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An Insider’s Guide to bbcon 2023 in Denver

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Enjoy music, food, a fun ski lift photo and try your hand at the ski simulator on October 23 rd from 7-9:30pm! Give back to the Denver community by assembling hygiene and health kits, which will be donated to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. Celebrate each other and the work you do!

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The Best Giving Tuesday Email Subject Lines Of 2022

Bloomerang

Give the gift of music today to help us end on a high note . Their second subject line: “What is doubled-up homelessness?” . I didn’t go to the University of Wisconsin but if I had and I was a proud Badger I might open this. I love this subject line from Legal Aid Nebraska telling me what my gift will do and in only six words!

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25+ Virtual Fundraising Ideas | A Guide for 2021

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Their solution was a partnership with Transylvania University where they used one of its buildings for housing. Each “house party” can have a theme, set activities, and music to differentiate. With the rise of COVID-19, they came upon an issue with how to sleep over 650 people while still staying socially distant.

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Big Vision Podcast: Steve Williams from POWER

Have Fun - Do Good

Steve Williams: When I was in college I did a lot of service work around homelessness issues. I was like, "It's cool doing it," but I recognize that regardless of how hard I worked in the homeless shelter, that every day there were more and more people, who were forced to come to the shelter because they had nowhere else to go.

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The 8 Types of Nonprofit Waste (and How to Fix Them)

NonProfit Hub

Or an afterschool care center for kids holds a musical performance once a month, but parents secretly wonder if their ears can handle it. Or a residence for homeless veterans serves meals with durable dishes and metal silverware when simpler (but recyclable!) materials would work just as well.

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Twenty "Fearless" Changemakers

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Michael Bitz | Youth Music Exchange | Forest Hills, NY Youth Music Exchange launches record labels inside schools, organized and managed by youth, enabling students to write, record, and distribute original music. Twitter: @americasvoice ) 20.

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Writing for Change Conference: An Interview with Elizabeth Pomada

Have Fun - Do Good

EP: Well, Mayor Newsom has already given Michael the green hat, from San Francisco Green, because he works with the project Homeless Connect people. The sales manager at the Mark Hopkins Hotel also told me that he loved that book when he was young, because it did change the way he saw the universe. How to do your work?