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Force Multiplier Podcast Episode 1: Addressing Hidden Hunger in our Communities

Saleforce Nonprofit

The good news, this change is coming slowly with organizations shifting focus and adopting new policies and programs to promote healthier, more balanced lifestyles to increase options and opportunities, especially for those facing real hunger.”. OUSD is Focused on Holistic Student Support. Food insecurity. Nutrition insecurity.

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

They focus funding on organizations that work on financial literacy for elementary and high school students (established programs only). Costco Wholesale’s “primary charitable efforts specifically focus on programs supporting children, education, and health and human services in the communities where we do business.”. Costco Wholesale.

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This new genre of video games are about solving real world problems such as environment, global hunger, poverty and disease. What a great way to teach your children to become more thoughtful and responsible about the world we live in. s World Food Programme. They created the Popcorn For Kids Campaign.

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Unlocking The Power Of A Donor Thank You: Feeding America’s Approach

Bloomerang

Their network reaches children, seniors, and families no matter where they live or spend time. More than 98% of all donations go directly to feeding programs for people facing hunger. They support a network of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries and meal programs nationwide. They seek “an America where no one is hungry.”

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Can love change the world? I hope so!

Amy Sample Ward

What would happen, instead, if organizations focused on eliminating hunger?) Her students consistently score at the top of over 120 schools in the Arusha district of Tanzania. (If we focus our work on feeding the hungry, for example, do we actually create a system in which we rely on people needing our services?

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Feeding a Need: New App Helps Youth Find Free Summer Meals

Tech Soup

Millions of low-income students rely on free or low-cost school meals. The statistics on hunger in America are startling: 14.5% households with children under 18 experienced food insecurity that year. households with hungry children. But when summer vacation starts, the school meals end. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

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Work on Stuff that Matters

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I see this hunger for meaning in most of the people I'm privileged to meet: from the college freshman to the fresh grad to the mid-career professional and the senior executive. We all want to work on Stuff That Matters. If you're looking for a new job, look for a company that offers the chance to work on Stuff That Matters.

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