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11 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits and Make the World A Better Place :: 2011 Edition

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As a group or as an individual, CARE Packages can help send girls in Afghanistan to school for a year, or help expectant mothers in Peru safely deliver. CARE Packages: CARE has a very unique holiday gift program that allows you to compile care packages to send to women entrepreneurs and girls worldwide. Although Concern is based in the U.K.,

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50 Nonprofits Every U.S. Politican Should Follow on Twitter

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Coalition for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans :: @ CIAV. Education Week :: @ EducationWeek. Feeding America :: @ FeedingAmerica. Coalition to Stop Gun Violence :: @ CSGV. Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA) :: @NationalCASA. Crisis Group :: @ CrisisGroup. DoSomething.org :: @ DoSomething.

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Equitable and Inclusive Messaging: Retaining Donors in a New Age of Storytelling

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5 ways to ensure your storytelling meets these criteria: Feeding America has done a great job guiding its network of food banks to move toward ethical storytelling and strength-based messaging in responsible and compelling ways. Example: Sam came home from Afghanistan with PTSD that threatened his family, his job, and even his life.

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Can love change the world? I hope so!

Amy Sample Ward

If we focus our work on feeding the hungry, for example, do we actually create a system in which we rely on people needing our services? Koseli, which means “gift&# , provides education, food and tender loving care for over 75 young students, and, in the evenings, hosts an adult education program for local women.

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Are you celebrating Giving Tuesday? These NTEN Members are!

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Academy of Hope Adaptive Sports Partners of the North Country American Brain Tumor Association American Cancer Society American Childhood Cancer Organization American Heart Association American Jewish World Service American Liver Foundation American Lung Association American Red Cross AmeriCares Animal Humane Society Apple Tree Arts Arcus Foundation (..)

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Mother's Day Donation Ideas

Have Fun - Do Good

Room to Read's Girls' Education program. During the month of May, all donations made to the Girls' Education program will be matched (up to $100,000) by an anonymous donor. * World Food Programme to help a mother feed her child. Please feel free to add more do-good Mother's Day gift ideas in the comments.

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Guest post by Brian Reich: GamesThatGive - You Play. We Donate. Charities Win.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2007, the popular Free Rice online game used quiz-style vocabulary building game that rewarded correct answers with ten grains per bowl to feed hungry children. Feeding America. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Association. Note from Beth: I've been tracking the games for change space for a few years, although not very deeply.

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