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Connecting Homeless Youth and Shelter Animals: 20-Year-Old Rachel Cohen, Hand2Paw

Have Fun - Do Good

Hand2Paw's mission is to connect homeless teens and shelter animals in a mutually beneficial way. They provide homeless teens with professional skills training and therapeutic experiences. ." - Rachel Cohen Twenty-year-old Rachel Cohen is the Founder and Executive Director of Hand2Paw.

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Jen Louden, Savor and Serve: How I Have Fun, Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

Since finding cool things to do with your teens can be a challenge (at least for me), consider guerilla art love as your next Savor and Serve project! What was truly cool was how long some of the messages lasted - in some cases, weeks!

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New Media in the Everyday Lives of Youth

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

At the Minnesota Nonprofits and Technology Conference , someone from the audience asked me about good resources for parents (and teens) about Web2.0 I'm doing a bit of research on this topic for BlogHer for Earth Day that will encourage community members to create "green themed" videos with their kids.

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Submit Your Children of the Recession Story to Katie Couric

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Yesterday I represented BlogHer on a conference call with bloggers from the Silicon Valley Moms Blog, and Katie Couric. So far, they've reported on Safe Families for Children in Need , Teens Bring Economic Stress to School , and How to Address Your Kids' Recession Fears.

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What color is the social web?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of my Twitter followers, @persistance pointed me to Shireen Mitchell (aka @digitalsista ) who is moderating a session at BlogHer, DC about online community building for political action. Pew Study on Social Media and Teens: (See page 33). it just doesn't depend on them, bloggers say. Photo by MckaySavage.

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Meet Cynthia Derosier who Surfs for Good Causes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

  In partnership with Girls Court and The Surfrider Foundation's O'ahu Chapter , Derosier started The Spirit Sessions, a six-week program aimed to help at-risk teens redirect their lives in a positive way through surfing and other ocean-related activities. Cross posted at BlogHer.   Pretty powerful stuff!

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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. Holy Meatballs is Global Kids project blog - I've pointed to the posts by teens. Even though I'm more like twenty-something times 2.5, Why did I go? So, having this opportunity listen was very valuable.

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