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Vote for Your CNN Hero: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Impact

Have Fun - Do Good

She and volunteer camera crews have taped roughly 3,000 inmate messages." Anne Mahlum "Used to run by homeless men each morning. Today, she offers hundreds of children who work in Phnom Penh's trash dump a way out through free schooling and job training."

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What I Learned From @nancylublin About #dataonpurpose

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Another example was to help Youth Homeless Shelters. They interviewed them and found out that homeless teens want one thing – jeans. Kids learned about homelessness. In August 2013, they sent an opt-in text message to area codes in El Paso and Chicago. Moms were happy that kids were cleaning out their closets.