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4 Times Churches Should Use Waivers

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Churches are home to fantastic communities and act as gathering places for children, parents, family, and friends. If you’re hosting any church volunteer, fundraising, worship, or children’s events, add a photo release form to the registration form to stay ahead of the curve. Monitoring children in play areas. Sports Events.

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How to Create a Volunteer Handbook Your Volunteers Will Use

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Can a child or teen volunteer with their parent’s permission? Customer service standards: If volunteers will be interacting with clients, let them know your organization’s policy for treating people with dignity. Volunteers often have different life experiences than the people they interact with through a nonprofit organization.

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Generational Giving at Arts & Cultural Organizations – A Donor Story

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Build a membership program specifically for children. If you can manage two to four activities per year, you’ve provided some value to the parents and involved children at an early age. Consider an interactive gamified activity that can be completed over more than one visit. Can’t think of any?

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

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households with children under 18 experienced food insecurity that year. households with hungry children. This means many children and teens who regularly had access to nutritious meals during the school year may be hungry or undernourished over the summer, even when there are free meals available in their communities.

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The One Thing Successful Fundraisers Carry in Their Back Pockets

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Meet Katie: When I first started working in the nonprofit sector, my job was to host learning opportunities for teen girls. Shortly after we met, I hosted a lock-in for 300 teen girls, focusing on developing strong self-esteem. She has created a coloring book for children born with cleft lips and palates. Katie attended.

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Teenagers and Social Participation

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Teenagers are often the target for participatory endeavors, and they definitely have high interest in creative expression, personalizing museum experiences, and using interactive or technological tools as part of their visit. Many teens love to perform for each other. First, teens often have incredibly tight social spheres.

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Churches and Engagement (But Not Weddings): Tips for Engaging Each Generation

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Generation Alpha are the youngest in your children’s ministry and your nursery. Children in this group are learning about values that will last a lifetime. Generation Z are the older children in your children’s ministry and youth groups. Ensure that their faith and giving back are part of the lessons learned.