https://alwaysbeforward.com Forward Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:22:21 +0000 https://alwaysbeforward.com en https://alwaysbeforward.com/Holiday-Giving-2025 Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:22:21 +0000 Forward https://alwaysbeforward.com/Holiday-Giving-2025 <img width="836" height="188" width_o="836" height_o="188" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/309d2210269f296508d3e0850b02de805664628ac97593a1aa58d5ba2328ef3a/happy_holidays.png" data-mid="241563308" border="0" data-scale="61" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/836/i/309d2210269f296508d3e0850b02de805664628ac97593a1aa58d5ba2328ef3a/happy_holidays.png" /> &nbsp; <img width="2298" height="1532" width_o="2298" height_o="1532" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/465d692cdcaa1359f067139db4ef5c5c9304538b1e22aa358a9736b978fe5dc3/FWD_9_18_2025_126.jpg" data-mid="241563495" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/465d692cdcaa1359f067139db4ef5c5c9304538b1e22aa358a9736b978fe5dc3/FWD_9_18_2025_126.jpg" /> We can’t thank you enough for your incredible partnership over the course of 2025. Rather than send physical items or gifts, we have an annual tradition of making donations in every client’s honor, as a token of our appreciation. We’ve selected five organizations that we feel are supporting especially important and urgent causes right now. If you’d kindly scroll down to the survey below, you can select which of these organizations speaks the most to you. Once you do, we’ll add $100 to an end-of-year “friends and family of Forward” donation to this organization. We’re excited for 2026, and hope you have a safe and restful holiday in the meantime. All our best,The Forward team Please make your selection of one of the below organizations, and we’ll add $100 into an end of year “friends and family of Forward” donation. 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