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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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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. Cerebral palsy makes it difficult for Jessica to hold a book.

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Interview with Bryan Stevenson: On Juneteenth and Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

In this interview, Stevenson shares his thoughts on how we seek to reconcile as a nation, how he personally handled prejudice and racism, his path to his true calling, and how he finds the strength everyday to keep on fighting. Mr. Hinton spent almost 30 years on death row in Alabama. Because in his words, “hope is a superpower.”.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

As one volunteer manager in a human services organization in Alabama put it, remote technology like social media gives you an “audience that doesn’t have limits.” A volunteer manager at a library in Oregon explains why translation tools are not enough: A couple years ago there was a Spanish language Facebook page for the library.

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Coming to a Public School Near You: Hopefully, You as a Volunteer

Have Fun - Do Good

Every week I get to go in and read with the same two children for a half an hour each in the school library. You can help fund everything from Gardening Club Supplies in Brooklyn, to a computer for a classroom in Alabama, or new recess equipment for a school in Indiana.

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Your Official #NN17 Local's Guide to Atlanta

EveryAction

The Carter Center & Presidential Library. Former President Jimmy Carter's Center & Presidential Library is located near downtown Atlanta, and definitely worth a visit. This local chain has caught on like wildfire and now boasts nearly a dozen locations across Georgia and Alabama. Octane Coffee.

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