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Why I Love @Canva for Nonprofits and Why You Should Too

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you know my work, you know I have a strong connection to Cambodia because I adopted two beautiful children from the country who are now teenagers. In 2007, I was the first person to use Twitter to fundraise so I could attend and help sponsor the first Cambodia Bloggers Conference.

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An Interview with Jessica Rauch about The Generation Project: Passionate about Teaching Young People

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Since I was a first year college student at UC Berkeley, I have been working with students and schools in low-income communities and have grown increasingly aware of how educational disparities keep children from reaching their potential. I taught in the Bronx for two years through Teach For America while working toward my M.A.

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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

Classy

Shriners Hospital for Children. Teach For America. Founded Parks and Records in 2007, a purpose-driven independent record label . Susan Asiyabi.

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#OceanLoveEarl: RIP Earl Kanter, MD – 12/23/21 – 6/23/13

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This honed his appetite for frolicking in the hurricane swells that sweep the ocean in late summer. He introduced surfing to the Jersey Shore in the 1960′s – He was an early adopter, teaching himself how to surf and owned the first Greg Noll surfboard. He loved my Mom, his four children, and 7 grandchildren dearly.

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Ten Things Nonprofits May Not Know About MySpace [But I Wish They Did]

Nonprofit Tech for Good

To Write Love on Her Arms and Invisible Children are two of the most well-known nonprofits that came out of MySpace. You don’t hear about it much anymore, but in 2007 there were many stories of how MySpace was helping bridge the digital divide because low-income youth were logging in and teaching themselves HTML code.

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Giving When You're Unemployed: It Could Make You Happier and Wealthier

Have Fun - Do Good

A September 2007 Ode magazine article, Giving Makes Us Happy , describes a 60-year study by Paul Wink of Wellesley College that followed the lives of about 200 people. Arthur Brooks' September 2007 article in the Journal of Economics and Finance , Does Giving Makes Us Prosperous ?, What's one answer to the unemployment blues?

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Support for our fallen is down. I’m not driving a semi, but I’m joining the parade.

Connection Cafe

And at 12 noon, veteran cemeteries across the country and over seas will adorn soldiers’ graves with wreaths in an effort to remember, honor, and teach. In 2007, the nonprofit was founded with a mission to remember fallen heroes, honor those who serve, and teach children about the sacrifices made by veterans and their families.