Sitestart . Org

I’ve got a nonprofit org now!

A little Backstory...

I've been a breadwinner for a while, and I always thought that my extra money, even subconsciously, will always go to my family overseas (a very typical OFW story). My husband and I used to joke around imaginary interviews with questions like "so, you won the lottery, where will you put all those extra money?", and I would answer, well that's easy - It's the Saulon Foundation!

One time while driving back home, I fantasized about making the Saulon Foundation a reality. You know, maybe put a mark in the society. If I truly win the lottery, what will be my advocacy. At an instant, I thought that it will definitely be Education. Growing up from a 3rd world country, I always believed that Education is the answer to poverty. Something like that.

I made the design and the layouts, the logo, even went as far as purchasing domains and a website that will be the face of my imaginary charity foundation.

But then reality also punched me in the face, how am I gonna fund my free classrooms, books and high paying teachers? At this time, that is too much for me. I thought that the beautiful website that I would develop will just be parked there for a very long time. And then that's where the EUREKA moment came about.

Websites for All

I thought, why not provide a free website to someone or some organization who have the means to do things? Or, why not help out a small business who needs an online presence?

There are plenty ways now to build a website. You can do it in minutes, and AI can even do it for you. If this is your thing, knock yourself out! My audience is targeted to those who don't have access nor patience to all these technology - I'm your gal!

And besides, my yearly spending includes these types of stuff anyway. I buy domains and hostings for fun, why not put them into something more useful.

I know I know there are many problems in the world and focus on this?!? Ktnxbye! Oh well seriously, I don't know why I have to justify this.. but I'm focusing on what I can do. Have a tiny little impact to the community, do something good, without being pretentious about it. Since I said something about Fun, I enjoy designing and setting up these things. It brings me joy!

Eventually as part of my little fantasy - when this scales up and I may need a team, I would also love to mentor folks again in a non-corporate kind of setting. But that's for another time.

Sitestart Foundation

I have to launch this and get the word out. And for some reason, I became uncomfortable spreading it out with my name on it. I need something I can shamelessly plug everywhere without "exposing" myself. So I had to drop the Saulon name and switched to Sitestart. This is the perfect thing where I don't have to show my face nor my name somewhere. And this is one of those where it shouldn't be an abstract concept. It has to remind you of the cause when you first hear it. (And thank you ChatGPT!)

Up Next

So here we are, my first nonprofit org. It's both exciting and nerve-wracking. Of course there are a lot of unknowns as with any other projects. Is this really useful? Will I lose more money? What if the fun is just at the beginning? Will it truly bring me joy?

But as the fictitious version of Jack Trotter said, I can't wait to find our for myself!