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Celebrating National Volunteer Week 2024 – Participate in the Photo Contest

Charity Village

Volunteer BC launched a photo contest to celebrate National Volunteer Week from April 14 – 20, 2024. The theme for this year is Every Moment Matters – recognizing the incredible contributions of the 24 million volunteers in Canada.

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New on SSIR: How does celebrity impact your fundraising?

Amy Sample Ward

Both of them involved celebrities. And I couldn’t help think to myself, “oh, so all we need to do to raise funds for a great cause is get a celebrity? But, I looked at both case studies again, more deeply, and realized that both of them weren’t really about the celebrity at all. Getting Over Celebrities.

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Chase Giving Contest: Winners Announced Amidst Yet More Controversy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Less than two hours ago, Chase Community Giving made the much anticipated announcement of the lucky winner of $1 million dollars and five finalists each receiving $100,000 on its contest Fan Page. It's left some nonprofit professionals wondering whether these types of contests are a good idea. and Sdfj Dfsjlfkddjf. Change.org reported.

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Let’s celebrate volunteers: Volunteer BC’s National Volunteer Week Photo Contest is here!

Charity Village

National Volunteer Week on April 16-22 is a time to celebrate and thank Canada’s 24 million volunteers. Volunteer BC is kicking off National Volunteer Week with their Annual National Volunteer Week Photo Contest. Follow the easy steps, and post your pics from April 16-22 on social media to win prizes.

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Celebrate Jeff Bezos’ big day out to space with a $69 miniature dick rocket

The Verge

Sure, some people say the trip was a huge vanity project; a colossal p **g-contest between egotistical, morally blind billionaires whose pocket change could save countless human lives with just as much intrinsic value as their own, but to that I say: stop being such a bummer, dude!! Image: Estes model.

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PepsiFresh Contest: Real Tracking and Social Impact Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been following the PepsiFresh contest since the launch in December, the largest social media for social good cause marketing effort put forth to date. Jeremiah Owyang has shared his initial analysis of Pepsi's Contest, summarizing the opportunity, risks, strengths, weaknesses, metrics, and impact. Tags: contest.

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Pepsi Charity Contest: Learning From Mistakes and Level Playing Fields

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Pepsi Refresh Contest is the boldest experiment. so far of the number of social good contests over the past three years that have used crowdsourcing and social media to encourage innovative social change ideas or to raise money for nonprofits or shine attention on their do good work. From my son's kindergarten class.

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