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How to Create a Volunteer Handbook Your Volunteers Will Use

Get Fully Funded

Location and hours: Share the nuts-and-bolts information a volunteer might need in a pinch, including the location of all program sites, hours of operation, the main phone number, your mailing address, and your website. Include email addresses of all employees and phone numbers of those who work directly with volunteers.

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Six Things to Know in Nonprofit Technology News

Tech Soup

Why would a homeless person need a mobile phone? For one thing, phones allow them to look for work, housing, or medical help. Phones also provide a reliable contact method for people who have no permanent address. It also uses Twitter to “find, counsel, and direct as many homeless people as possible to help.”

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Pokemon Go and Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As a parent of two teens, I was curious if there were any potential safety issues to discuss with them or if they had downloaded or wanted to play. I was giving access to all my location data via my phone but more of a concern was that app has complete access to my google account which was a bigger concern. A Few Concerns.

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Freshen Up the Sunday Morning Giving Routine With These Church Fundraising Events

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This next idea is great if your church has a great youth group with teens old enough to fundraise. While teens may not have a ton of their own disposable income, they can ask family in their social circle to give in support of your church. You can hold this event in person or virtually via a Zoom meeting. Rummage sales.

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Freshen Up the Sunday Morning Giving Routine With These Church Fundraising Events

Qgiv

This next idea is great if your church has a great youth group with teens old enough to fundraise. While teens may not have a ton of their own disposable income, they can ask family in their social circle to give in support of your church. You can hold this event in person or virtually via a Zoom meeting. Rummage sales.

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The Shrinking Generational Digital Divide

NTEN

Personal computers, cell phones, digital assistants, and the Internet have fundamentally changed how we communicate. But with the Internet now accessible from public libraries, cyber cafés and cell phones, getting online is easier than ever for nearly anyone. Sami Hassanyeh, AARP. But to make these connections, people need access.

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Win a Sony PS3 and Support Young Homeless People from the UK

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week I wrote about a virtual homeless teenager in Second Life who raising awareness of the plight of homeless teens in Spain. 1 text or phone entrance fee go to help The Foyer Foundation , a nonprofit that works with homeless young people. Participants who enter here can win a Playstation 3 from Dixons and have their ??1