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

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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. It was recently recognized by the City of San Jose for raising awareness of computer science among teens. Forming Stronger Support for Computer Science.

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October Awareness: Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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The pink ribbon that has become the most widely recognized symbol of breast cancer awareness came about when a 68-year-old California woman named Charlotte Haley, whose sister, daughter, and granddaughter had breast cancer, created peach-colored ribbons to call attention to inadequate funding for breast cancer research. Zero Breast Cancer.

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Apps for Youth, By Youth

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Teen Book Finder (iOS), developed by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), helps teens, parents, teachers, and librarians find the best books and media for teens. The Global Kids Online Leadership Organization partnered with the New York Public Library to create a mobile game called NYC Haunts for the iPhone.

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Private Foundations Are Now Eligible for Citrix Online Donations

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Teen Outreach Pregnancy Services. Paul Getty Trust, which operates the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California and the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia. Public Grantmaking Foundations. These organizations rely on the public or multiple sources of funding. " —Laura Pedersen. Executive Director.

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Feeding a Need: New App Helps Youth Find Free Summer Meals

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This means many children and teens who regularly had access to nutritious meals during the school year may be hungry or undernourished over the summer, even when there are free meals available in their communities. Free meal site data comes from WhyHunger , a nonprofit that collects data on free federal and grassroots summer meal sites.

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Nonprofits and App Developers Combine Forces for Community Change

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But what if an app could be used to help nonprofits, public libraries, and other community groups organize and solve pressing problems? She wanted to create something that teens and adults could use and that was also free. The app is currently used in West Sacramento, California, which is a food desert, according to the app creators.

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Are You Serving Youth in Your Community? Think You Could Use a Free Tablet?

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Want to know more about how one Philadelphia-based NGO was able to use their TechSoup donation to help homeless teens develop valuable life skills? As part of the prize notification, the winning individual or group will be asked to sign an affidavit of eligibility, a liability release and a publicity release (where legal).

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