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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” She said she wanted to give money to an organization that helped homeless families. I introduced her to my colleague, Mark Horvath’s organization, Invisible People , and we donated. Offer a Match: Blogger Marion Conway ,whose children are now grown, recommended the book Raising Charitable Children by Carol Wiseman.

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Announcing Our First Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Addressing Food Insecurity in the U.S.

Saleforce Nonprofit

For example, our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. Lead Associate, Food Security, Save the Children. Currently, she is the Food Security Lead Associate for Save the Children in Arkansas.

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Nail Your Request for Donations During Economic Ups, Downs, and Crisis Times

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Using heartstring words like “homeless,” “abandoned,” “deserving,” “malnourished,” “unjust,” “innocent,” etc., Doesn’t “deserving homeless veterans” tug at your heart more than just “veterans”? A small donation today can keep our neighbors from putting children to bed hungry. Connect/ Discuss/ Educate. Use ADJECTIVES!

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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

Impact Labs convenes community experts, or fellows, across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas, including homelessness , equity in education , and climate justice. As a team, we discussed opportunity areas that emerged from our early conversations with the Community Fellows. Emma Visman.

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The Champion Healthcare Fundraisers are Overlooking

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Meanwhile, your colleague is exploring ways to end homelessness in your city or tackle the opioid crisis. Community benefit can help you pinpoint the specific issues that your organization will tackle, be it improving access to nutritious food or creating more safe spaces for children to play. Amplifying community voices.

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Public Service, Advocacy, and Institutional Transformation

Museum 2.0

Yesterday, I had lunch with Monica Martinez, the ED of Homeless Services for Santa Cruz county. I was amazed not only by her energy and intelligence but by her simple, transformative goal: to end homelessness. Monica is trying to reposition her organization as a social justice organization working on solutions to end homelessness.

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Member Round Up: Research galore, a handy handbook, and sandcastles as therapy

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Speaking of volunteers, Wild Apricot ''s post, The Mission Driven Volunteer, discusses a new definition and new models of volunteering. In a refugee camp in Jordan, Mercy Corps is putting the desert sand to use to help children displaced by conflict to feel like kids again. Get the full description and sign up for the webinar here.