Giving feels good. Consider this, from Katya's Nonprofit Marketing Blog: Dopamine and donating: A biology lesson. Donating is in a small category of activities that we like a lot:
Certain activities trigger dopamine, making us feel good. We feel pleasure when we eat, drink and reproduce. Also when we do drugs, gamble, learn, exercise and ... yes, give to charity.
If you're afraid your work is taking something away from donors, think again. You're providing a guilt-free pleasure. Dopamine plus change the world!
We get complaints all the time from people who don't like something or other about our fundraising. Sometimes we forget all the good stuff that's quietly happening in donors' lives.