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How #GivingTuesday Can Help Your Nonprofit Reach PhilanthroKids or Generation Z Donors

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve been a huge fan of GivingTuesday since I first heard about it back in September, 2012 during a conference at Stanford. With this resource, GivingTuesday is helping nonprofits experiment with a donor segment that is rip for cultivation by nonprofits — ” Gen Z.” The Giving 2.0 What does it look like?

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Raise Your Hand for Girls on October 11, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The “ Because I’m A Girl Campaign ” was to draw the world’s attention to educating girls worldwide by getting supporters to “raise their hands” on October 11th. Making it through both primary and secondary education is critical to girls being able to help break the cycle of poverty.

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Gen Z Is Ready to Join Your Junior Board of Directors

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According to USAFacts.org, Gen Z is the generation born in the 15-year span from 1997 to 2012. The low-hanging fruit segment for this are individuals who served on their university’s student government. Today, chapters nationwide provide care packages to more than 300 hospitalized children every day. “My

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Feeding a Need: New App Helps Youth Find Free Summer Meals

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Millions of low-income students rely on free or low-cost school meals. And there's a new free mobile app called Range that helps libraries, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and others working with youth locate those free meal sites this summer. households with children under 18 experienced food insecurity that year.

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3rd Annual EveryAction Nonprofit Halloween Costume Parade

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Launched in 2012 by music legend Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, the Born This Way Foundation develops programs that support its mission to connect young people in safe ways and empowering them with the skills and opportunities that will inspire them to create a kinder and braver world. Children's Literacy Initiative.

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September Cause Awareness: National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

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It was updated in 2012, and the Office of the U.S. Read books about mental illness and research risk factors and warning signs so you can better recognize when someone is in crisis and may need help. Raise awareness Using social media to share about NSPAM is a great way to observe the month and spread awareness of suicide prevention.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

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In what is known as the “ braille provision ,” the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 mandates that the teams who help write educational plans for students with disabilities presume that all blind and visually impaired children should be taught Braille unless it is determined to be inappropriate.

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