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The Many Ways to Say I Love You With A Donation To A Charity

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Your donation will help the organization reach more children in poor, rural communities in the United States through early childhood education, literacy, physical activity and nutrition programs. Give a copy of Love Letters from the South , a beautiful photography book that pays tribute to all those affected by Hurricane Katrina.

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How Can We Make Charitable Giving A Year-Round Habit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It's also one of the worse months for hurricanes and the Red Cross has made it easy to give a donation with your cell phone through its text 2 give program. Or, consider making a contribution to an organization like Share Our Strength that is working to end childhood hunger. August: It's the dog days of summer.

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Beasts of the Southern Wild

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

If you strip away the cinematography, magical realism, and amazing acting, what''s left is a grim, grimy, sad, traumatic catastrophe of a childhood, twisted by the filmmaker into somehow a noble experience. But the core story of the movie is deeply flawed. It was like watching child abuse happen in real time.

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Beasts of the Southern Wild

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

If you strip away the cinematography, magical realism, and amazing acting, what's left is a grim, grimy, sad, traumatic catastrophe of a childhood, twisted by the filmmaker into somehow a noble experience. But the core story of the movie is deeply flawed. It was like watching child abuse happen in real time.

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Texas measles outbreak shows what happens when vaccine funding flatlines

Fast Company Tech

Its like a hurricane over warm water in the Caribbean, said Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Texas Childrens Hospital Center for Vaccine Development in Houston. As long as theres warm water, the hurricane will continue to accelerate. Childhood vaccines prevent 4 million deaths worldwide each year, according to the U.S.

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