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What you need to know BEFORE you start a nonprofit

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Tutor students so they can reach their potential in school? Or is it for people who are not accepted by current shelters, such as mothers with teen boys? Or are you looking to open a shelter for teens who have left or been kicked out of their homes, a need totally different than the family shelters in your community.

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5 Reasons Why You Should Make Mentoring A Priority

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mentors: Bobby Deleon and Michel Daniel and students from ECHS - Speed Networking. Spence, an 11 th grader at ECHS wrote, “I am one of the Environmental Charter students you presented to on Friday. She shared, “The experience with the teens was amazing. Your Efforts Could Change Lives Immediately.

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Three Reasons Kids Need Digital Literacy and Citizenship Education

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So how do we teach kids and teens, who often can’t plan past lunch, how to think about their digital footprints and abstract concepts like ethics? How does turning wired students into digital citizens fit with your organization’s existing mission? Is it about keeping students safe? Contact Emily.

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Feeding a Need: New App Helps Youth Find Free Summer Meals

Tech Soup

Millions of low-income students rely on free or low-cost school meals. During the school year, federal programs like the National School Lunch Program help close this nutrition gap by providing free or reduced cost meals to low-income students. But when summer vacation starts, the school meals end. That's 3.9 MILLION U.S.

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Get to Know the Lodestar Center: Anne Kotleba

ASU Lodestar Center

She joins us just in time to start a new school year and meet a new group of wonderful nonprofit students! When they leave here, I want my students to continue to question, learn, teach, and continue to use their education to change the world. I got a group of 8 teens together and I taught them a simple Photoshop project.

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How They Did It: LWB Wins Facebook Causes Giving Challenge - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Sometimes, this even included an army of college students going door-to-door, ICU nurses convincing hospital staff to join, businessmen calling meetings to let their employees know about the contest, and other offline work. So, if you only have a few minutes, here are the5 top takeaways: 1. That went to several thousand supporters.

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How They Did It: LWB Wins Facebook Causes Giving Challenge - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Sometimes, this even included an army of college students going door-to-door, ICU nurses convincing hospital staff to join, businessmen calling meetings to let their employees know about the contest, and other offline work. So, if you only have a few minutes, here are the5 top takeaways: 1. That went to several thousand supporters.

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