Route 66 Literacy Beta Users
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 8, 2006
Route 66 Literacy began its first beta at Community Association for Rehabilitation, Inc. C·A·R) in January, here in Palo Alto, California.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 8, 2006
Route 66 Literacy began its first beta at Community Association for Rehabilitation, Inc. C·A·R) in January, here in Palo Alto, California.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 25, 2021
Goalsetter , a platform that helps parents teach their kids financial literacy, announced the raise of a $3.9 Founded by Tanya Van Court, who lost over $1 million in the 2001 bubble burst, the platform teaches financial literacy to children of all ages, helping them learn economic concepts, lingo and the principles of financial health.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 8, 2010
Note from Beth: As a supporter of the work that the Sharing Foundation does for children in Cambodia, I’ve seen first hand the value of literacy programs in developing countries. This week, nearly a year after first beginning to work with Room to Read, we’re proud to be taking part in promoting Literacy Day.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 17, 2013
12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #IntLiteracyDay or #LiteracyDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #IntWomensDay or #IWD. 22: World Water Day — #WorldWaterDay or #WWD.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
FEBRUARY 5, 2013
12: International Day for Street Children. 8: International Literacy Day || #IntLiteracyDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day || #ChildrensDay. March: 8: International Women’s Day || #IntWomensDay or #IWD2013. 14: International Day of Action for Rivers. 22: World Water Day || #WorldWaterDay or #WWD2013.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 16, 2014
12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #MakeItHappen and #WomensDay. September.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JANUARY 1, 2021
12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay. 7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay. 11: Good Deeds Day — #GoodDeedsDay. 14: World Dolphin Day — #WorldDolphinDay. 15: World Art Day — #WorldArtDay.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 19, 2019
12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #IWD20. 12: World Kidney Day — # WorldKidneyDay. 20: Global Recycling Day — #GRD2020. 21: International Day of Forests — #ForestsDay.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JANUARY 2, 2022
12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay. 3: Good Deeds Day — #GoodDeedsDay. 7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay. 14: World Dolphin Day — #WorldDolphinDay. 15: World Art Day — #WorldArtDay.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Children and youth – 10%. Education and literacy – 5%. Health and wellness (physical and mental) – 12%. Animals and wildlife – 11%. Faith and spirituality – 8%. Human and social services – 8%. Environment and conservation – 7%. Arts, cultural preservation, and humanities – 6%.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JANUARY 1, 2023
12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #IWD2023. 9: World Kidney Day — #WorldKidneyDay. 18: Global Recycling Day — #GlobalRecyclingDay. 21: World Poetry Day — #WorldPoetryDay.
Blue Avocado
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
. — 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. We serve children with disabilities and developmental delays, children that many don’t realize are in our community.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 1, 2021
The startup was founded by Tanya Van Court who had her own struggles with financial literacy after losing more than $1 million in stock during the bubble burst of 2001. million to teach financial literacy to kids. The platform even recently introduced a feature called Goalsetter Invest, which allows users to buy and sell stocks.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JANUARY 1, 2017
12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #WomensDay. 25: Earth Hour — #EarthHour.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 31, 2017
12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay. 8: World Kidney Day — # WorldKidneyDay. 21: World Down Syndrome Day — #WDSD18.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 3, 2018
12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #IWD19. 30: Earth Hour — #EarthHour.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 3, 2014
She would bring books especially for children and women, and conduct a couple of days of workshops on wide-ranging topics about enterprise, culture, history, poetry and books. book caravan books librarians literacy Marrakech Marrakesh Morocco women women''s rights' She was the first woman bookseller in Morocco.
Candid
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
For example, an organization with the primary mission of providing financial literacy courses and counseling for low-income families may add service areas such as providing housing or food. A Seattle-based agency supporting foster youth, Treehouses stated mission was giving foster children a childhood and a future.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 28, 2023
Day of Service — #MLKDay 28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay February 2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay 4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay 6: Safer Internet Day — #SaferInternetDay 13: World Radio Day — #WorldRadioDay 15: Digital Learning Day — #DigitalLearningDay 18: World Whale Day — #WorldWhaleDay 20: World Day (..)
NTEN
JULY 22, 2021
They hail from a wide array of institutions, including a food bank, city government, a refugee resettlement agency, multiple libraries, an adult literacy organization, and an organization that works with formerly incarcerated individuals.
Robert Weiner
DECEMBER 5, 2008
The article makes this sound like a new idea, but The Hunger Site (and their later projects for breast cancer, children’s health, literacy, rain forest protection, and animal rescue) has been doing this since 1999. The San Francisco Chronicle published an article about everywun.com , a new click-to-give site.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 23, 2012
His chapter on “Data Literacy” describes what sounds a lot of good content curation skills minus the social sharing part. This is good, basic digital literacy principles that have been taught by educators and librarians taught in the early 2000′s and continue today. He suggests these goals: 1.
Charity Village
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Hoot for All, by Hoot Reading, connects at-risk children with experienced, hand-selected teachers to complete 1:1 reading lessons. Nonprofits, charities, and grassroots organizations interested in using the literacy programs can apply for funding. The grant covers costs related to […].
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 3, 2010
Note from Beth: During my trip to India in February, I was introduced to a nonprofit children's book publisher in India, Pratham Books. “It was set up to fill a gap in the market for good quality, reasonably priced children’s books in a variety of Indian languages. India has a reading problem and the problem is two fold.
TechCrunch
APRIL 14, 2021
“We’ve always struggled in this country to help our children become fluent readers. Out of that learning we’re shipping Amira and the Story Craft that helps parents work with their children.” “COVID was a gigantic spotlight on the problem that Amira was created to solve,” Angel said.
Fast Company Tech
MARCH 18, 2025
Amira Learning is helping young students improve their reading literacy with an AI-powered tutor, while CodeSignal has built a platform for tech workers to pick up new technical skills and practice soft skills through AI-powered simulations.
Candid
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
Casey Foundation’s annual KIDS COUNT Data Book , are alarming: Too few children are graduating from high school ready to earn because many aren’t arriving ready to learn—or not regularly attending school at all. Partnering with schools and communities to reduce chronic absence We know that all kids benefit from being at school.
TechCrunch
JULY 27, 2021
By focusing on financial literacy and individualized coaching, we are giving everyone the opportunity to own their home, increasing financial inclusion and equality in America. Clients have also taught the pair that school districts matter in where they purchase a home and setting their children up for equal success is important.
ASU Lodestar Center
JUNE 12, 2013
It has been amazing to see the impact financial literacy can have on a person, and just how crucial financial literacy is on the future of our young people. uncomfortable talking to their children about money, so where are young. integrate financial literacy into our school systems, or at least make. Like this article?
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Meanwhile the general lack of financial education and financial literacy means families are missing out on securing financial prosperity for their families. in pocket money given out in Germany every year, just for children aged six to 13 years, along with the €35B spent in the home market in Germany alone (German census). .
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 16, 2009
Room to Read , a San Francisco based non-profit, will help us make that happen by bringing libraries and literacy to the world's poorest regions. Based on my experience with the Sharing Foundation in Cambodia, I know how important it is for children in developing countries to have books to read in their own language.
ASU Lodestar Center
JANUARY 27, 2012
1 This study, Financial Literacy and Knowledge in the Nonprofit Sector (PDF) , "engaged a random sample of primarily human service nonprofits, as well as health, civic, environmental, arts, and education nonprofits." Sources: ^ [1] " Financial Literacy for the Long Term ," Philanthropy Matters, Vol. The Moody’s Foundation, 2011.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 11, 2006
This school is run by an NGO (a nonprofit) and provides free education to children who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. They are very focused on education linked to vocational outcomes: the goal is to help these children move up the economic ladder with real job skills. The children were simply delightful.
Tech Soup
JULY 16, 2013
In early education, children learn the fundamentals of reading and writing in order to communicate, collaborate, and contribute in the world. A few months ago, I attended Microsoft Citizenship's YouthSpark Connection event and heard first-hand from recent high school graduates about how dire the need for digital literacy is.
TechCrunch
JULY 20, 2022
Creative Galileo keeps children hooked by adding in their favorite cartoon characters. Its learning concepts include STEM, animation and graphic design, social and emotional learning and financial literacy. During that time, when interacting with children and parents, I came to the realization that there was a major learning crisis.
Kindful
AUGUST 9, 2021
Global Fund For Children. Global Fund For Children. The Global Fund For Children believes that educating children and youth is the key to building a more peaceful and just society. They support strategic partners that focus on helping children succeed via a comprehensive approach to education. Mellon Foundation.
Tableau
JULY 29, 2021
From the beginning, it has been clear that they not only recognize the magnitude of our country’s data literacy gap but also share our passion for democratizing access to high-quality education and data career pathways. After immigrating from Brazil in the 1990s, Katya had worked in the sales and marketing fields before having children.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 4, 2007
During Arkenstone's 11 years, Benetech sold literacy products under the Arkenstone brand in more than a dozen languages to over 35,000 individuals in 60 countries. She truly is one of the great, quiet humanitarians who carry on Matilda Ziegler's legacy of literacy for those of us who are blind." Matilda Ziegler Foundation.
Tech Soup
OCTOBER 31, 2014
Reading Eggs is an online reading education program for children aged 3 to 13. Reading Eggs is ideal for organizations that work with literacy among children and want to motivate them through games. TechSoup is proud to announce Reading Eggs, our newest donor partner. Is It Right for My Organization? How Does It Work?
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
But, I expect that 75% of the job will be about analyzing the legal issues from our programs, especially in our Global Literacy Program, which includes Bookshare, the largest digital library for the blind and dyslexic in the U.S., Digital signatures for parents/guardians wanting to sign up their children with disabilities for Bookshare.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 3, 2005
One corporate chief executive offered extensive in-kind support for our digital literacy enterprises that provide the disabled access to talking books and teach reading to teenagers and adults who are not yet literate.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 26, 2006
She also explained that the illiterate poor women she serves are more committed to literacy for their children than for themselves. Sounded like she needs something I've seen in Brazil, and so I hope to make the connection.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 2, 2021
Speaking of humbling moments and optimism, our own Sarah Perez wrote a piece this week about EarlyBird , an app that lets families and friends gift investments to children. While Acorns and Stash have similar offerings, EarlyBird is bringing a fresh UX play to financial literacy, freedom and education.
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