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Make This a More Inclusive Season of Giving: Tips for Diversity in Your End-of-Year Fundraising Appeal

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Symbols and language to make your appeal more Kwanzaa-inclusive: Candle-lighting is central to Kwanzaa, in the colors of red, green, and black. Include the color green, popular with many cultural traditions but especially to Muslims, for whom paradise is depicted as a garden. Bodhi Day: A Buddhist Tradition.

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Why You Didn't Hear About Cyclone Ivan's Destruction in Madagascar and How To Help Support Relief Efforts

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She was the recent winner of my son's Green Geek Charity Contest and we contributed a small amount to the charity of her choice, SOS Children's Villages. So I had great time eating my favourite chocolate waffle when watching Harry my favourite green geek. The Daily Green reported on its initial impact, when 11 were reported dead.)

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Writing for Change Conference: An Interview with Elizabeth Pomada

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I mean, San Francisco is now a green city, and that's right from the heart of Mayor Newsom. And being green is also part of saving the planet, saving the earth. Britt: How are you making the event green? We're giving away free green bags from Mollie Stone's - totally recyclable and totally free and totally green.

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100+ Fundraising Event Ideas to Try in 2021 and Beyond

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John Center for Homeless Men recently did their own virtual house party peer-to-peer event called Raisin’ the Rent , with some of their participants raising over $10,000 in their house party. Service projects can be feeding the homeless, writing letters to inmates, doing an environmental clean up, and more!

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

Have Fun - Do Good

A blog was really perfect for me, because first of all, it was a very casual voice -- it's not very formal. You don't want to write about everything, because then people won't find you in the same way as when they search on Google about "homelessness issues", or "the environment." It's an overnight summer camp that we do.

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