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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My kids have posed for photos in t-shirts , emptied their piggy banks , helped me make fundraising videos , contributed clothing or other items to drives at school, and have attended lots of fund raising events. My kids have become more and more interested in playing video games. Parenting Tips To Encourage Your Child's Philanthropy 1.

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TechSoup joins the #ALSIceBucketChallenge

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Please visit the site to view this video). In addition, instead of ceasing the movement, the call to action of donating has been extended to other charities as well. Note: TechSoup Global is donating to the ALA Association as well. Even the staunchest critic can't argue against those hard numbers.

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Encouraging Philanthropy at a Young Age: Teaching Your Kids To Give To Causes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My kids have posed for photos in t-shirts , emptied their piggy banks , helped me make fundraising videos , contributed clothing or other items to drives at school, and have attended lots of fund raising events. "My parents encouraged us to donate 10% of our weekly allowance to charity. 25 to spend on charity.

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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

January 2008 As the first place winner in the America's Giving Challenge for Global Causes, I use several twitter strategies. His Tweet-a-thon raised over $5,000 for his charity on Twitter. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle.

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My Facebook Birthday Cause: Thank You (and Some Unsolicited Feedback To Causes)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Whether you want to raise money for clean water in Ethiopia, vaccinations for children in Haiti, or a safe home for a puppy in Mississipi, with a Birthday Cause your friends can give in honor of your special day. There was link to the Charity for more information, but it made wonder how they are selecting these recommendations.

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Amanda Rose, Twestival Leader, Reflects on Twestival

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This world-wide fundraiser, with a $1 million fundraising goal, brought together the Twitter community for an evening of fun and to raise money and awareness for charity: water. I felt responsibility for the charity's brand and overall protection of the volunteers so they could focus on what was important."