Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

And we don’t need to do it for some of our children, but for all of them. Our competitiveness as a nation allows us to bring in people to the knowledge economy. What inititiaves are availabiel for funding? And we do see independent and small groups winning those funds. Individuals needs to have real opportunity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Since I was a first year college student at UC Berkeley, I have been working with students and schools in low-income communities and have grown increasingly aware of how educational disparities keep children from reaching their potential. It is for the good of the individual and the nation that we must solve the achievement gap.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

No matter your position or place in life, it is imperative to create opportunities for children, so that we can grow up to blow you away.”. Isadora Faber, 14-year-old Brazilian student who launched an online Classroom Diary on Facebook to discuss problems in her school, such as broken desks and bathrooms without toilet seats.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

An additional $59 billion a year in funding is needed to meet the United Nations’ goal of quality education for every child by 2030, a report from Theirworld finds. billion children, including 767 million girls, out of school, putting them at greater risk of sexual exploitation, child marriage, and domestic abuse.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

And we don't need to do it for some of our children, but for all of them. Our competitiveness as a nation allows us to bring in people to the knowledge economy. What initiatives are available for funding? And we do see independent and small groups winning those funds. Individuals need to have real opportunity.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 5, 2009

For the last several years, Symphony Nova Scotia has been changing children’s lives with music. Through its Education and Community Outreach programs, the Symphony helps bring music into the lives of over 14,000 school children each year - students who may not otherwise have access to a symphony.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

No matter your position or place in life, it is imperative to create opportunities for children, so that we can grow up to blow you away.”. Isadora Faber, a 14-year-old Brazilian student, launched an online Classroom Diary on Facebook to discuss problems in her school, such as broken desks and bathrooms without toilet seats.

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Social Nigeria Student Cancer 28

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

He could no longer keep up with his peers in the classroom. In particular, electronic books (or e-books) offer the possibility of dramatically improving access for students with disabilities – and for disadvantaged children everywhere. The good news is that major changes in technology are reforming education.

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 27, 2021

Teach For America (TFA) is an education nonprofit operating in support of a vision that one day all children in the United States will have the opportunity to attain an equitable and excellent education. Success Story: Hispanic Scholarship Fund: From Luminate CRM to Nonprofit Success Pack. Francis College + Salesforce Marketing Cloud.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

If you all don’t know Marie, she is the lead consultant over at Funding for Good. If you don’t know Funding for Good, their principal, Mandy Pearce, has been on our webinar series many, many times over the last few years, recommended Marie as her top expert. You may be saying, “What do donors want to fund?”

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 28, 2021

Teach For America (TFA) has been in business for over 31 years with the mission to find, develop, and support a diverse network of leaders who expand opportunities for children from classrooms, schools, and any sector that shapes the broader systems in which schools operate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

In 2006, Sarah Bunting, who writes the blog Tomato Nation , a culture and humor blog, offered to shave her head if her blog readers donated to DonorsChoose.org , a site that allows donors to purchase school supplies for needy classrooms. Ed Schipul grew a mustache for charity to raise money for a children's hospital.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 13, 2009

Every week I get to go in and read with the same two children for a half an hour each in the school library. Also, expect the unexpected: substitute teachers, sick children, field trips, special assemblies, and half days can all change the way you thought your day as a volunteer was going to go at a moment's notice. Be flexible.

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