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34 Clever Summer Fundraising Ideas

Whole Whale

Design a local route with varying distances to be both competitive and family-friendly. Ask your local donut maker to donate a portion of their proceeds on June 7 to your cause, or ask a favorite hot dog shack to give special coupons for a free or discounted frank to the folks that donate to you in a given time period. Bike-a-Thon.

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Apps for Youth, By Youth

Tech Soup

Teen Book Finder (iOS), developed by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), helps teens, parents, teachers, and librarians find the best books and media for teens. You can also create a special reading list, locate books in your local library, and share what you're reading with friends over social media.

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Great reads from around the web on February 11th

Amy Sample Ward

Pando Projects is a nonprofit that empowers people—in particular Millennials—to step up as leaders and develop new, local solutions to the problems in their communities. Today's teens also plan to be generous when they get older.

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7 LGBT Tech Projects You Need to Know

Tech Soup

SAGE (Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders) is a New York City-based organization that provides services and advocates for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender elders. event will be in New York City in October. Liberating Ourselves Locally. Sage CyberCenters. Want to attend the next summits?

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Humanizing Moves Management Fundraising

Neon CRM

For example, say a library organization wanted to restore a historic local library. Her daughter has required volunteer hours at her school; she may be a good prospect for our teen volunteer program.” They may decide to hold an informational event at that library to engage individuals who are already connected to it.

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New on SSIR: First and Foremost Know Your Community

Amy Sample Ward

As profiled in the New York Observer , Danah talked to the data uncovered in her four years of research on new media use in a presentation at the Personal Democracy Forum. The issues our social service agencies and social benefit organizations are dealing with offline, in local communities, are showing up online.

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Are Online Vote-for-Me Contests A Good Idea?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Our largest “good idea” to date will be a fully accredited residential high school for homeless teens in San Francisco, which we will look to replicate in other cities across the country. As a fairly new nonprofit, this online contest gave us the ability to gain exposure and compete with some more established organizations.

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