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Guest Post: Stories of Volunteer Managers, Technology, and the Pandemic

Twenty Hats

One volunteer manager at an Arizona zoo described finding new ways to teach their volunteers about wildlife: “Over Zoom, we would give presentations about the different animals in our collection… So, for example, I did a presentation on bird conservation, which was not something that we ever had before. It wasn’t!

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Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

Tech Soup

If you don't have a local group (I can help fix that problem! ), there are also free online guides and a global Twitter chat October 5 using the hashtag #storymakers2017. Chicago, Illinois: Making Tech Accessible to Nonprofits. Chicago, Illinois: Net Neutrality. Kampala, Uganda: Teaching Youths the Dangers of the Internet.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Bloomerang

Chicago Foundation for Women. Areas served: Baltimore, Chicago, Hawai?i, Chicago Foundation For Women. They offer grants that range from $15,000 to $150,000 and support organizations within the Chicago metropolitan area (Cook, DuPage, Lake, Kane, McHenry, and Will counties). Areas served: Chicago metropolitan area.

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2021 Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Kindful

Chicago Foundation for Women. Areas served: Baltimore, Chicago, Hawai?i, Chicago Foundation For Women. They offer grants that range from $15,000 to $150,000 and support organizations within the Chicago metropolitan area (Cook, DuPage, Lake, Kane, McHenry, and Will counties). Areas served: Chicago metropolitan area.

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

Have Fun - Do Good

Today, 826 has chapters in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, Michigan, and Boston. You can also find volunteer opportunities at your local public school by contacting a school district, a school, or a teacher and asking how you can help. If you're a parent, the local PTA may have ways for you to get involved as well.

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Using Photography to Change the World: An Interview with Paola Gianturco

Have Fun - Do Good

I've now documented women's lives in 40 countries, over the past 10 or 12 years, and everywhere I went, I found women who were helping each other, local women. Britt Bravo: In so many of the groups you profiled, the women were using the arts for education, empowerment, or healing. Right at the end of that period, I also was teaching.