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Father’s Day Fundraising: 9 Ideas That Will Get People Donating

Whole Whale

It is believed that the origin of Father’s Day can be traced back to a Sunday School teacher in Fairmont, West Virginia. Dodd wanted to show her appreciation for her father, William Jackson Smart, a Civil War veteran who had raised his six children alone after their mother died.

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Grant Writing and the Perfect Storytelling

Tech Soup

In rural Boone County, West Virginia, Jennifer Massey bathes her children in contaminated water. Telling a story doesn't have to take pages and pages of text. It can be something as simple as an opening like this (this is fiction, by the way!): It's either that or not bathe them at all.

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How Chestnut Ridge Church Reinvents the Church Experience with Technology

Tech Soup

It's probably no accident that Chestnut Ridge Church has become the largest church in West Virginia. Chestnut Ridge Church is a big independent evangelical church in Morgantown, West Virginia. Parents log their children in to the church at a computer kiosk before they drop them off and attend the service.

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10 Organizations Leading The Way This Mental Health Awareness Month

Everyaction

According to their website, “Through integrated special education and mental health services, Positive Education Program (PEP) is able to provide individualized care to children and youth experiencing emotional disturbances and demonstrating severe and challenging behaviors.” The Village Network.

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The Bold, Focused Ideas of Breakthrough Nonprofit Brands: Book Giveaway Winners Announced

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Women’s Center of Tarrant County has a name problem, as we serve women, men and children…about 82,000 a year. Women’s Center of Tarrant County , Susan Fine. Women’s Center of Tarrant County , Susan Fine. We are NOT a shelter.

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Litigating a Path to Progress: Nonprofit Advocacy through the Courts

Blue Avocado

1 Another great example is the Flores litigation , which guarantees basic levels of treatment for children held by federal immigration authorities. We focused on bringing local appeals in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (the federal court covering Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, and West Virginia) and in local federal courts.