Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2006

Last week I wrote about a virtual homeless teenager in Second Life who raising awareness of the plight of homeless teens in Spain. 1 text or phone entrance fee go to help The Foyer Foundation , a nonprofit that works with homeless young people. tools to he word through the gaming community by using Digg.

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2014

High-Tech Help for Homelessness. Why would a homeless person need a mobile phone? A recent study by California nonprofit Community Technology Alliance found that almost 70% of the homeless people surveyed in their county did have a mobile phone. For one thing, phones allow them to look for work, housing, or medical help.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

For example: “Many teen girls struggle with their self-esteem thanks to Instagram and Snapchat. Please help us open the door for a teen to attend our personal development conference, benefit from having a mentor, and get on a path to college and a career.” . It was a bleak situation and they were days away from being homeless.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2012

I’ve been volunteering for community causes since I was a kid, something my family encouraged. ” She said she wanted to give money to an organization that helped homeless families. I introduced her to my colleague, Mark Horvath’s organization, Invisible People , and we donated. I grew up at the Jersey Shore.

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

In order to lead your ministry, provide valuable programming, and connect your community to your mission, you need adequate funds. For example, let’s say your faith-based organization is also an outreach ministry for shut-ins and the homeless. There might be people within your own community who want to help.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 21, 2015

Formed in response to the growing employment and economic barriers that plague the transgender (sometimes called "trans") community, Trans*H4ck is a series of hackathons that bring visibility to trans entrepreneurs and innovators while developing new and useful open-source tech products that benefit the trans community.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Smooth Transition began working to reach at-risk teens early — before they dropped out of high school or left the foster care system. It later expanded its program to include all at-risk populations, including displaced adults, as a means to better help the community. Breaking Harmful Cycles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

Jared Paul, the co-founder of a new nonprofit that has a focus on homeless youth and one of the winners of the $25,000 in the first phase of Chase's Giving Community Contest offered to share his thoughts. Earlier this month, I sent out a few tweets asking for the counterpoint to Hildy's view.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 26, 2011

It demands that we remember, as individuals, that what we do on a daily basis, on the regular — planning that Halloween carnival or participating in a homeless count across the city — matters. We're all drawn to this work because we care about our communities and our country. The work that we do matters. Like this article? Get another!

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

We want you to tell us how you are using products donated through TechSoup to help the youth in your community develop valuable life skills that will prepare them to take full advantage of their bright futures. Interested in winning this tablet? If you answered yes to all of those questions, keep reading! Ready to enter?

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AFP Blog

JULY 5, 2011

and the Maine Community Foundation. They also participate in Jumpstart Our Youth (JOY) -- the state's most comprehensive youth philanthropy program -- with Jobs for Maine's Graduates students statewide. The JOY program was launched in 2008 by the Unity Foundation, which is based in Unity, with funding partners UniTel Inc.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2015

Referrers include staff from nonprofits, community centers, public libraries, and other organizations that work with youth during the summer months. Range as a Resource: Lift Communities. Dar Verveka, CTO of Lift Communities , first heard about Range from Twitter. "They actually talk to nonprofits!"

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Hands On Nashville (HON) works to meet community needs through volunteerism. From hunger to homelessness, HON connects volunteers to critical issues facing the Middle Tennessee community, and serves as one of the largest volunteer resource centers in the world. to draw community members to the donation site.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2014

Over the past three years, we''ve tripled our attendance, doubled our budget, and, most importantly, established deep and diverse relationships with community members, artists, and organizations across Santa Cruz County. We''re seen as a trusted and desirable partner to diverse cultural practitioners in our community.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 5, 2009

After 34 years in the Navy, Rick Koca "retired" - and started StandUp For Kids (S4K) , a nonprofit that works with homeless and street kids. The "extraordinary" thing Terri has done to change the world is the successful implementation of a mentoring program called Stand and Deliver for teens in the challenged community of Lawrence, MA.

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DipJar

JULY 26, 2022

Founded in 1991, Utah Pride’s mission is to unite, empower, and celebrate Utah’s diverse LGBTQ+ community by providing a safe and welcoming space for education, partnership, service, and events that advance everyone’s collective health, wellness, and success. Members of the LGBTQ community can often feel really isolated and alone.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2009

Last month, the Christian Science Monitor published an article entitled, "Museums' new mantra: Connect with community." It took me a couple weeks (and various museum blog responses ) to realize what bugs me about this article--it treats "connecting with community" as a marketing ploy, a "mantra" rather than a mission. Which community?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Last week, I had the honor and pleasure of giving a talk at an institution I''ve long admired: the Taylor Community Science Resource Center at the St. Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. Many YES teens don''t come in with confidence about their own abilities. Louis Science Center.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2012

A group in their late teens/early 20s were wandering through the museumwide exhibition on love. When I walked by the first time, the teens were collaging and Kyle and Stacey were talking. I don't know what formed the bridge between the artists and the teens in this circumstance. Kyle had brought his baby with him.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

Last week, I had the honor and pleasure of giving a talk at an institution I've long admired: the Taylor Community Science Resource Center at the St. Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. Many YES teens don't come in with confidence about their own abilities. Louis Science Center.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

But her experience and those of the residents in her community inspired her greatest work, A Raisin in the Sun , the first play written by an African American to be produced on Broadway. Despite her family's affluence, Lorraine Hansberry's childhood in Chicago during the 1930s was not without hardship, discrimination, and segregation.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

You need stories that show the impact your organization makes in the community. Give Every Teen the Chance to Chase Their Dream. Or to help you eliminate your waiting list so every homeless person can get medical care. You can’t send a random email or two, post something on social media, and expect to see a flood of donations.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 8, 2013

Like a lot of organizations, my museum struggles with two conflicting goals: The museum should be for everyone in our community. We''re more successful when we target particular communities or audiences and design experiences for them. It''s impossible for any organization or business to do a great job being for everyone. Why fight it?

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 3, 2015

We should identify a few key community health indicators to focus on." Here are three reasons to find and connect with community-wide sources of data instead of doing it yourself: The data already exists. Want to know how many kids ate fruits and vegetables, or how many teens graduated high school, or how many people are homeless?

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

It is multi-disciplinary, incorporates diverse voices from our community, and provides interactive and participatory opportunities for visitor involvement. interracial marriage, keeping a family together while homeless) and others are more immediate (i.e. Some are conceptual (i.e. making a special gift).

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FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Some want to make their community a better place. For instance, they may give to the homeless shelter because they feel bad for people who don’t have homes or because it feels good to help someone in need or because their favorite uncle was homeless for a while or because of all those reasons! People actually want a challenge.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Why do homeless people smell bad?” The science of capital punishment from DNA to execution Religion Teen suicide, teen cutting – I wanted to include these in my museum’s “Hall of Human Life” teen area. and displayed in the museum. more effective than solar panels* God Chemistry did (does) a lot of damage to our planet.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Mustard Seed Communities. Top Nonprofit Website: Mustard Seed Communities. Since 1978, Mustard Seed Communities has cared for vulnerable populations across the globe. Their organization’s mission is to nourish the most in-need members of the community through the best medicine there is — healthy food! Project Open Hand.

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