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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A community group worked hard to get her placed on the historic register and raise money to restore her to her mid-century glory. Last winter, after Harry and I had a conversation about global warming (and quite a conversation it was for a then eight-year old), and we collaborated on a series of green videos.

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From Ashton Kutcher to Soup: Super Bowl Giving

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The Souper Bowl of Caring 's mission is to use, "Super Bowl weekend to mobilize youth to fight hunger and poverty in their local communities." Celebrities are using the Super Bowl to raise money too. Campbell's Chunky soup and the NFL will donate 18,000 cans of soup to the winning team's local Feeding America food bank.

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Meet Connie Reece: Using Social Media to Strike Back At Ike

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last December, I watched Twitter turn into a sea of frozen green peas to support Susan Reynolds in her fight against breast cancer and to raise money for research in her honor. Ultimately, my writing skills led me into professional pursuits where I actually get paid for feeding my addiction. Connie Reece. tools and technology.

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14 Nonprofit Books Recommended by Top Industry Experts

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Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending. Can money buy happiness? While people typically seek advice on how to earn, save, and invest their money, this book will help you discover how to spend money to boost your happiness. . By Alison Green and Jerry Hauser. Dive in today. .

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How Chestnut Ridge Church Reinvents the Church Experience with Technology

Tech Soup

The church also actively identifies other needs in the community, like the Christian Help Project Food Pantry , which needed help to do a food drive to feed the hungry. The 30-Hour Famine event is a project in which school children learn about hunger, raise funds to help hungry kids in the world, and experience hunger for themselves.

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112 Nonprofit Blog Posts, Articles, and Stories from 2013 You Can’t Miss.

Connection Cafe

Your supporters’ Facebook news feeds just got a quality content make-over, and grumpy cat is taking a backseat to high-performing posts. Asking for money can be sweat inducing, but it’s a lot less painful if you’re prepared. Think about how much of that money is wasted on awkward gifts- the junk. Imagine that.

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Three Different Approaches to Twitter Fundraising: Bees, Turkeys, and Blame

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

All you had to do was click and play a word game, and that leveraged a food donation to fight hunger. The Free Rice Game has generated enough rice to feed millions of people since it started in October 2007 or a total of 70,991,387,110 grains of rice as of October 2009. They also ask that you donate some money. .

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