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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

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Virginia DeBolt pointed me to this very inspiring story about a third grader in Albuquerque who raised $6000 to build a library in Ethiopia. Parenting Tips To Encourage Your Child's Philanthropy 1. They created the Popcorn For Kids Campaign.

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Encouraging Philanthropy at a Young Age: Teaching Your Kids To Give To Causes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Save the Children has just launched an inspiring and informative catalog that lets you and your child explore a map of the world and imagine how simple gifts, vitamins for infants, library books for kids in rural America, or an apple tree in Ethiopia are extraordinary resources. "Time, enthusiasm, expertise, skills.it

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Twitter’s Claire Williams Shares Why Literacy Is Her Cause

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That first weekend in Kenya, when I didn’t climb the mountain, I stayed in the orphanage library. Claire Williams leads Social Innovation and Philanthropy at Twitter. Our connection to Kenya remains strong; we are also the guardians for one of the children from that orphanage, @sammyikua , who now studies in Maine.