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Good News! Starbucks Signed an Agreement with Ethiopia

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Oxfam announced yesterday that Starbucks signed an agreement with Ethiopian farmers: "Starbucks and Ethiopia have finalized an agreement that ends their trademark dispute and brings both sides together in partnership to help Ethiopian farmers. The video above is a thank you message from the President of Oxfam and an Ethiopian farmer.

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TechSoup joins the #ALSIceBucketChallenge

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(Please visit the site to view this video). While there has been some high-profile efforts to raise awareness and money, most recently by former football player Steve Gleason and his Team Gleason House , research efforts and awareness have been low compared to the other fatal diseases. million raised in the same period last year.

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

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A community group worked hard to get her placed on the historic register and raise money to restore her to her mid-century glory. 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.

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[VIDEO] 5 Must-Do’s of Year-End Fundraising Success

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There are all kinds of great videos, case studies you can dive into and kind of get to know us a little bit more. . So I help organizations tell powerful stories that have raised collectively around a half billion dollars. Paul to teach them a bit about what goes on in Ethiopia, or Uganda, or wherever their camps are.

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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

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I was able to raise $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex. Right before Thanksgiving , the TweetsGiving effort and Avi Kaplan helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle.

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More Groovy Service Acts at Service Nation Summit: Senator Chris Dodd's Semester of Service and Encore Service Act

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Senator Paul Tsongas, who served in Ethiopia, was the second. The Encore Service Act would also raise the authorization levels for the Foster Grandparent , Senior Corps and RSVP programs, and modify the eligibility levels to 55 years and older. Army Reserves for over 6 years.

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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

Whether I'm raising money for Cambodia or Creative Commons , I try to include them in some way. 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.

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