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Hospital Volunteering: 3 Things You Didn't Know & How the Web Can Help

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According to Cardellino, the greatest challenge hospital volunteerism faces today, is the aging of its volunteer workforce. Hospitals need to supplement the traditional "pink lady," with volunteer opportunities for teens, baby boomers, and people in their 20s, 30s, 40s. online marketing). Interviews (i.e

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Brahm Ahmadi, People's Grocery, Podcast Transcript

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The primary need, obviously, in our community, West Oakland, is a lack of access to healthy and affordable foods. We do a lot of work with teens in the summertime. It's not just for West Oakland; it's for young people throughout the Bay Area. We have a program called, "Collards and Commerce."

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Solutionary Women: Nola Brantley of the Scotlan Youth and Family Center

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Nola is as old as the Center she works for, thirty, and over the past two years, she has become an expert on sexually exploited minors in Oakland and has watched as the population grows. When I asked her why teenage prostitution is so prevalent in Oakland, she said, "Because they can do it here. It can't happen fast enough."

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14 Top Nonprofit Websites to Inspire Your Organization

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It’s vital that you keep your supporters in-the-know with campaign progress, but when you’re receiving donations by the minute, sending out updates can be challenging. In doing so, they provide 2,500 meals and 200 bags of groceries for clients in the San Francisco and Oakland area every day. Real-time fundraising thermometer.