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Connecting Homeless Youth and Shelter Animals: 20-Year-Old Rachel Cohen, Hand2Paw

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"It's a novel idea that homeless youth have so much to offer, and that these youth could really make the difference at this shelter. Hand2Paw's mission is to connect homeless teens and shelter animals in a mutually beneficial way. Hand2Paw's mission is to connect homeless teens and shelter animals in a mutually beneficial way.

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Using Inkind Donations To Help You Grow Your Nonprofit

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When you think about an inkind gift, you may think of stuff, such as bottled water and packaged snacks for events or hotel-sized shampoo and conditioner for a shelter serving homeless families. For example, a homeless shelter in my area was given a piece of property in a prestigious community.

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Fundraising for Education: Your Guide to Doing Virtual Fundraising Right

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Virtual options can be particularly helpful when fundraising for education, as they allow you to reach out to supporters of your students who may be further away, such as aunts and uncles, grandparents, and family friends. They also give you a unique opportunity to get the family members of those students to make a recurring donation.

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What you need to know BEFORE you start a nonprofit

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Tutor students so they can reach their potential in school? Think about your audience as someone who doesn’t know anything about food insecurity, homelessness, first generation college students, or animal abuse. If you want to help first generation college students, how do you want to help them? Feed people?

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25+ Virtual Fundraising Ideas | A Guide for 2021

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In an emergency fundraising appeal, it’s essential that you: Personalize the content Establish the urgency of the situation Clearly outline your needs Tell your donors how their gift will make an impact Include direct fundraising asks. A virtual fundraising tip is to switch up the language in your online content. Endurance Events.

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7 Ways to Honor Dr. King’s Legacy on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

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By: Monica Bowie, Field Marketing Manager and Global President of BOLDforce and Vatora Godwin, Marketing Associate/Video Content Producer and Global VP of BOLDforce. A career exposure panel with Lehman and Bronx Community College students. This post was originally published on January 20, 2020. Today is Martin Luther King, Jr.

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7 Ways to Honor Dr. King’s Legacy on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

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A career exposure panel with Lehman and Bronx Community College students 3. Black Americans make up 40 percent of the homeless population despite only representing 13 percent of the general population. The good news is that nonprofits like Larkin Street Youth Services are working to help address homelessness.