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How the Alabama Eye Bank Runs Its Entire Organization on FileMaker

Tech Soup

The Alabama Eye Bank is a nonprofit that helps those with corneal blindness to see again. Its job is to collect and supply eye tissue to surgeons in Alabama, as well as many other places, quickly. I rarely hear about a database as mission critical as that of the Alabama Eye Bank. The Alabama Eye Bank.

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Welcome to the 2021 Digital Inclusion Fellows

NTEN

Our seventh cohort includes 15 Fellows from around the country : Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah.

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Bookshare Creates Opportunities For Gifted Students

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As part of my holiday greetings this year, I would like to introduce you to two young people who have used Benetech’s Bookshare library to reach academic excellence and find the books that keep them engaged in their off hours.

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Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens Save Hundreds of Hours a Year with VolunteerHub’s Altru Integration

Volunteer Hub

Founded in 1962, Birmingham Botanical Gardens has been a staple in the Birmingham, Alabama community for over 50 years. Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens use volunteers to provide support in the gardens and greenhouses, offices and library, at special events, and within the education sector. .

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Friends of Dallas Animal Services: Creating Limitless Possibilities for the Animals of Dallas

DipJar

Similar in structure and purpose to library Friends groups, the Friends of Dallas Animal Services creates opportunities for the community to support an essential institution. These crucial funds help make up for any gaps, shortfalls, or budget decreases – all too common a reality for most municipal agencies.

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Interview with Bryan Stevenson: On Juneteenth and Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Mr. Hinton spent almost 30 years on death row in Alabama. When I got back to Harvard Law School, you couldn’t get me out of the law school library because now I had this purpose and mission. Because in his words, “hope is a superpower.”. Bryan Stevenson (left) with one of his clients, Anthony Ray Hinton.

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

Museum 2.0

Chicago Underground Library (Chicago, IL). If you're looking for inspiration with a collections focus, the Underground Library is a compelling experimental space dedicated to archiving all media produced in Chicago. The library is run in the lobby of a theater company by a group of volunteers led by Nell Taylor.

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