Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Putting this best practice into action, in 2019—two years after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico—the Amgen Foundation awarded $257,500 to the University of Puerto Rico for rebuilding efforts. . We understand the instinct to donate in the immediate aftermath of a disaster, and it’s essential to address urgent needs. and internationally.

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Classy

AUGUST 17, 2021

All donations are currently being routed to provide immediate support, which is a natural extension of Hope for Haiti’s mission to improve the quality of life for the Haitian people, particularly children. Photo featured on the Hope for Haiti website. Get real-time updates on social media: Instagram: @hopeforhaiti . Facebook: Hope for Haiti.

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APRIL 16, 2021

We’re located in the northeast, so we have blizzards, hurricanes…our office was actually taken out by a tornado at one point.” Luckily, Jordan and Harold Grinspoon Foundation were able to execute a plan they already had in place in case of emergency, even though the plan wasn’t formed with a global pandemic in mind.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

As Hurricane Sandy was barreling up the Atlantic coast of the United States, a husband and wife in their early 90s, frail of body and mind though resolute (some would say stubborn) of spirit, finally gave in to the pleadings of their family. It’s not a nightmare,” I said, “It’s for real.”. Sandy exposed our vulnerability to climate change.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2015

A "disaster" doesn't necessarily have to mean a fire, earthquake, hurricane, or other natural occurrence. The Rockaways, in the borough of Queens, was one of the hardest hit areas during Hurricane Sandy. When Laurence Copel moved to New Orleans in 2010, the city was still recovering from Hurricane Katrina.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Personally helped create and lead #ChefsForPuertoRico after Hurricane Maria that served nearly 4 millions meals to people in need . Shriners Hospital for Children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2008

Kids Against Hunger packages and ships highly nutritious, life-saving meals to starving and malnourished children in developing countries and the United States. They do this by mobilizing children, teens, and adults volunteers who, package the meals. The result was the creation of the nutrition food pictured above.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2013

He loved my Mom, his four children, and 7 grandchildren dearly. My father had a deep-seated love of the ocean and was a life guard for 30 years for the Ventnor City Beach Patrol. And his love for ocean will live on through the work of Surfrider Foundation. Please donate to SurfRider Foundation in his memory. Tribute to My Dad.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Hurricane Season Twitter Resources. Twitter Could Save Lives of Children - Missing children alerts. Fighting Cancer with Twitter. Twitter Drives Participation at Blood Drive. Twitter for Health. San Diego Fires ??? Rapid News Dissemination. I'd also add Dr. Mani's recent Tweet-A-Athon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

A number of nonprofit organizations are promoting Valentine's Day giving opportunities, here's a few: A Day for Hearts is an opportunity to raise awareness about congenital heart defects, a lethal constellation of birth defects of the heart that affect millions of newborn infants and children worldwide.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

" Macon Phillips, special assistant to the President and director of new media for the White House, was a volunteer during Hurricane Katrina. Working in a Baton Rouge shelter, he saw children looking for their parents, and parents looking for their children, yet matching them was difficult. One person can post a message.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 27, 2017

The most popular charitable group with Baby Boomers is religious charities, while Gen X and Millennials prefer children and youth development. When Hurricane Sandy hit, they launched a successful text-to-give campaign and realized that social media is the perfect companion to texting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

According to the ad, one in three children in the United States is overweight or obese. Previous mobile fundraising campaigns have included Text-to-Give campaigns to raise money during Hurricane Katrina and the Southern California fires this past October. Watch the 10-second commercial here on YouTube.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

Today, the Los Angeles nanny funds a school in her native Malawi -- where half a million children have been orphaned by the disease." Carolyn LeCroy "After serving time in prison, Carolyn LeCroy started The Messages Project to help children stay connected with their incarcerated parents. Her nonprofit St.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 22, 2005

They launched an annual fundraiser and gift-collecting drive for the children's hospital in their community (in WA). It was a huge success and it's now become an international drive , with toys and books going to children's hospitals all over. Free Books for Kids!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

I have two favorites: The Sharing Foundation which supports children in Cambodia and Creative Commons. Help Special Needs Children Improve Social Skills. Support Children. Shaping Youth recommends supporting Age of Conversation to Benefit Variety, The Children's Charity. Can I Sit With You? Donations can be made here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Bernard that is providing hurricane survivors with the recovery resources they need in a safe and all-inclusive setting. In the spring I'll focus on the work we've done in the schools and the services we offer for children and families and ask 'please support us while you shop online for Mother's Day/Father's Day/Graduations.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

In the aftermath of a disaster, whether it be a devastating hurricane that has left your community flooded or a wildfire that has forced your community to leave their homes behind, you’ll need to mobilize quickly to provide support. All you need to do is promote your campaign effectively and watch the donations roll in! Emergency campaigns.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. On September 11, despite having reunited several families, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children had a list of 1,600 children listed as missing by their parents, or who were seeking their families.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

But in many places around the world, children can't attend school because there isn't a school building, teachers, or supplies. It's also one of the worse months for hurricanes and the Red Cross has made it easy to give a donation with your cell phone through its text 2 give program. August: It's the dog days of summer.

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M+R

JANUARY 26, 2023

And we are bracing for yet another intense, potentially deadly hurricane season. That’s the reality on the ground, as communities on the Gulf Coast try to recover from another hurricane. But there’s no future here for my children.” Here in the Everglades, the signs of climate change are unmistakable — and tragic. Devastation.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 4, 2012

We brought our first product to market in July 2000 working with a local children’s museum as our first client. We were privileged enough to attract some great talent early on, in particular Dave Hart, who became our head of engineering. I travelled the country speaking at every nonprofit conference that would have me.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 5, 2022

Let’s take a second to play a quick association game: Think about a natural disaster, such as a hurricane or an earthquake. While clearly a massive day for giving to local church parishes, in 1934 an enterprising group called the National Society For Crippled Children launched a campaign called Easterseals. billion ( NRF 2017 Survey ).

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 22, 2017

When there was a flood, hurricane, or other natural disaster, people made a conscious decision to give to causes that were there to help others in need. During World War I, the American Red Cross raised more than $114 million (over $2 billion in today’s dollars) to help support the American Expeditionary Force.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2012

Jody was introduced to blogging while on assignment with the public affairs team assigned to the Houston Astrodome during the American Red Cross disaster relief efforts following Hurricane Katrina. She returned home and started a “mommy blog” – purely as a hobby and virtual scrapbook.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

If we go higher than this, we are looking at huge rises in sea levels, complete collapse of ocean ecosystems and more and more unpredictable extreme weather events like hurricanes and tsunamis. There’s also a growing radical trend to avoid having children because of the uncertainty of the planet’s future.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Organization(s) : Save the Children and Verizon Wireless. Objective : Provide a home site for of CDC’s mobile information about hurricane preparedness and the flu season. For this organization and through this campaign, SMS donations was the most successful mechanism with 59% of donations being made through text. *.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

If we go higher than this, we are looking at huge rises in sea levels, complete collapse of ocean ecosystems and more and more unpredictable extreme weather events like hurricanes and tsunamis. There’s also a growing radical trend to avoid having children because of the uncertainty of the planet’s future.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2009

But often our good intentions are undermined by the fear that we are so insignificant in the big scheme of things that nothing we can do will actually help feed the world’s hungry, fix the damage of a Hurricane Katrina or even get a healthy lunch program up and running in the local school.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I have the honor of working with a cluster of grantees working on children’s healthcare coverage on a networked capacity building project called “ Friending the Finish Line.” Is your organization placing a small bet on promoted posts? What did you learn? … Read More

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

It's an amazing act of love really in response to the hurricane and the racial neglect that occurred down on the Gulf. You just have to keep planting and just got to hope that other people will come along after you to water those seeds and to know that the trees our for our children's children. Is it children and literature?

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