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Celebrate National Volunteer Week at your association to show you care!

Nimble AMS

Happy National Volunteer Week 2023 ! National Volunteer Week is celebrated annually in the United State s , Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand , to recognize the outstanding work of volunteers. Be sure to tag #VolunteerAppreciationWeek as you celebrate your volunteers to further spread the word.

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Geo-Tagged Map Shows Impact of Hurricane Joaquin in Real Time

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5, 2015— VisionLink , a community inspired software and consulting company, has developed a free, shareable, real-time, geo-tagged map depicting actual damage reports produced by Hurricane Joaquin. During Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, VisionLink became the nation's system of record for millions of people and thousands of shelters.

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Giving in America: A look at philanthropy’s history and a unique Candid connection

Candid

About a month ago, Candid was tagged in a social media post from someone who had visited the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Rubenstein Curator of Philanthropy at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. We reached out to Amanda Moniz, Ph.D., the David M. Why is it important to this history? .

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Instead of Selling Objects, Build Public Trust

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It's sparked public uproar, legal battles, and nationwide press coverage. It's cracked the crumbling, outdated rules around deaccessioning--and unearthed more serious issues of public trust. Cue public uproar and legal action to block the auction. The issue is violation of public trust. Here's what happened.

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18 Ways of Thanking Volunteers So They’ll Feel Appreciated and Stick Around Forever

Get Fully Funded

According to Independent Sector , the national average value of a volunteer hour is $29.95 National Volunteer Week Even if you HAVE been thanking volunteers well, you have a great opportunity coming up to thank your volunteers. Public or private? Incorporate a photo of volunteers in action into a graphic and tag them.

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National Library Week and Bookshare

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guest Blog from Amy McNeely, Bookshare Librarian This past week, April 12th through April 18th, was National Library Week. When as the Bookshare librarian I fill out membership forms for different library organizations, I want to check all the boxes, as Bookshare is at once a school library, a public library and an academic library.

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February Cause Awareness: Black History Month

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February is Black History Month in many countries in the United States and Canada, an annual observance dedicated to honoring and acknowledging the valuable contributions of Black people in both nations. Woodson believed that it was important to establish a theme to help focus the attention of the public.

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