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Three Ways To Help Support Hurricane Relief in Puerto Rico

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It has been ten days since Hurricane Maria has devastated the Island of Puerto Rico. Given the devastation on the ground in Puerto Rico, it is going to take a long time to get back to “normal,” if at all. Here’s my giving strategy for Puerto Rico. They have a fund set up for Puerto Rico.

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Bookshare en Puerto Rico

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I am lucky to be able to contribute this passion to Benetech by providing outreach and membership support in Spanish to the commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Why shouldn’t students in Puerto Rico benefit from our technology and services? This photo was taken in a library in San Juan.

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What happened in 2020 disaster philanthropy beyond COVID-19?  

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Puerto Rico “ earthquake swarm.” Puerto Rico experienced a series of earthquakes beginning in December 2019. We identified $791,176 to date in earthquake funding for Puerto Rico. The blasts caused destruction for several miles, killing nearly 220 people and injuring more than 6,000 others. million in aid.

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Value of volunteer time rose nearly 5 percent in 2020

Candid

per hour for Puerto Rico to $48.67 According to the Value of Volunteer Time, volunteers typically contribute nearly $200 billion to U.S. communities; there is evidence, however, that the number of hours volunteered by Americans in 2020 fell due to COVID-19. State-level values range from $13.74 per hour for the District of Columbia. “As

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Visionlink’s Volunteer Registry Deployed for Hurricanes Harvey & Irma

VisionLink

If you would like to volunteer the system is currently accessible from the following sites: For Texas: [link] For Puerto Rico: [link] For U.S. Virgin Islands: [link] For Texas: [link] Volunteer Florida will also be live on the system in the near future.

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Cloud for Good is the Salesforce.org Nonprofit Consulting Partner of the Year

Cloud 4 Good

Representatives from Cloud for Good received the award in person at the Salesforce.org Unite Partners Summit 2022 in Puerto Rico. . June 09, 2022 [Asheville, NC] – Cloud for Good has been recognized as the 2022 Salesforce.org Nonprofit Consulting Partner of the Year for the fourth consecutive year.

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Bookshare hits 50,000 books!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Just minutes ago I received an email forwarded from our team from a user in Puerto Rico telling us that our response to her rush request for a book had just helped her pass her final exam. Tags: print disabled volunteer books Puerto Rico Bookshare. She rained down blessings on the Bookshare team for helping her out.