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Client Spotlight: National Pediatric Cancer Foundation

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In 2012, President Barack Obama named September National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month to raise awareness of pediatric cancer. Pediatric cancer is the leading cause of death by disease for children. are expected to be diagnosed with cancer. Approximately 1 in 285 children in the U.S. Get Involved.

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11 Creative Charity Fundraising Event Ideas

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Since 2012, thousands of nonprofits have run campaigns on CauseVox ’s fundraising platform. A group of generous donors did just that for the Testicular Cancer Foundation, matching $125,000. SOS Children’s Villages Illinois typically hold a holiday toy drive to provide gifts for the children in their villages.

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Lives are Changed when #bigkidsgive and how you can rock #GivingTuesday Next Year

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in 2012 to $142.05 Camp Kesem empowers college students across the United States to create a free, life-changing one-week summer camp experience for children affected by a parent’s cancer. Using the hashtag #bigkidsgive, they built social buzz around the fun camp experience given to children affected by a parent’s cancer.

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Future of Social: Gen Z

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I think Adora Svitak, a 16 year-old education activist, whose 2012 Ted Talk, “ What Adults Can Learn from Kids , has almost 4 million views said it best when describing the impact that these “kids” will have and why we should pay attention to them: “New generations grow and develop and become better than the previous ones.

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3 Nonprofits Aim to Better Connect with Donors

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” Christine Bork, Chicago-based chief development and communications officer for CureSearch for Children’s Cancer in Bethesda, Md. CureSearch for Cancer Research. ” After exceeding its $90 million goal by its deadline on May 31, 2012, the campaign added a “Go the Extra Mile” segment that ended Dec.

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P2P Fundraising: Expanding Beyond the Fundraising Event

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According to the 2017 RWR 30 released in March, revenue from the top Run, Walk and Cycling events are down 8% since 2012. Just think of all the different organizations raising money to end cancer… you see my point. for pediatric cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. There are 1.8M

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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As CEO Brad Damphousse explained to TechCrunch in 2012, the company’s growth was “due to the maturation of payment processing — allowing individual users to accept credit card payments — as well as social platforms like Facebook, which tie campaigns to identity and link them to people users know.”. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2012.