Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2015

With lines of code projected on a screen, these children listen intently in a conference room at the Mountain View Public Library, as part of a four-week course on programming. It has trained more than 470 students seventh grade and up in 13 libraries throughout Silicon Valley. Many CEOs need to know programming as well."

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 8, 2013

Reading I''ve been too tired lately to read any heavy nonfiction, and in general, I usually don''t enjoy adult fiction, so I''ve been reading children''s books, and loving it. If you''re a fan of children''s lit, I''d love to hear your suggestions.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Ever helpful, the team got on board to roll up their sleeves and pitch in at San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits that had big volunteer jobs. " While at SF Brightworks, TechSoup volunteers worked one-on-one with the young students, who were busy completing their annual portfolios.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 2, 2006

Abby Jaramillo, the Executive Director of the school gardening nonprofit, Urban Sprouts, recently posted about an experiment she did with some of her students from June Jordan, a San Francisco public middle school. Each student kept a 24-hour food diary and wrote down the nutrition facts for all the foods they ate.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2015

Reading Eggs is an online reading education program, intended for children ages 3 to 13. Reading Eggs offers instructors an in-depth view of each student's progress, with e-book recommendations tailored to students' skill levels. He lives in San Francisco. " Reading Eggs. Two Truths and a Lie.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2007

826 National is a family of seven nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping students, ages 6-18, with expository and creative writing. Each chapter offers drop-in tutoring, field trips, workshops, and in-schools programs -- all free of charge -- for children, classes, and schools with particular interests or particular needs.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 29, 2009

As I dash towards San Francisco and reflect on the last two months leading up to this trip I am amazed not only by what we are about to launch but how we got here. About two months ago Audra Platz, one of our Student Programs team members told her friend about the organization she was working for.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 17, 2009

One of my moments of obligation came during the Green Festival in San Francisco in the fall of 2002. Clinton Global Initiative -- Q&A with Maya Ajmera, Global Fund for Children by Mitch Nauffts on PhilanTopic. Other people experience a series of moments that build upon one another. Cross-posted from BlogHer.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

At in-person sessions in New York City and San Francisco, and virtually on Youtube Live , Demo Day brought together nine social entrepreneurs to explore solutions for problems they’ve experienced. Both nonprofits are using tech to help students of color gain access to educational resources, readying them for high-paying careers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

provides a 12-week afterschool program and 4-month paid apprenticeship wellness program for low-income high school students. Jen Fu Cheng | Peak Potential Climbing | Fairfield, NJ Peak Potential is an organization running a 12-week introduction to rock climbing for children with physical disabilities. (Twitter: @dcsocialinnov ) 3.

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Bloomerang

MAY 21, 2021

Joining us from beautiful San Francisco, Dr. Renee Rubin Ross. I have actually one of my students on the on this call which is fabulous. I identify as a white consultant, San Francisco Bay Area native, as Steven said. La Cocina is a San Francisco based nonprofit. How’s it going, doc?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 30, 2012

And the entries came from all over the world, from our own backyard San Francisco to Canada and even as far as Lesotho, Africa! Each entry was more compelling than the next, showing us that nonprofits are putting technology in action in incredibly different ways. From Canada to Lesotho.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 13, 2009

Every week I get to go in and read with the same two children for a half an hour each in the school library. Because it was my first time meeting the students, part of the half hour was spent getting to know each other. In 2002, Eggers co-founded a writing center for young people, 826 Valencia, in San Francisco.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

Save the Children. Interlochen Center for the Arts (ICA) is a nonprofit educational institution dedicated to empowering students of all ages through high-quality arts and cultural programs. In doing so, they provide 2,500 meals and 200 bags of groceries for clients in the San Francisco and Oakland area every day.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2006

So she was in Juvenile Hall for about a month, and we were getting ready to send her off to a program in LA called Children of the Night , it's a volunteer program for prostitutes who are under 18 who want to make a life change and have their school on-site, and stuff like that, it's a comprehensive program.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

When Batkid saved San Francisco, the whole country watched. What happens when you mix motivated college students, the #GivingTuesday movement, and #unselfies on social media? For Camp Kesem, $10,000 happens- money that will send children affected by a parent’s cancer to a free, life-changing summer camp.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

So, last spring Ella Baker Center, to launch its new program Reclaim the Future, took a big role in the United Nations World Environment Day Conference that was happening here in San Francisco. And what I always tell the students that I work with is, number one, stay in community. Is it children and literature?

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