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Why Now is the Time for Boys & Girls Clubs of America to Invest in Digital

Saleforce Nonprofit

For more than a century, Boys & Girls Clubs around the country opened their doors each day to millions of kids and teens, literally and symbolically. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Boys & Girls Clubs across the country adapted services to meet the evolving needs of the children, families, and communities they serve.

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Pottsboro Area Library: The Winner of TechSoup’s February Success Story Digital Connector Challenge

Tech Soup

Forty-two percent of Pottsboro’s school children are eligible for the National School Lunch Program. Here’s Dianne’s winning submission in its entirety: “The Pottsboro Library has made bridging the digital divide for teens a priority. Now the teens are branching out to other area nonprofits.

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YMCA of Greater Seattle: Windows MultiPoint Server Case Study

Tech Soup

TechSoup and InterConnection , one of our Refurbished Computer Initiative partners, teamed up to supply a group of nonprofits and libraries with everything they would need to set up a MultiPoint Server lab in their environment. YMCA of Greater Seattle's Kirkland Teen program was one of our test sites. 10 users=15 hours/per week).

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How to Create a Volunteer Handbook Your Volunteers Will Use

Get Fully Funded

Can a child or teen volunteer with their parent’s permission? For example, if volunteers will be working with children, they should keep anything they learn about the child’s background confidential. An electronic version of the volunteer handbook on your website ensures volunteers can always access the information they need.

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The Art of Relevance Sneak Peek: Part Ex-Con, Part Farmer, Part Queen

Museum 2.0

FoodWhat's staff and teens have taught me a lot about what it really means to be relevant to people who are often overlooked or ignored. The farmer-turned-activist is ready to sell struggling teenagers on something they may want in their hearts but don’t know how to access: a ticket to a meaningful life. Shut themselves down.

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The Shrinking Generational Digital Divide

NTEN

But to make these connections, people need access. But with the Internet now accessible from public libraries, cyber cafés and cell phones, getting online is easier than ever for nearly anyone. Imagine a typical Internet surfer and your first thought might be of a teen or young adult, not a grandparent or retiree.

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Games and Cultural Spaces: Live Blog Notes from Games for Change

Amy Sample Ward

Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library. My focus is on how children learn science. The goals include learning made personal, extension of experience onsite and online, and access for all learning and lifelong learning – underlying all of it is innovation in learning.

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