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Agencies serving the homeless community are invited to apply for Winter Survival Kits

Charity Village

Engage and Change is inviting agencies serving the homeless community in Toronto, the Greater Toronto Area, and Southwestern Ontario to apply for Project Winter Survival. Eligible organizations will receive sleeping bags and Winter Survival Kits to distribute to the homeless community to help them survive winter.

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Submit your ideas to end homelessness in York Region to the Blue Print Competition

Charity Village

This competition was a great success in 2019, and they wanted to bring it back to help mark our 40th anniversary in 2022! The Blue Print competition will offer Blue Door staff who have firsthand experience supporting people facing homelessness as well […].

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Help Hurricane Harvey Victims: Where To Donate #HoustonStrong

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I watched the news reports from Texas and was horrified at the scale of this disaster. My heart goes out to the victims and I want to help. Covenant Hous e (helping homeless youth). I grew up on the Jersey shore where I’ve been evacuated due to storms, but I have never seen this level of disaster.

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Six Things to Know in Nonprofit Technology News

Tech Soup

They’re being created mainly to help mental health patients adhere to a prescription medication regimen. High-Tech Help for Homelessness. Why would a homeless person need a mobile phone? For one thing, phones allow them to look for work, housing, or medical help. Here’s the part I like.

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100 Fundraising Email Subject Lines That Will Get Donors to Open Your Email

Get Fully Funded

Breaking: Record number of homeless people need help in Atlanta . Urgent: Teens need your help to start college on time . Veterans at risk of homelessness. Creating a sense of urgency helps your donor’s brain prioritize your email as something that needs to be opened. Use give or help instead. .

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How to Turn Your Nonprofit’s Social Followers into Donors

NonProfit Hub

Whether your nonprofit already has a devoted following that likes and shares your posts, or you’re still building your presence on social media, here are some tips will help you expand your social audience and, ultimately, your donor base. reaching our goal of $5,000 will help us provide 1,000 meals to the homeless.)

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Philanthropy’s response to the Turkey and Syria earthquake 

Candid

million Turks in temporary shelters and left more than 500,000 Syrians homeless, according to the United Nations. Disaster relief giving by individuals and family foundations Candid’s Philanthropy News Digest (PND) has been tracking news about support efforts. The disaster also displaced over 1.9 An estimated 2.2 million ($1.6

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