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Non-Traditional Giving Days for Your Next Fundraiser

The Modern Nonprofit

March = Adolescent Self-Injury Awareness Month, National Athletic Training Month, International Black Women In Jazz & The Arts Month, Brain Injury Awareness Month, Irish-American Heritage Month, National Music in Our Schools Month, National Nutrition Month, National Social Work Month, Women’s History Month, Youth Art Month.

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Why It’s Time to Rename our Sector from Nonprofit to For-Impact

Saleforce Nonprofit

This small change would create inspiration and be a more worthy way to celebrate the 12.3 Jude drive the survival rate of childhood cancer patients from 20% to 80% since the hospital was founded in 1962 — how’s that for impact? million changemakers working at our country’s mission-driven organizations. The implications are vast.

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AWEARNESS by Kenneth Cole: Inspiring Stories About How to Make a Difference

Have Fun - Do Good

Tell me something in your childhood that you wished were different and go toward it." --Rosie O'Donnell, AWEARNESS Feeling blue? "If someone says, 'I really want to serve humanity,' I'd say, 'Tell me what your dreams are. I've got the book to cheer you up-- AWEARNESS: Inspiring Stories about How to Make a Difference by Kenneth Cole.

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I'm speaking at SXSW or rather reciting a poem!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Convio Nonprofit Technology Bash 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm BD Riley's (204 E 6th St) Convio proudly presents the first-ever SXSW nonprofit technology bash, featuring Social Actions and the celebrity judges of their Change the Web Challenge. Join us for live music, drinks, nptech application demos and plenty of free swag!

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Diversify Your Year-End Campaigns: How To Be Mindful And Inclusive Of Cultural Traditions

Bloomerang

Things which seemed universal to me as a boy were in fact very culturally specific to my childhood in southern England and wouldn’t have had any resonance even twenty miles across the English channel in France where their Noël celebrations differ widely. There are around three million Hindus in the USA and another 1.5

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31 Unique Ideas for Small Church Fundraisers

Qgiv

Ask everyone to submit a fun story or tidbit about something from their childhood. Once your collection boxes are full, send your goods off to your drive facilitator and celebrate the funds you’ve raised! Give your congregants the opportunity to send each other a fun musical gift by holding a singing telegram fundraiser.

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How Nelson Mandela’s Legacy to Advance Access to Education Lives On

Saleforce Nonprofit

I had a tough childhood there, but I was able to go to school and worked hard for the education my mother had given me the opportunity to get. NCM: I received an award acknowledging the philanthropic work I had done through Malaika at the House of Mandela’s Nelson Mandela Centenary celebration.