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Agencies serving the homeless community are invited to apply for Winter Survival Kits

Charity Village

Engage and Change is inviting agencies serving the homeless community in Toronto, the Greater Toronto Area, and Southwestern Ontario to apply for Project Winter Survival. Eligible organizations will receive sleeping bags and Winter Survival Kits to distribute to the homeless community to help them survive winter.

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#thankful4home: Raising Awareness Around Homelessness

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

#thankful4home: A Lesson in Project Based Learning & Gratitude guest post by Lisa Colton. This fall and winter I’m working with a group of organizations in Chicago to raise awareness around homelessness, alongside screenings of the @Home documentary that features portraits of this issue through the eyes of activist Mark Horvath.

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Government of Canada launches call for innovative concepts to prevent and eliminate homelessness

Charity Village

The Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Ahmed Hussen, launched a call for concepts for innovative projects to prevent and eliminate homelessness under the Community Capacity and Innovation stream of Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy.

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6 Places to Find Grants for Your Non-Profit

The Fundraising Authority

Let them know that you have limited time and will only be writing grants to foundations that closely match your project needs for the coming year. Spend some time looking for grants that were received by organizations similar to yours, as well as seeking out foundations that specifically fund projects like the ones you are working on.

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Bringing the Social Media Boot Camp to L.A. Homeless Orgs

See3

Last week, I joined 21 representatives of homeless service organizations from across Los Angeles at Home for Good L.A. for a social media boot camp led by See3’s Chief Learning Officer Lisa Colton, in partnership with the See3-Kindling Group project @home. social media Uncategorized Video'

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Community Technology Alliance: Helping Address Homelessness with Mobile Technology

Tech Soup

This San Jose, CA-based organization provides technology and services to agencies that work directly with the homeless in their community. Recently, CTA conducted a study on mobile use by the homeless population of Santa Clara County (where CTA is located). An Opportunity to Learn. What CTA Uncovered.

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Unlock the Power of Maps to Boost Your Nonprofit’s Fundraising

The Fundraising Authority

Here are a few examples: An organization focused on providing clean water to communities in Africa is using maps to show the locations of their water filtration projects and the communities they have helped. There are a variety of ways that nonprofits can use maps to illustrate the work they do and the areas they serve.

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