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Need Your Help for a BlogHer Post: Kids and Philanthropy

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I'm working on what has become my annual holiday post at BlogHer on the topic: Helping kids understand why it is better to give than to receive. I have many examples from my own children and those of Sharing Foundation stakeholders - many who are adoptive parents and have encouraged their children to give back to Cambodia.

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Nonprofit Calendars for 2010

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According to the article, the Zoo Boise has a Poop of the Month calendar that features different species and their feces. What are other fabulous calendars produced by nonprofits that should be added to the list? Cross-posted from BlogHer.com.

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

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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 ?, Cross-posted from BlogHer.

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Why is this Cambodian Orphan Wearing A Creative Commons T-Shirt?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

To learn more about the Sharing Foundation, see this article ) I've been reaching out to all my networks. Nast who writes a placeblog called BlogWindsor and Femilicious at BlogHer this summer. The orphanage represents a new standard of hygiene, medical services, nutrition, and compassionate care for children in Cambodia.

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Spamming for Good is the Wrong Description of What Dr. Mani, Roger Carr, Jen Lemens, and Other Good Personal Fundraisers Really Do!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mani, who was a master of personal fundraising with his CHD Awareness Day and who also helped with the America's Giving Challenge, was featured in a 2006 FAST COMPANY magazine report about his work online helping children with congenital heart defects. The article was titled: ???Dr.Mani Dr.Mani - Spamming for Good???

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Meet Danielle Brigida: Ranger Rick's AlterEgo on Facebook

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nonprofits online activists organized a protest on Facebook to encourage Facebook to bring back our hero, who has been the organization's spokesperson to encourage Americans to protect wildlife for our children's future. Beth Kanter, BlogHer CE for Social Change and NGOS, writes Beth's Blog. they are severely limiting their options.

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Where are the twenty-something or GEN-Y Bloggers Who Are Writing About Social Change and Nonprofits?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference. My research also found some excellent how-to blog posts about reaching out to Gen-Ys as potential donors and more general articles. " Learning to Give goal is to educate children about the independent sector and philanthropy. Why did I go?

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