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Show Your Love on Mother’s Day for Your Mom & Mama Lucy

Amy Sample Ward

Last year, using the theme of gratitude and TweetsGiving, Epic Change catalyzed the global community to help build a school in Tanzania. The work they have done with Mama Lucy has been incredible and the school is now serving over 400 children. Just imagine. According to the LA Times, this year Americans alone will spend $14.6

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Show Your Mama Some Love (or Facebook Like)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The fundraiser's goal to is to raise money for one amazing Mama who dreams of building a home for children in her village in Africa. You are given the option to customize your "heartspace" with photos, video, poems and artwork. You have to make a donation first. Here's the one I created to honor my mother, Ruth. I love the design.

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Can love change the world? I hope so!

Amy Sample Ward

This year, TMWL is raising funds that will support the work of 4 passionate women who truly believe that everyone has something to give: “ Mama Lucy &# Kamptoni sold chickens in her Tanzanian village & turned her income into a primary school that now serves over 400 children. Learn more!

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Happy Thanksgiving: Check out #Goodspotting and EpicThanks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Snap a picture on your phone or camera and upload it to the Case Foundation Facebook page , or through another online photo-sharing service (Instagram, TwitPic, yFrog), and share on Twitter with the hashtag #GoodSpotting. This year epic thanks is asking you to share a photo of gratitude and make a thankful gift. The call to action?

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Show Your Mama Some Love

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I created a heartspace using a photo of my mom and are dancing. Instead, unleash your love to the world to make it a better place for Mamas & children everywhere by heading right over to To Mama With Love and create a heart space. She always encouraged me to participate in the arts.

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Youth Programs Benefit from Microsoft Donations

Tech Soup

How One NGO Serves 70,000 Children. Speaking of impact, London, England-based Childreach International works in partnership with local communities in the developing world to help improve children’s access to healthcare, education, child rights, and protection. It has just 20 UK-based staff.

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Deadline Approaching for $10,000 Pizzigati Prize

Tech Soup

Yaw Anokwa (2010), who, along with others from the University of Washington, created the Open Data Kit, enabling Android-powered smartphones to easily collect data in the field, like text, photos, video, audio, barcodes, and location.