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77 Quotes from VolunteerHub Clients

Volunteer Hub

The Importance of Volunteers. “The value that volunteers provide our organization is tremendous. We could not achieve our goals and provide the support we do to the community without our volunteer’s commitment to the cause,” said Mary Bachman, Director of Volunteer Resources, Catholic Charities of St.

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6 Reasons SEO Is Important to Nonprofits and Why

Nonprofit Tech for Good

When the college admissions scandal broke, College Bound, an organization that helps low-income students secure college scholarships, they leveraged their expertise on admissions to share their story and build their online reach. This is how you keep new donors, volunteers or program participants flowing into your organization.

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Paying Volunteers A Stipend: Does It Work?

ASU Lodestar Center

continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. Most researchers agree that low-income earners volunteer less (Wilson, 2012) and Pho (2008) extended this finding to include medium-wage earners. Is there a positive result for organizations that provide stipends for volunteers?

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TechSoup Honors Unsung Heroes

Tech Soup

The organization serves over 25,000 hot meals per year and relies on over 75 enthusiastic volunteers each week to provide unconditional love and life-giving support to their neighbors. Lending Free Home Internet Access to Students and Job Seekers. In addition, it offers prayer groups and Bible study.

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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

Museum 2.0

It was started in 2003 and is run by Mark Allen and a collective of artists, many of whom have also been applying their talents by performing "interventions" at formal art institutions including LACMA, the Hammer Museum, and the Contemporary Art Museum in St. In other words, they're not pretentious.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is the only national conference expressly designed to prepare 400+ college students for a career in the social sector. Cultivating Student Philanthropy. Cultivating Student Philanthropy. CSPRC / St. Louis, MO / Price TBA. Nonprofit Leadership Alliance / Houston, TX / $250.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: What Does it Really Mean to Serve "Underserved" Audiences?

Museum 2.0

Last week, I had the honor and pleasure of giving a talk at an institution I''ve long admired: the Taylor Community Science Resource Center at the St. Louis Science Center. What started with 15 students in 1997 has grown to support 200 students per year. YES students defy expectations.