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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Amy Jussel of Shaping Youth Blog shared a story of how she and her daughter played the Freerice game, a quiz-style vocabulary builder that rewards correct answers with ten grains per bowl to feed hungry children, distributed by the U.N.'s The Charity for Change project is another example where charitable giving is embedded in the curriculum.

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Encouraging Philanthropy at a Young Age: Teaching Your Kids To Give To Causes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He notes, "So we model the values that we hope our children will emulate, and support charities that our kids can see connections to." "My parents encouraged us to donate 10% of our weekly allowance to charity. 25 to spend on charity. That was one of the best holidays traditions we had. or someone else???s

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

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Paul to teach them a bit about what goes on in Ethiopia, or Uganda, or wherever their camps are. Some of the folks that do a really great job of taking pictures in the field are the folks at Charity Water. And the folks, again, Charity Water, they kind of know how to do this. And that all stopped last year.

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Buy a Song, Support a Cause

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Profits from the record raised money for famine relief in Ethiopia. For each (free) download of Peter Buffett's Christmas album, Star of Wonder , Amie Street and The Robin Hood Foundation will donate enough money to feed 15 people through The Food Bank of New York. recorded by Band Aid? It also raised money for famine relief in Africa.

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