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In case some snow falls out of your inbox when you read this, you can blame politics and the weather. It seems that the weather decided to raise the ante on the US government shutdown today, blanketing the city with snow and by doing so, forcing the government to completely close in the capital city today.

May our friends further north not laugh too hard at our few inches of snow on the ground.

I held off downhill skiing 20th St NW during this storm (it may have happened in the past), and instead braved it into the office to report on all the goodness our community has shared this week. Also, a nearby coffee shop was giving away free coffee. But really, it was all about my commitment to the community. Here's your latest batch of Salesforce knowledge

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Great Posts from the Salesforce Power of Us Hub

1. Nonprofit Success Pack v3.146 released to sandboxes (Batch Gift Entry)
   David Glick (Salesforce.org)

   Friends, it's time to grab those stacks of donation checks. Batch Gift Entry is here! I normally don't cover sandbox releases, but gosh darn it, this is a big deal. Get in to your sandboxes and get testing.

2. Introducing Batch Gift Entry - live in sandboxes today
   Lizzy Roberts (Salesforce.org)

   Wait, did you hear about the new Batch Gift Entry feature?

3. Can my donor have more than one current level?
   Janet Redwine (Young Americans Center for Financial Education)

   If your organization looks at your supporters as multi-dimensional humans that have lots to share with your community, have I got good news for you.

4. Best practices for employee matched donations?
   Jim Milne (Community Cycling Center)

   When there's three different parties included in one donation, what's the easiest way to record this in Salesforce?

5. Splitting a donation to multiple tributes recipients
   Mary Pustejovsky (Salesforce.org)

   Help shape a new feature! Salesforce.org is looking for a few good fundraising volunteers to share their story of tribute gifts in honor of multiple people.

6. Automation that determines if an account has made a donation X out of the last Y years?
   Paul Keogan (BackOffice Thinking)

   Let me just get out of the way of the punchline and get you to the formula you're looking for as fast as possible.

7. How do you use stages to identify donations you don't get?
   Rachel Leibold (Moishe House)

   Just when you think the payment for that juicy pledge is coming in, it doesn't. Ever. Darn. How do you track this clearly?

8. Find exactly the transactions you're looking for quickly and easily in the Soapbox Engage Donations app
   Tim Forbes (Soapbox Engage)

   When our team is building some awesome stuff for fundraising using Salesforce, I can't help but brag about it.

Great Events for the Salesforce Nonprofit Community

1. LATAM Office Hours - January 16 @ 11am MEX
   Mariana Mazzeo (Tribo)

   ¡Respuestas a todos sus preguntas!

2. HUB Office Hours - January 25 @ 12pm ET
   Caroline Renard (Technology Interpreter for Arts Groups)

   Get ready for an action packed session discussing reports and dashboards.

Great Ideas for Nonprofits Using Salesforce

1. Batch Gift Entry and KELL Fund Allocations Donation Primary Fund
   Judy Otto (Southwest Initiative Foundation)

   The Batch Gift Entry tool is already such a hit, there's already a great new idea that could make it even more beneficial to organizations tracking fund IDs or source codes.