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Unlocking The Power Of A Donor Thank You: Feeding America’s Approach

Bloomerang

There, they welcome local hunters to donate specific, legally tagged, wild game meat, including deer, and they’ve designed an FDA-approved butchering process to package the meat for community members who select that food option. More than 98% of all donations go directly to feeding programs for people facing hunger.

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Member Round Up: We're Up To All Good!

NTEN

NTEN members are even using The Hunger Games buzz to educate about real world food and water issues. Oh, and let’s not forget using GIS technology to better connect localities with programs and services. Think you can tell the difference between real life and the scary scenarios presented in The Hunger Games? Check it all out!

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Means and Ends: Who does What

BoardAssist

So can the local community. Tom Okarma is a product of the south side of Chicago and currently resides in the greater Chicago area. Staff and volunteers are smart and can sense when all is not well with leadership. Board trouble arises when there is no clarity in who does what.

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Virtual Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Ideas to Explore

Qgiv

With just a couple of clicks, anyone can register their own fundraiser and raise money to help CityTeam with combating hunger and homelessness in their city. Geocaching is a unique activity that encourages users to go searching within their local community for secret items with GPS coordinates hidden in them. Memorial fundraisers.

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Types of Grants That Every Nonprofit Should Know

sgEngage

Government Grants (Federal, State, Local) These grants are funded by different departments within the government. You may find local pass-through grants on grants.gov, where federal money is provided to the state or county government to decide how to best use the funds to achieve the outcomes they are looking for.

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Twenty "Fearless" Changemakers

Have Fun - Do Good

Gary Oppenheimer | AmpleHarvest.org | Newfoundland, NJ AmpleHarvest.org , moves information instead of food to diminish hunger, and to educate, encourage and empower growers to share their excess food. . | Miami, FL Youth L.E.A.D. Twitter: @youthleadmiami ) 4. Twitter: @AmpleHarvest ) 5. Twitter: @cityhallfellows ) 17.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Growing and Eating Local Foods. Examples include Creative Commons Swag Contest and Fight Hunger Video Contest. Chicago Crime Maps; Another googlemap mashup with crime statistics. no need for local copies, CDs, flash drives, etc.). Ability to save local copies if desired. Can you find more? Recipe Swamp Group.

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