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Feeding a Need: New App Helps Youth Find Free Summer Meals

Tech Soup

The statistics on hunger in America are startling: 14.5% This means many children and teens who regularly had access to nutritious meals during the school year may be hungry or undernourished over the summer, even when there are free meals available in their communities. Food Insecurity in a Land of Plenty.

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Teenagers, Space-Makers, and Scaling Up to Change the World

Museum 2.0

This week, my colleague Emily Hope Dobkin has a beautiful guest post on the Incluseum blog about the Subjects to Change teen program that Emily runs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Subjects to Change is an unusual museum program in that it explicitly focuses on empowering teens as community leaders.

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Are you celebrating Giving Tuesday? These NTEN Members are!

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The Trust for Public Land TransForm Transportation Alternatives United Nations Foundation United Way for Southeastern Michigan United Way of Genesee County Vermont Foodbank Volunteers of America Wade Edwards Foundation and Learning Lab Women Employed World Food Program USA YES!

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Mobile Tech Connects Kids to Summer Meals

Tech Soup

Referrers include staff from nonprofits, community centers, public libraries, and other organizations that work with youth during the summer months. The data comes from WhyHunger , a nonprofit dedicated to ending hunger. Many larger public library systems (such as Washington, D.C. Range as a Resource: Lift Communities.

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Igniting the 15NTC stage at lightning speed

NTEN

But they aren’t going to cure cancer, reduce hunger, or improve pre-K education. American teens still send more SMS than any other type of message, and send more SMS than any other age group. Social Good Shark Tank Speaker: Peter Panepento, Principal, Panepento Strategies. Let’s revisit them publicly.

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Stellar year-end fundraising strategies for busy nonprofit leaders

Get Fully Funded

Here are some sample end-of-year fundraising campaign themes : Let’s Make Hunger History. Give Every Teen the Chance to Chase Their Dream. Public speaking is one of the best ways to spread the word about your cause and get in front of prospective donors. Every Kitten Deserves a Chance. Expand your speaking opportunities.

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