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Tips to Maintain Momentum for Your In-Person Fundraising Events Amidst COVID-19

Connection Cafe

Early in my career, I worked on the Race for the Cure in Houston when a hurricane swept through 10 days before our event. Our mission to end cancer is equally important as the hurricane relief efforts. Our mission to end cancer is equally important as the hurricane relief efforts.

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Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards Winners Announced

Amy Sample Ward

Education: A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste® — UNCF -The United Negro College Fund. © — PA Breast Cancer Coalition. The PA Breast Cancer Coalition’s tagline is both emphatic and poignant. Houston Food Bank. With simple but effective use of word repetition, the Houston Food Bank clarifies its work and impact.

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Meet Connie Reece: Using Social Media to Strike Back At Ike

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last December, I watched Twitter turn into a sea of frozen green peas to support Susan Reynolds in her fight against breast cancer and to raise money for research in her honor. The wizard behind the Frozen Pea Fund (and many others since) is Connie Reece, who specializes in developing marketing and communications programs that use Web 2.0