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Twitter’s Claire Williams Shares Why Literacy Is Her Cause

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What a photo find!! That first weekend in Kenya, when I didn’t climb the mountain, I stayed in the orphanage library. This is Lara Vogel, co-founder of Hope Runs, reading John Wood's Leaving Microsoft To Change the World (look closely at the spine!) in Kenya with Mary, 10, circa 2006].

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My kids have posed for photos in t-shirts , emptied their piggy banks , helped me make fundraising videos , contributed clothing or other items to drives at school, and have attended lots of fund raising events. But it doesn't involve baking cupcakes. 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

My kids have posed for photos in t-shirts , emptied their piggy banks , helped me make fundraising videos , contributed clothing or other items to drives at school, and have attended lots of fund raising events. Whether I'm raising money for Cambodia or Creative Commons , I try to include them in some way.

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