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I'll Text for Food

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Hunger is a serious issue in America, especially in these hard times. Bloggers have helped raised awareness of this important issue. President-elect Obama pledged to end childhood hunger by 2015 during his presidential campaign. Tags: hunger. AT&T will match donations up to $100,000.

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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Fundraising with social media (particularly Facebook) means under- standing that donors don’t separate liking, sharing, or pledging, from donating,” explained John. With Booster we can raise money and awareness with a t-shirt that our supporters are proud to wear.”. More than 1.5 Booster launched its first campaign in 2013.

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How Can We Make Charitable Giving A Year-Round Habit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But donating money to a charity, even a small amount (or in-kind items ) can certainly help with part of the need and raise awareness in others. Several of her regular readers including Deb Roby have pledged to match her donations to their favorite charity. October is also breast cancer awareness month, so why not make a donation ?

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Cause Marketing or Cause Me To Puke Marketing? Interview with Scott Henderson

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

2) Can you tell me about the "Pledge to End Hunger" that you recently launched to benefit Share Our Strength? We wanted this campaign to focus on the issue of childhood hunger in America and the fact that many different organizations and people were coming together to take up the cause locally and nationally.

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