article thumbnail

The Value of Volunteers

VisionLink

It's National Volunteer Week! Fun fact, each year about 62 million Americans volunteer at their local schools, with NGOs, with disaster preparedness and response groups, and community centers and homeless shelters. We believe volunteers are always part of the solution. percent) than men (23.2 Answer: Richard Nixon.

Volunteer 130
article thumbnail

Resources to Help Those Impacted By Hurricane Ian

Blue Fox

Support and Donate Statewide & General Relief American Red Cross - Hurricane Ian Relief | redcross.org Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s 2022 Hurricane Season Fund | disasterphilanthropy.org Good360 - Short and Long-Term Relief | good360.org Please consider donating to at least one of our dear clients in the Florida Den.

Hurricane 117
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

[ASK AN EXPERT] Should You Celebrate Your Nonprofit’s Anniversary?

Bloomerang

With how many staff, volunteers, and locations. Is reminding folks you haven’t solved hunger, homelessness, or poverty a good thing? The same holds true if you survived a natural disaster such as a fire, earthquake, tornado, hurricane, or tsunami. If you mostly want to do this to thank staff and volunteers, do that.

article thumbnail

Giving Trends in Kenya: How the Growth of Mobile Payments Are Transforming Community Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Matt first learned about crowdfunding when he was raising funds to volunteer in Southeast Asia in 2012. The top three causes are medical expenses (54%), disaster relief (12%), and education costs (12%). 67% donate in response to natural disasters. ? 78% of donors in Kenya volunteer. 78% attend fundraising events.

Kenya 196
article thumbnail

Announcing the Third Impact Lab on Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. Today, people of color and low-income communities are more likely to be impacted by natural disasters, live close to hazardous waste, and die of environmental causes.

Impact 116
article thumbnail

Major Code Release

VisionLink

This new code also includes the completely rebuilt Homeless Management solution (phase one of two), a new outcomes tracking module, a newly enhanced volunteer module for the Coordinated Assistance Network (CAN), new client assistance tools for the Red Cross and CAN, and a number of features for 2-1-1 users across the United States.

article thumbnail

Thankful Holiday

VisionLink

Cameron This spirit of action--being purposeful about helping those in need, and doing so by working together, is the tradition of Thanksgiving represented everyday by our customers.

Homeless 100