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Refurbished Computers for Nonprofit Serving Homeless

Tech Soup

The mission of Transition Projects is to help people to transition from homelessness to permanent housing. The public library also utilizes the lab to provide a computer training class. I contacted the RCI program via email and was called by one of the program specialists.

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Networking

ASU Lodestar Center

We’ve all heard the term, had workshops and classes on it, gone to seminars, digested it— but why? With that said, every one of our contacts is a potential client, a potential resource and if treated well, a potential partner or donor. So how do we make these ever important contacts? Networking.

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What you need to know BEFORE you start a nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

Think about your audience as someone who doesn’t know anything about food insecurity, homelessness, first generation college students, or animal abuse. It is great to have Board members with contacts and are willing to introduce those contacts to your new nonprofit. Will you offer classes? One-on-one counseling?

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Virtual Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Ideas to Explore

Qgiv

John Center for Homeless Men recently hosted their own virtual house party peer-to-peer event called Raisin’ the Rent. With just a couple of clicks, anyone can register their own fundraiser and raise money to help CityTeam with combating hunger and homelessness in their city. Community classes. BONUS – See this idea in action!

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Fighting for a cause

ASU Lodestar Center

For the next few days I became familiar with runaway and homeless youth issues. I looked to many of my nonprofit leadership and management classes at ASU for insight. Then we contacted the. I contacted the police. The next big challenge was researching how to open an emergency youth shelter. and Canada. volunteers.

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We Want YOU to Help Scale Up Mobile for the Common Good

Tech Soup

Without it, it can be difficult to find a home, apply for a job, sign up for classes, make homeless shelter reservations or find soup kitchens. have learned how to program on mobile devices, and people who are homeless have received subsidized services and devices. About Mobile4All: Making a Huge Difference for the Underserved.

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Lady Gaga & Celebrity Philanthropy

Connection Cafe

As part of her Monster Ball tour, she partnered with Virgin Mobile and Volunteermatch to give free premium concert tickets to volunteers who gave eight hours or more lending a hand to organizations serving homeless youth. Her call to action inspired over 30,000 hours of community service and a new wave of attention on homeless youth.