Twenty Hats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One volunteer manager at an Arizona zoo described finding new ways to teach their volunteers about wildlife: “Over Zoom, we would give presentations about the different animals in our collection… So, for example, I did a presentation on bird conservation, which was not something that we ever had before. It wasn’t!

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Volunteer Story Technology Management 69

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Chicago Foundation for Women. Areas served: Baltimore, Chicago, Hawai?i, Chicago Foundation For Women. They offer grants that range from $15,000 to $150,000 and support organizations within the Chicago metropolitan area (Cook, DuPage, Lake, Kane, McHenry, and Will counties). Areas served: Chicago metropolitan area.

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Empowerment Grant Fund Resource 80

Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

Chicago Foundation for Women. Areas served: Baltimore, Chicago, Hawai?i, Chicago Foundation For Women. They offer grants that range from $15,000 to $150,000 and support organizations within the Chicago metropolitan area (Cook, DuPage, Lake, Kane, McHenry, and Will counties). Areas served: Chicago metropolitan area.

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Empowerment Grant Fund Resource 104

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Chicago, Illinois: Making Tech Accessible to Nonprofits. Chicago, Illinois: Net Neutrality. Kampala, Uganda: Teaching Youths the Dangers of the Internet. Mahikeng, South Africa: Rural Tech Empowerment. Houston, Texas: NetSquared Houston: Storymakers 2017! San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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United Kingdom Tanzania Benin San Francisco 59

Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 13, 2009

Today, 826 has chapters in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, Michigan, and Boston. Organizations like these teach everything from sports, to science, to the arts, to girl empowerment. Users are encouraged to find volunteer opportunities, and to post stories about their volunteer experiences on the site.

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Public San Francisco Volunteer Los Angeles 41

Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Britt Bravo: In so many of the groups you profiled, the women were using the arts for education, empowerment, or healing. Right at the end of that period, I also was teaching. And second, I was exhausted from having continued to do consulting and teaching at the same time. I thought, "My God, I've just bought myself a year!"

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Photography Interview Zimbabwe Change 40