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Breaking the Cycle & Starting the Mental Health Conversation

Saleforce Nonprofit

It’s easy to see why: One in seven American teens is estimated to have a mental health condition, and 76% of students say wellbeing is a top challenge. Benjamin Perks, UNICEF’s head of campaigns and advocacy, has seen firsthand how mental illness comes from adverse childhood experiences. “I

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14+ Excellent Nonprofit Annual Reports

Whole Whale

Full disclosure: This is from our founder George, who also co-founded PowerPoetry.org , the largest teen poetry platform in the US. Natural Resource Defense Council. The Natural Resources Defense Council makes good use of beautiful photos in their 2018 Annual Report. Donate Life America. We think that’s a win-win!

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Three Reasons Kids Need Digital Literacy and Citizenship Education

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

No matter what the future has in store, we need to prepare ourselves and our kids with a shared vernacular and a core set of life skills that transcend the technology flavor of the week and reinforce critical thinking, kindness, and responsibility. An 8-megapixel camera on your phone? Still the stuff of science fiction for most.

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Feeding a Need: New App Helps Youth Find Free Summer Meals

Tech Soup

"Food insecurity" means that, at some point in the year, a household lacked access to enough nutritious food to support an "active, healthy life for all household members." Department of Agriculture (USDA). " The same USDA study showed that 10% of U.S. That's 3.9 MILLION U.S. households with hungry children.

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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They just didn’t have the resources. Since GoFundMe is an open platform where people can solicit support for life events of any kind users have found plenty of uses for it – like supporting charitable causes. I was frustrated, but I also knew it was a frustration felt by teachers all over the city.”

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Learn to Love Your Local Data

Museum 2.0

Last month at the AAM conference, a speaker said, "we should all be using measures of quality of life to measure success at our museums." Want to know how many kids ate fruits and vegetables, or how many teens graduated high school, or how many people are homeless? and "what most contributes to your quality of life?" Absolutely.

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Research Friday: Out-of-School Time Programs for Latino Youth

ASU Lodestar Center

ASU School of Community Resources & Development. In a recent study, my colleagues and I found a Latino child’s parental self-concept was the most, and, in fact, the only salient predictor of their life satisfaction when compared with other elements of self-concept, such as academics or peers. Ariel Rodríguez, Ph.D. Assistant Professor.