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To Complete or Not to Complete?

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The motivating factors that prompt students to enroll in a community college are as varied and diverse as their academic and socio-economic backgrounds. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics , only thirteen percent of all community college students complete by earning a degree or credential in two years.

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Nonprofit Profile: First Christian Church of Beardstown Illinois

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The First Christian Church of Beardstown is a non-sectarian Christian church in rural west-central Illinois. Beardstown Illinois is an agricultural market town where farm products are loaded onto barges for transport on the Illinois River. ” The school is funded by student tuitions and church member donations.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

Kindful

The educational goals for the funders in this list include increasing postsecondary and higher learning opportunities, advancing innovation inside the classroom, engaging more students in the arts, and enhancing early childhood development, just to name a few. Areas served: Worldwide. Carnegie Corporation of New York. The Kresge Foundation.

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Build Your Storymaking Skills with Free Events and Webinars

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Chicago, Illinois: Digital Storytelling Month Kickoff. Chicago, Illinois: Digital Storytelling Part II. Kibiribiri, Uganda: Building Capacities of Teachers and Students in Digital Storytelling. Chicago, Illinois: Digital Storytelling Month Kickoff. Chicago, Illinois: Digital Storytelling Part II. Thursday, April 7.

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Comprehensive Guide To Year-End Giving

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SOS Children’s Villages Illinois acquired 75% of their new donors for the entire year with their year-end peer-to-peer fundraising campaign. Give Local worked with other organizations to highlight nonprofits during the holiday season. Let’s look at an example from Fiver: Once upon a time, there were students in New York.

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Nonprofit Blog Exchange

Have Fun - Do Good

I want to highlight a blog that I've been reading for a while, the Tutor Mentor Connection blog written by Daniel Bassill out of Chicago, Illinois. I am participating in my first Nonprofit Blog Exchange set up by the fabulous Emily. Groups: Online Networking for Professional Managers of Volunteer Programs.

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What Can I Do About Genocide? An Interview with Janessa Goldbeck

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We also have a student division: STAND , which has more than 850 chapters around the world, and the students in those chapters actively organize and mobilize their communities and schools to pass legislation, to fundraise, and to really make more noise about genocide in Darfur and genocide in general.

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