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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Youth Programs

Kindful

Global Fund for Children. Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health. WHAS Crusade for Children. Global Fund for Children. They accept applications at any time. They accept submissions from any United States-based, IRS-recognized nonprofit organizations focused on work that benefits America’s children.

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Join Benetech in the Skoll Foundation’s 2014 Social Entrepreneurs Challenge!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

According to his mom, this experience is common to children with Cerebral Palsy. When our team last caught up with him, he was a busy student at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, rejoicing in his ability to read independently and reach his full potential.

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What a great way to teach your children to become more thoughtful and responsible about the world we live in. I reached out to my readers for suggestions about how to raise more charitable and socially aware children. One of their donors was a class of kindergarteners at the Berwick Alternative Elementary School.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

My biggest takeaway from the summit: the time could not be more urgent, and more hopeful, for the future of braille and the prospects of those who need it. And today, braille is not being taught to most blind children. of legally blind children in public and residential schools used braille as their primary reading medium.

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Online Collaboration: Taking Education to New Heights

Tech Soup

In a country that generally prides itself on offering the opportunity for everyone to succeed, one in four children grow up without learning to read. Born to a dysfunctional family, Pamela was raised by her grandmother, who taught her that "no time spent on a child is ever wasted." Not every student can be reached in person.

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Pokemon Go and Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I saw similar posts on Facebook brand pages of 92nd Street Y that was hosting the annual Giving Tuesday Summit and The United Way of Central Ohio that upped its organic reach, and on Twitter from Nonprofits First. Safety concerns for younger children , especially unsupervised have reported in the media. A Few Concerns.

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Innovative Punch Card Systems that Motivate Repeat Engagement

Museum 2.0

I have another item in my glove compartment—a National Parks annual pass—that I use all the time. Even at the most basic level, punch cards do a couple of important things: They establish an expectation that you might visit multiple times. But I have never stamped the passport. This card allows me free entry into national parks.

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