Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2017

For Washington Trail Association volunteers like Chris O’Brien, donning an orange hard hat out on the trail is a badge of honour. Orange hats” are assistant crew leaders who teach “green hats” how to do trail building and maintenance correctly. Why Self-Interested Volunteers are the Best for Nonprofits – Guest Post.

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Volunteer Germany Washington Interview 76

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2008

explains: The city of Bellevue, Washington holds a public art sculpture exhibition every couple of years. For a related teen project , I was invited to teach roughly 200 middle- and high-school students about geocaching (a GPS-based scavenger hunt) so that they could send miniature sculpture pieces out into the world.

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Museum Teen Arts Project 20

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

According to the Washington Post article, If It Feels Good to Be Good, It Might Only Be Natural , another study found that when, "volunteers placed the interests of others before their own, the generosity activated a primitive part of the brain that usually lights up in response to food or sex. Call an old friend. Compliment someone.

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Giving Brain Kiva Volunteer 40