Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 28, 2012

Oh, what fun! Yes, they chose to stay in their incredibly vulnerable housing during a hurricane (theoretically Katrina, or something a lot like it,) and they choose to leave the evacuation center to go back home. It was like watching child abuse happen in real time. Hushpuppy is neglected, physically abused, bullied, and given alcohol.

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DECEMBER 30, 2012

Hurricane Sandy. Sandy Hook. Fiscal Cliff. With each disturbing event of 2012, it feels like we've been hit with the same reminder: We're all in it together. Everything we do touches someone. Sometimes it's close to home. Other times, it reaches across the globe.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

Let’s take a look at some fun facts about the history of volunteerism: The verb “volunteer” first originated in 1755. Emergency relief Emergency or disaster relief volunteers come into play after a major, devastating event, such as an earthquake or hurricane. See why nonprofits love our volunteer management software!

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

SILive.com has a link on its home page for people to donate to the Project Hospitality Staten Island Hurricane Relief Fund. . • The Wall Street Journal reported on November 2nd that a Relief Fund was created for Staten Island and New Jersey through the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation.

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DECEMBER 22, 2005

Rockin' CD to Benefit Hurricane Katrina Survivors The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights has produced a CD called, " Eye of the Storm: Love and Rage from the Bay to the Gulf ", to benefit survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Look how cute these chimps are.

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Candid

MAY 26, 2021

Kurt Lewin We’re two decades into the internet era; why is it still easier to buy a book about hurricanes than help a storm’s victims? In one longitudinal study, people gave more for hurricane relief if the name of the hurricane started with the same letter as their own name.

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JULY 30, 2006

People wanted to see how her town looked before, as well as after the hurricane. Photo credit: Hurricane Katrina Donations (ii) by Barret Anspach blogher blogher06 disaster relief blog The last BlogHer Conference session I went to yesterday, before leaving early to go to a wedding, was about using blogging for Community Assistance.

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JANUARY 2, 2006

I don't know if it is that we're halfway through the 00's , or that it is over 4 years since 9/11, or that Hurricane Katrina put extreme poverty on the evening news, but it feels like America is waking up from a long sleep and somehow becoming more conscious of the country that it needs to become. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

July: Ah, those summer months when we spend hours outside in the sun and fun. It's also one of the worse months for hurricanes and the Red Cross has made it easy to give a donation with your cell phone through its text 2 give program. But for many individuals seeking optimal health this isn't possible.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2008

Liz McCartney "Dedicated to helping Hurricane Katrina survivors in St. Anne Mahlum "Used to run by homeless men each morning. Today, she's running with them, and others, as part of her ' Back On My Feet ' program in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania." Bernard Parish, a community just outside New Orleans. Her nonprofit St.

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JULY 29, 2006

When Hurricane Katrina hit, she and her blogging partner decided to write a post asking their readers to post items in the comments section that they could donate to Katrina survivors. The first whole group session of Day 2 of BlogHer was, “How Has Blogging Changed your World?”

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 5, 2022

Let’s take a second to play a quick association game: Think about a natural disaster, such as a hurricane or an earthquake. Take a page from Leslie Knope and create a fun engagement around Galentine’s Day on Feb 13th. billion ( National Retail Foundation 2017 Survey ) Father’s Day: $15.5 billion ( NRF 2017 Survey ) Halloween: $9.1

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AUGUST 29, 2006

bekka writes about volunteering at the Algiers Regional Branch Library in New Orleans where she sorted through books that thousands of people sent to the New Orleans Public Library System after Hurricane Katrina. Sarah Lynn Seaton participated in a Women Build with Habitat for Humanity last May in Knoxville.

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AUGUST 1, 2007

But also, when people are in need -- like after Hurricane Katrina, when people relocated to the different cities and stadiums -- local Freecycle members in all these areas were able to go in and work with the Red Cross to get people signed up who had just been relocated to whatever city it was. It's just more fun, so people do it.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2022

It’s normal to feel pangs of fear every time a big event happens – hurricanes, earthquakes, war, global humanitarian crises – taking away some of your donors’ attention. Watching the numbers is half the fun! But if you have diverse income streams, your nonprofit will remain strong even when your cause is not getting a lot of attention.

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MARCH 9, 2007

I see that there is a major tipping point happening in the global climate change movement and consciousness of global warming, thanks in part to Al Gore's film, An Inconvenient Truth , and simply the manifestations that we have seen from hurricanes to melting icecaps, and that it's a time that I could not be working on anything else but this.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

you know, when Puerto Rico had that hurricane, you know, that was huge here. A, we understand how horrible it is to go through a hurricane, and B, a lot of people who live in Florida have family members in Puerto Rico. Kari: This was fun. It’s fun to see the chat. Oh, yeah, that’s always a fun one, right?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

September is Preparedness Month: We know that September is usually a bad month for hurricanes and other natural disasters. The Hierachy of Distractions : Just for fun! To learn more about it, join the Mozilla crew and friends for a Twitter chat next Monday evening. NTEN has two fantastic events this month!

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Satchmo.com has a list of 35 Hurricane Katrina Benefit CDs. For each (free) download of Peter Buffett's Christmas album, Star of Wonder , Amie Street and The Robin Hood Foundation will donate enough money to feed 15 people through The Food Bank of New York. There is also a SERVE2 CD , and a SERVE CD.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2005

I post these kinds of things because it gives me hope that there are a few lone voices in powerful positions advocating for the future of all Americans, not just rich white ones, and for our environment.

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MAY 17, 2006

People typically give to charity when there is a crisis (like the horrendous tsunamis or Hurricane Katrina), and they give money at the end of the year. What are the biggest challenges in your work with Network for Good? And that’s about it. My biggest challenge is figuring out how to encourage steadier support.

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JUNE 25, 2008

I’m hoping NFPtweetup Four will be as challenging, fun, informative, and as unexpectedly good as usual. When afterwilma debuted, I like many others felt an affinity to the people afflicted by the hurricane. We did start a group hurricane blog after Wilma, thankfully we have not put it to good use.

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JUNE 29, 2006

It's an amazing act of love really in response to the hurricane and the racial neglect that occurred down on the Gulf. you know when you're around someone who's just fun to be around? It creates a sense of. They're grounded, their respectful in their communication, they're appreciative.

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