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September Cause Awareness: National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

Qgiv

If you want to take things a step further, look up your local crisis center or community hotline and become a trained volunteer. They aim to prevent suicide and reduce the stigma around getting help for mental health struggles through information, conversation, and with a variety of programs involving schools and the broader community.

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ShowerUP Solved Its BIG Problem — A Problem You Too May Have

Bloomerang

He’d sorted out how to scale their services into Nashville, TN, Wichita, KS, Huntsville, AL, Chicago, IL, Chattanooga, TN, and Tampa Bay, FL. Despite these successes, ShowerUp’s BIG problem was organizing their 1,449 volunteers. Paul also knew that today’s volunteers are tomorrow’s donors; he needed to nurture his greatest advocates.

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How Mentorship Can Break Down Racial Divides

Saleforce Nonprofit

I had always been an informal mentor, but when I moved to Florida, I joined Big Brothers Big Sisters as a volunteer, a ‘Big Sister’. Fostering Understanding & Breaking Down Barriers It’s also an opportunity to educate: more than 68% of the volunteer mentors are white or non-Black. She loved cheerleading (so did I!)

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Biker Philanthropy: TechSoup Revs Up Donated Computer Programs for Kids

Tech Soup

I gave Greg Reaster a call to find out what they were doing in the Tampa Bay area. BIKERSCAP is an all-volunteer project that started in March 2009 in the depths of the great recession. BIKERSCAP now has around 20 volunteers, mostly older bikers, who meet on weekends to fix PCs and hold charitable events. In the Beginning.

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Are you celebrating Giving Tuesday? These NTEN Members are!

NTEN

Find them all at GivingTuesday.org 2-1-1 Tampa Bay Cares, Inc. The Trust for Public Land TransForm Transportation Alternatives United Nations Foundation United Way for Southeastern Michigan United Way of Genesee County Vermont Foodbank Volunteers of America Wade Edwards Foundation and Learning Lab Women Employed World Food Program USA YES!

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Gratitude for Impact: Epic Thanks Unleashed

Care2

There is definitely a sense from the team at Epic Change that this year gets back to the roots of the program, its simplicity and volunteer driven focus. It's All About Your Community. Epic Change has done a wonderful job being in close touch with its community and taking their supporters' input seriously.

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From Ashton Kutcher to Soup: Super Bowl Giving

Have Fun - Do Good

The Souper Bowl of Caring 's mission is to use, "Super Bowl weekend to mobilize youth to fight hunger and poverty in their local communities." In Gainesville, FL, VISTO (Volunteers in Service to Others) will host a Souper Bowl Sunday Luncheon. The more non-perishable food items you donate, the bigger the discount you receive.

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