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Father’s Day Fundraising: 9 Ideas That Will Get People Donating

Whole Whale

For example, if you’re raising money for cancer research, tell stories about how cancer has affected fathers in your community. It is believed that the origin of Father’s Day can be traced back to a Sunday School teacher in Fairmont, West Virginia. Get creative with your fundraising campaign and make it personal.

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Grant Writing and the Perfect Storytelling

Tech Soup

We are surrounded by stories: our own story, the stories of our families and friends, and the stories of the work we do every day. These stories simply exist in our minds until we add language and share them with others. And, as we all know, a story you share with others has the power to change the world.

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Case Study: Community-Based Fundraising

NTEN

Community fundraisers create an excellent opportunity for networking, providing you with a venue to explain your mission, share stories, and make an emotional appeal to event attendees by showing how they can make a difference through their participation and donations. Highmark Inc.

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ILoveMountains.org Blogger's Challenge (You Can Help If You Aren't a Blogger Too!)

Have Fun - Do Good

Primarily, mountaintop removal is occurring in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee. The 4-minute video above is the story of Daymon Morgan who lives on one of America's Most Endangered Mountains, the Huckleberry Ridge in Kentucky. Here's how to join the iLoveMountains.org Blogger's Challenge : 1.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Mountaintop Mining – Seeing is rejecting.

See3

It’s called mountaintop removal and it is the most common mining in West Virginia and Appalachia generally. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Another kind of mining made today’s news. It is just what the name implies. Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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How Chestnut Ridge Church Reinvents the Church Experience with Technology

Tech Soup

It's probably no accident that Chestnut Ridge Church has become the largest church in West Virginia. Chestnut Ridge Church is a big independent evangelical church in Morgantown, West Virginia. This story was written by Jim Lynch, director, green technology at TechSoup. Image 3 : Dooder / Shutterstock.

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The Bold, Focused Ideas of Breakthrough Nonprofit Brands: Book Giveaway Winners Announced

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It also means we must change the YWCA story. Women’s Center of Tarrant County , Susan Fine. This has completely impacted the operations of our day-to-day. The act of listening first and then responding – not in isolation but through and with others in the community – is a shift in our role.