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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I also want to them to discover and follow their own sense of social activism and philanthropy and become Philanthroteens , teens with a passion for social change who grew up not knowing what it was like to not to have a cell phone or not to be connected to Facebook. Children for Children Foundation. Faber is a Philanthroteen.

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Kids and Kickstarter: The Rise of PhilanthroKids and Kid Crowdfunding!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Charlotte, A Young Teen, Helping To Save Horse Farm Through A Kick Starter Campaign. He created his own nonprofit and program called “” Brae’s Brown Bags ” to help fight against hunger, probably making him one of the youngest nonprofit CEOs and founders. Crowdfunding in general has raised more than 5.1

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

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The statistics on hunger in America are startling: 14.5% households with children under 18 experienced food insecurity that year. households with hungry children. Food Insecurity in a Land of Plenty. households experienced food insecurity in 2012, according to the most recent data available from the U.S. That's 3.9

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Means and Ends: Who does What

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Board trouble arises when there is no clarity in who does what. So, if your board and CEO are constantly at loggerheads, often over seemingly petty issues, I have a couple of suggestions.

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Chase Community Giving Contest: The Organizations on the Leaderboard Go Up and Down

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The top 100 included a mix of nonprofits with an operating budget of under $10 million with programs in designated Chase corporate responsibility areas: education, health care, housing, the environment, combating hunger, arts and culture, human services and animal welfare. . Because I know their work first-hand, they got my vote !

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Mobile Tech Connects Kids to Summer Meals

Tech Soup

According to the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) , only one in seven children who are eligible for free or subsidized school lunches receive summer meals. Caravan staff members were shocked by how many children are not accessing free summer meals — and realized they could do something about it. How Range Works.

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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO) is currently selling a t-shirt with the names of 3,400 children and teens who have fought or are still fighting childhood cancer. Companies like Panera Bread have made a major investment with Panera Care Cafes , restaurants designed to fight hunger in the communities they serve.