creative way by selecting/entering a donation amount (whatever you’re able to do on May TBD 2023), and then choose the frequency of your donation (e.g., every two weeks, once a month, etc.) and a period of time (for 6 months, 1 year, etc.) or until a specific amount has been reached. This way, you can set the parameters for your donation on a scale that meets your current situation and aims.
- Alternatively, you can pledge to give on the Merlin CCC website in a similar fashion by becoming a sustaining donor.
Funds raised support philosophy in the community.
Community Hubs 2023
Re-Centering Community as a Place of LearningA Fundraising Campaign
for a Uniquely Innovative Project
Food for Thought 2023
Philosophy & Technology: At the CrossroadsFood for Thought 2023
This is a limited capacity fundraiser event with dinner, beverages, entertainment & facilitated discussions with guest scholars. Funds raised support philosophy in the community.
Food for Thought 2023
Our “Food for Thought” fundraiser is a limited capacity event with dinner and beverages, entertainment & thought-provoking table talks led by guest scholars.
Join us in 2023 at the Carroll College where you’ll enjoy a fun night of “thinky” mingling, inspiring conversations with inspiring people, a catered meal & beverages, and entertainment.
Our 2023 theme is “Technology & Philosophy: At the Crossroads“ The intellectual terrain is vast & we’re about to go on a ride!
WHAT: Table Talk Fundraiser for Philosophy
TOPIC: Technology & Philosophy
WHEN: Saturday, August 12th (5pm-10pm)
WHERE: Carroll College (Helena, MT)
TICKETS: $150**Music by Ken Nelson & Friends & Special Opening Theater Performance written by Ross P. Nelson. Facilitators & Topics below.**
Hosted by Carroll College on behalf of John & Victoria Cech.

What Your Donations Help to Support
Your tax-deductible contributions/pledges help to support our philosophy in the community programs. Our programs are free to the public and support critical, creative thinking, the exchange of ideas, and the application of philosophy to everyday life. More broadly, they are opportunities for people of all backgrounds and ages (from children to elders) to gather, to learn from and with one another, and to uniquely cultivate their personal and civic selves. By investing in philosophy, you are investing in community.
Proceeds Support
Investing in Philosophy by Investing in Community
We’re a Helena-based non-profit organization dedicated to enriching lives and strengthening the community and environment through philosophy. Our programs are free to the public and support critical, creative thinking, the exchange of ideas, and the application of philosophy to everyday life. More broadly, they are opportunities for people of all backgrounds and ages (from children to elders) to gather, to learn from and with one another, and to uniquely cultivate their personal and civic selves.
Proceeds from our fundraisers support philosophy in the community and help us provide a broad-spectrum of unique, fun & accessible opportunities and activities for the Helena and surrounding communities that:
- spark and encourage the exchange of ideas & the fun of doing philosophy
- promote critical, creative thought & reflection
- cultivate “philosophical sensitivity”
- develop our personal & civic selves
- nurture and contribute to a sense of imagination and wonder
- reconnect people with nature by way of doing philosophy in inspiring places
- facilitate the application of philosophy to everyday life
- inspire leadership & meaningful action, and
- build, foster & strengthen the community and environment
Past Fundraisers