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Guest Post by Michaela Hackner: Community Matters Even At SXSW

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to help promote awareness of homelessness in America. During a panel on fundraising, Donors Choose raised enough money to fund a music classroom project in Austin. For example, through a Twitter campaign during the conference, Mark Horwath raised $50,000 for his organization InvisiblePeople.tv

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Community Matters, Even at SxSW

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to help promote awareness of homelessness in America. During a panel on fundraising, Donors Choose raised enough money to fund a music classroom project in Austin. For example, through a Twitter campaign during the conference, Mark Horwath raised $50,000 for his organization InvisiblePeople.tv

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How Can We Make Charitable Giving A Year-Round Habit?

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September is Hunger Awareness Month so why not give a donation of canned goods and cash to your local food bank? Or, consider making a contribution to an organization like Share Our Strength that is working to end childhood hunger. September: Food and water are basic human needs. October: By October, school is in full swing.

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How to Get Your Nonprofit’s Story in the News

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Sometimes it’s a matter of zeroing in on a single aspect of your organization’s work or an unexpected story, such as two volunteers falling in love while serving soup side-by-side in the homeless shelter’s kitchen. 5K will raise money for school’s outdoor classroom and track . Avoid exclamation points.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

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A nonprofit organization that provides support for homeless in Northern, CA found references to homeless people on restaurant blogs and used what they learn for a fundraising campaign. Do this before before a classroom blogging project or external organizational blog which is more visible. Adding a new data point to it.

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