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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last winter, after Harry and I had a conversation about global warming (and quite a conversation it was for a then eight-year old), and we collaborated on a series of green videos. This new genre of video games are about solving real world problems such as environment, global hunger, poverty and disease. s World Food Programme.

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Equitable and Inclusive Messaging: Retaining Donors in a New Age of Storytelling

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The benefits of strength-based messaging Strength-based messaging encourages long-term and recurring giving, rather than a one-time gift to meet an immediate need. Example: A gift of $50 today can help a neighbor (not a hungry family) who faces food insecurity.

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Can love change the world? I hope so!

Amy Sample Ward

What would happen, instead, if organizations focused on eliminating hunger?) I see this work in public maps like Open Green Map. Koseli, which means “gift&# , provides education, food and tender loving care for over 75 young students, and, in the evenings, hosts an adult education program for local women.

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A Nice Holiday Gift for School Kids Everywhere

Forum One

Kids around the country received an early and much-needed gift this December in the form of — you guessed it — broccoli and green beans. Okay, maybe that's not what you guessed, and maybe it's not in a literal vegetable form, but on December 13, President Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.

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How Can We Make Charitable Giving A Year-Round Habit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And while for some giving regularly is a matter of time and attention and for others it may be a limited budget and giving in micro-donations, cash gifts of very small amounts made with one or two mouse clicks like the Salvation Army's Red Kettle Campaign or the Wellwishes Campaign. Ask people to donate to a cause instead of gifts.

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How Chestnut Ridge Church Reinvents the Church Experience with Technology

Tech Soup

He and his wife Vicky established the foundation to help meet the needs of children and families facing hardships due to traumatic injury, illness, or financial crisis. An Administrative Gift. She admitted to me that she "has an administrative gift," and also that "technology is huge in keeping us organized.

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112 Nonprofit Blog Posts, Articles, and Stories from 2013 You Can’t Miss.

Connection Cafe

Your blog is your gift to them, as well as to yourself. So, here is Nancy Schwartz’s gift to you: Year-End Fundraising Checklist for Nonprofits. Don’t miss out on gifts because your form is a turnoff. Think about how much of that money is wasted on awkward gifts- the junk. Imagine that.

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