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Switching gears: How I found my place in volunteering

ASU Lodestar Center

A passion of mine for the last 13 years has been working with high school teens through my church youth group. I loved my job and felt so fed by the work I did and the teens I encountered — which made my next step feel more like a step backward rather than a step forward. Well, mainly because I wanted more for the teens of St.

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MathAndCoding Turns the Library into a Coding Classroom (Part 2)

Tech Soup

In part 1 of this series, we introduced MathAndCoding , a nonprofit that offers teen-led programming classes for children in public libraries in the Silicon Valley area. Bricker says that there is also another benefit, perhaps an unplanned one, to having teen volunteers. " Starting Your Own Coding Program.

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The One Thing Successful Fundraisers Carry in Their Back Pockets

Connection Cafe

Meet Katie: When I first started working in the nonprofit sector, my job was to host learning opportunities for teen girls. Shortly after we met, I hosted a lock-in for 300 teen girls, focusing on developing strong self-esteem. She has created a coloring book for children born with cleft lips and palates. Katie attended.

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Means and Ends: Who does What

BoardAssist

Thanks for your great advice Tom! The answer: where the line should be between what nonprofit board members can and should do and what responsibilities more properly reside with the staff of the nonprofit. Luckily for us, governance consultant Tom Okarma has written a terrific guest post for us this week on exactly this topic.

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Chase Community Giving Contest: The Organizations on the Leaderboard Go Up and Down

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Invisible Children had a dramatic lead in the last two days, but was over taken by Twloha which as of this writing had a lead of 10,000 votes or approximately 37,000 votes or roughly 10% of its Facebook fans. There is also the importance of offline/online connection that can't be ignored. Here's where you can go vote !

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Encouraging Philanthropy at a Young Age: Teaching Your Kids To Give To Causes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was curious about my colleagues, who work for nonprofits and are parents, what do they do to encourage their children's spirit of giving at a young age? Hans shared a story about how his wife donated her hair to Locks of Love which sparked a conversation with their 4 year old about children who are in need. s World Food Programme.

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How They Did It: LWB Wins Facebook Causes Giving Challenge - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

The last two weeks of the contest, Amy and 10 others worked 8-10 hours a day blogging, emailing supporters, making phone calls, and recruiting teens and college students to help them towards gathering donations for the Cause. Those funds will help so many orphaned children have the surgeries and other care they need. Oh the hours!!

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