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

Whole Whale

This will let potential donors know that their money is going towards a good cause and that their donation will make a difference. Find a way to connect your donors to the cause they’re supporting. It is believed that the origin of Father’s Day can be traced back to a Sunday School teacher in Fairmont, West Virginia.

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Case Study: Community-Based Fundraising

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There are so many ways to raise money for your nonprofit or charitable cause. These may be easy to execute, as they don’t require much planning, yet they are far less personal than community-based fundraisers, providing less of an opportunity to increase awareness about your cause. Highmark Inc. Highmark Inc.

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Join WVU for Integrated Marketing Degree Information Session - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Who should attend: Professional communicators in DC Sponsor: IMC Program at West Virginia University Questions?: 60) Search « Worldwide Protest Organized on Facebook | Main | Who Will Be the Next $100,000 Purpose Prize Winner? Here are the details: Where: National Press Club (Holeman Lounge) When: Thursday, Feb. 28 from 6-9 p.m.

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Do Your Homework First, Write Second—Examples of Successfully Funded Grant Proposals

NonProfit Hub

Nonprofits are turning more and more toward grants as a source of funding for their causes, and that’s not a bad idea—if and only if you can devote the necessary time and energy into it. This next proposal, written by Julie Colaw, was fully funded through the West Virginia NASA Space Grant Consortium. Reach for the Stars.

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Kimberly Wilson, Tranquility du Jour: How I Have Fun, Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

Through volunteering, donating classes to community raffles, and holding events to raise money for various causes, I've always hoped that I was planting seeds of happiness for others. Nothing could be more rewarding! And, to top it off, I'm obsessed with pigs.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Mountaintop Mining – Seeing is rejecting.

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It’s called mountaintop removal and it is the most common mining in West Virginia and Appalachia generally. Many good people disagree on several fundamental issues from what is marriage or relationships between two people to what is a just cause to go to war. Another kind of mining made today’s news.

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The Bold, Focused Ideas of Breakthrough Nonprofit Brands: Book Giveaway Winners Announced

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A crisp brand meaning should be the filter for decision making internally as well as externally, especially regarding the building of community around the organization’s cause, partnerships, communications and revenue generation. It’s got to be an invitation to join a cause and a movement.”.