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

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households with children under 18 experienced food insecurity that year. households with hungry children. During the school year, federal programs like the National School Lunch Program help close this nutrition gap by providing free or reduced cost meals to low-income students. That's 3.9 MILLION U.S.

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What you need to know BEFORE you start a nonprofit

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Your vision for your new organization probably includes vibrant programs, happy donors, tons of community support, and the opportunity to change lives. Feed people? Or is it for people who are not accepted by current shelters, such as mothers with teen boys? Make sure your program aligns with your mission.

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Are you celebrating Giving Tuesday? These NTEN Members are!

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The Trust for Public Land TransForm Transportation Alternatives United Nations Foundation United Way for Southeastern Michigan United Way of Genesee County Vermont Foodbank Volunteers of America Wade Edwards Foundation and Learning Lab Women Employed World Food Program USA YES! 2013 nten challenge Fundraising givingtuesday'

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Pokemon Go and Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was out hiking in the Santa Cruz Mountains this weekend, sans wifi, so I was not paying attention to it until I got home and saw mentions of it in my Facebook feed from technology observers like Jeremiah Owyang and Robert Scoble. Safety concerns for younger children , especially unsupervised have reported in the media.

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How Gen Z Donors Harness the Power of Online Giving

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And despite their youth (its oldest members are only now leaving their teens), kids in Generation Z are regularly rocking social media for social good. Helping Your Teen Give Back. More than any generation before, kids in “Gen Z” use online technology to experience, understand, and change their world.

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Henry Jenkins discusses participatory media in Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Henry Jenkins made his first official appearance in Second Life visiting the Teen version, known as the "Teen Grid," where the Global Kids Island is hosting an event, A World Fit for Children Festival. I listened to the audio feed of him talking to the kids, answering their questions. Again, it???s

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Encouraging Philanthropy at a Young Age: Teaching Your Kids To Give To Causes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We have dinner table discussions on why it is important to support causes, particularly programs in Cambodia like the Sharing Foundation. I was curious about my colleagues, who work for nonprofits and are parents, what do they do to encourage their children's spirit of giving at a young age? Name your children after them.

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