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Want to stay healthier and fulfilled later in life? Try volunteering

Fast Company Tech

Volunteering is tied to having fewer symptoms of depression and being more satisfied with your life. There are also health benefits for those who start volunteering much earlier in life. Children and teens who volunteer tend to have better health and lower levels of anxiety and fewer behavioral problems than those who dont volunteer.

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March Madness highlights Gen Z’s skyrocketing sports betting addiction

Fast Company Tech

According to a new study , however, this enormous growth has come at the expense of financial stability, mental health, and a happy family life for millions of Americansespecially members of Gen Z. A lot of spouses and children deal with those negative implications, maybe even more so than the bettor themselves.

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Severance Season 2, episode 8 drops a game-changing twist about Ms. Cobel

Mashable Tech

The episode dives into her family life, introducing her fanatical Kier-worshipping Aunt Sissy (Jane Alexander) and touching on her late mother Charlotte, who never bought into the cult of Kier. So not only does Lumon torture its employees, it also plagiarizes children! It was told Kier's knowledge is for all," she tells Sissy. "If

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Key Qualities and Skills to Look for in Potential Board Members

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Perhaps this stems from a firsthand experience, or a close relative or friend whose life has been touched by same. Susan Dibble from Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program Caring Comes First, Everything Else Can Be Taught Our board members must care about our mission. After that, I would say the next is commitment to the cause.

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Here’s How Philanthropy Will Fix Declining Empathy

The NonProfit Times

The future is not about a return to the past; its about building a new kind of engagement, where philanthropy breathes life back into compassion and commands meaningful change. It will be about embedding philanthropy into the rhythms of life rather than relegating it to occasional gestures.

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How to Write a Killer Letter of Inquiry (LOI) to Get a Grant

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For example, lets say you’re writing a Letter of Inquiry for a program to give suitcases, new clothing, school supplies, and other support to children in foster care. So most children are moving at least 3 times in 12 months. What if you know children often carry their belongings from foster home to foster home in a garbage bag?

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Announcing… 31 New Favorite Nonprofits for 2013!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SOS Children’s Villages International :: @ SOS_Children. SOS Children’s Villages works to stop more than half a million children ending up alone, abandoned or in institutions. National Marine Life Center :: @ MarineLifeCtr. Wildlife SOS :: @ WildlifeSOS. FINCA :: @ FINCA. MomsRising :: @ MomsRising.

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