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10 Fresh Childhood Cancer Fundraising Ideas | FrontStream

frontstream

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and a great time to raise awareness and funds for treatment against the leading disease-related killer of children in the US.

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Three Reasons Kids Need Digital Literacy and Citizenship Education

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So how do we teach kids and teens, who often can’t plan past lunch, how to think about their digital footprints and abstract concepts like ethics? Just as media and technology have affected the nature of childhood and education, they’ve also affected the nature of parenting. Check it out, and let us know what you think !

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Non-Traditional Giving Days for Your Next Fundraiser

The Modern Nonprofit

to plan a monthlong peer-to-peer fundraising campaign: February = Black History Month, American Heart Month, Oral Hygiene Awareness Month, Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, Eating Disorder Awareness Month. Consider the various awareness months that are observed in the U.S.

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Pop the champagne: This year Candid’s grants data set turns 21!

Candid

2002-2012 – Childhood During the first 10 years, Candid staff primarily focused on collecting grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a sample of the largest U.S. 2015 – Teens As Candid’s grants data approached its teenage years, many changes began to take place. private and community foundations.

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Breaking the Cycle & Starting the Mental Health Conversation

Saleforce Nonprofit

It’s easy to see why: One in seven American teens is estimated to have a mental health condition, and 76% of students say wellbeing is a top challenge. Benjamin Perks, UNICEF’s head of campaigns and advocacy, has seen firsthand how mental illness comes from adverse childhood experiences. “I

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Feeding a Need: New App Helps Youth Find Free Summer Meals

Tech Soup

This means many children and teens who regularly had access to nutritious meals during the school year may be hungry or undernourished over the summer, even when there are free meals available in their communities. Help youth in your community find a summer meal! Register for TechSoup for Libraries' upcoming free webinar on May 28.

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Why Do I Do Good: The Center and Agape

Have Fun - Do Good

It was during this time, when I was 15 or 16, that I wrote the Bishop to say that I thought it was wrong that the 11 o''clock Mass couldn''t meet in The Center, which is why I wouldn''t be getting confirmed along with the other teens in the parish. He wrote back a not very nice letter explaining why I was wrong. I chose not to be confirmed.

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