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Small Library — Big Service to the Community

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How the Natalia Library Helps Patrons Improve Their Lives. The Natalia Veteran's Memorial Library serves the small town of Natalia, Texas. With extremely limited resources, librarian Amy Edge must make difficult decisions every day about what her library can provide. It netted $2,500 for the library.

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5 Ways Libraries Support Disaster Relief and Recovery

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The Saskatoon Public Library opened its doors to these evacuees, and staff members stepped up their efforts to help the evacuees communicate with their family and friends. Staffers also let people from outside of Saskatoon check out books from the library and access other services. Educating the Public on Disaster Preparedness.

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LocalFreeWeb Combines Digital Inclusion with Public Transportation

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Q: What happens when you bring app developers together with nonprofits and libraries along with some coffee thrown in? Caravan Studios, a division of TechSoup, builds apps that help communities solve pressing issues. Joseph first heard of the LocalFreeWeb project a little over a year ago at Hack Night for Code for San Francisco.

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Bay Area Teens Share the Love of Coding (Part 1)

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And they're doing this using the programming language Java on their laptops. With lines of code projected on a screen, these children listen intently in a conference room at the Mountain View Public Library, as part of a four-week course on programming. There's no real money involved, nor is it a real lemonade stand.

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How TechSoup Uses Box Donations

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Like any nonprofit, we like to take advantage of the product donations that are on offer for charities, churches, foundations, and libraries. We have a main office in San Francisco, plus an office in London and one in Warsaw. Sharing Files Around the World. TechSoup is a pretty big nonprofit with 200 staff people.

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10 Amazing Environmental Nonprofits You Need to Know About

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QuickBooks for Nonprofits and Microsoft Office donations from TechSoup have helped Cary Creative Center become more organized and effectively present information to the organization's board and other stakeholders. Find our in-depth profile of Information Technology Exchange on TechSoup for Libraries. " RE-Volv.

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[VIDEO] 3 Steps To Closing $10K+ Gifts By December 31

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And I’m going to help you figure out what to do about it. So that’s what I’m going to help you with today. I hope that’s helpful. I want to be helpful. ” Even asking those questions, right, and just understanding what matters to the donor is going to be really helpful for you.

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