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Four Diamonds Co-Founder Charles Millard Dies at 93

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4 in Washington state. Charles and his wife, Irma, co-founded Four Diamonds in 1972, following their son Christopher’s nearly three-year battle with cancer. Their intention was to help other families whose children were fighting cancer at what is now Penn State Health Children’s Hospital.

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New Email Tests Improve Clicks, Slow Exiting

The NonProfit Times

Leaders at the American Cancer Society in Atlanta went into last year’s GivingTuesday with a plan. I hear people say all the time that email is underperforming or dying, but that certainly hasn’t been the case for us,” said Rebecca Sparenberg, vice president of digital marketing for the Humane Society of the United States in Washington, D.C.

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Weekly update from PND

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cities: Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has announced a $100 million gift from the Fiona and Stanley Druckenmiller Foundation to establish a fund to seed promising projects in translational cancer medicine that might otherwise go unfunded. January 12, 2022.

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5 Creative Angles to Consider for Your Next Fundraising Campaign

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Livestrong has applied this approach to their Solution Grants Program, which focuses on funding solutions that solve everyday cancer problems. This year’s programmatic focuses are underserved Black Americans, children, and breast cancer survivors, so each crowdfunding campaign targets a particular cause that aligns with these audiences. .

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Father’s Day Fundraising: 9 Ideas That Will Get People Donating

Whole Whale

For example, if you’re raising money for cancer research, tell stories about how cancer has affected fathers in your community. Dodd created the first Father’s Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on June 19, 1910. Get creative with your fundraising campaign and make it personal. Use social media.

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Moving on to my next adventure

Judi Sohn

It’s likely going to be another long one, so for those of you who just want it short and bittersweet, here it is: I will be leaving Fight Colorectal Cancer at the end of this year to join Convio’s Common Ground team. Do you know anyone who lives in the Washington, DC area and reminds you of me, professionally speaking?

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Komen Kan Kiss My Mammagram, PinActivism, and Newsjacking for a Cause

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Komen Foundation , a leading breast cancer charity, pulled hundreds of thousands of dollars in breast cancer screening funds from Planned Parenthood. Each year millions of women are screened for breast cancer at Planned Parenthood, and Susan G. Source: causes.com via Beth on Pinterest. On Tuesday, the Susan G.

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