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Charities Cry Foul on Chase Facebook Charitable Giving Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Chase Community Giving contest on Facebook is one of the biggest online contests thus far, open to more than 500,000 charities. As of this writing, 1,027,398 people joined Chase’s fan page to cast votes for their favorite charities. The top 100 "eligible" vote getters, announced a few days ago, received $25,000.

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A Round Up of Food Charities and Causes to Fight Hunger

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Send A Postcard from the Hunger site As we approach the annual Thanksgiving feast , there are more than 850 million people in the world who go hungry. In developing countries, nearly 11 million children die every year from preventable and treatable, with 60% of these deaths from hunger and malnutrition. Miss it and they???ll

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Target Facebook Challenge: Ten Large Charities Compete for Votes To Divide the $3 Million Pot

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It's called Bullseye Gives, a special Facebook page inviting folks to decide how they should allocate $3 million among ten large institutional charities, including: Parent Teacher Association Feeding America The Salvation Army American Red Cross National Parks Foundation Breast Cancer Research Foundation St.

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77 Quotes from VolunteerHub Clients

Volunteer Hub

We could not achieve our goals and provide the support we do to the community without our volunteer’s commitment to the cause,” said Mary Bachman, Director of Volunteer Resources, Catholic Charities of St. said Mary Bachman, Director of Volunteer Resources, Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis. “I of Orange County.

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World Food Embraces the Good of Slacktivism

Care2

The World Hunger Relief Project is actively engaging in a social fundraising giving day on World Food Day this October 16 to get 10,000 people to raise $200,000. The World Food Program is the beneficiary, and the effort is sponsored by Yum! The World Food Program is the beneficiary, and the effort is sponsored by Yum!

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What Lessons Will Pepsi Learn About Crowdsourcing for Social Good from Chase Bank Contest Fail?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

contest on Facebook is one of the biggest online contests before Pespi announced their contest, open to more than 500,000 charities. As of this writing, 1,027,398 people joined Chase’s fan page to cast votes for their favorite charities. The Chase Community Giving. And although they had a disclaimer in the contest official rules ".

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How to Get Donations for a Fundraiser: 10 Best Practices

Allegiance Group

When supporters donate to a charity, it’s because they firmly believe in that cause and want to see the organization succeed. For example, Save the Children ’s donation form incorporates urgency into its appeal with the following statement: Right now, children are growing up against the backdrop of hunger, conflict, and natural disasters.