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How You Can Help Hurricane Ida Relief Efforts

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Late at night on Sunday August 29th, Hurricane Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane near Port Fourchon, Louisiana. All of New Orleans is without power and an estimated one million people across Louisiana and Missouri are without power. UNICEF USA is collecting donations to aid their partners on the ground in Louisiana.

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Exploring Disaster Philanthropy: Part 2

Connection Cafe

The largest theme that is constant in disaster philanthropy is partnership. Historically, and initial numbers from recent disasters reflect the same trend, corporations focus on the use of intermediaries to ensure their large donations are distributed to the correct organizations. Click here to read part 1 of this series.

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Nancy Jo Craig’s Lifetime Achievement Award In Nonprofit Computer Refurbishment

Tech Soup

This year the award went to Nancy Jo Craig who runs the nonprofit Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council (CACRC) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. When she ran the Nature Conservancy in Louisiana, 200,000 acres were set aside. Coming Back Home and a Challenge of a Lifetime. All of southern Louisiana had been hit.

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[VIDEO] 5 Must-Do’s of Year-End Fundraising Success

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So our job together anymore is to simplify what has become complex, whether that is because of the pandemic or the work you do is more challenging than ever, or the populations that you walk alongside are more stressed than ever. So my longest time group of people that I’ve worked with is called Volunteers of America North Louisiana.

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New Customer 211 San Diego Presents at AIRS

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For that matter, if you have not yet registered for the conference, here are 7 more reasons to do so: Managing Disaster Relationships Presenter: Thomas Bennett, 211 San Diego, California This course will provide an overview of governmental organizations and agencies for which they should develop and maintain relationships.

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What Nonprofits Can Learn from New Orleans

ASU Lodestar Center

I’d never experienced New Orleans, Louisiana (or NOLA as the locals call it), but I thought I knew it well. They’ve seen poverty and tragedy in their city, experienced natural disasters and man-made neglect. The nonprofit lesson: Organizations deal with tough challenges every day. I present three of them to you now.