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

Fast Company Tech

Does that sound far-fetched? Children and teens who volunteer tend to have better health and lower levels of anxiety and fewer behavioral problems than those who dont volunteer. You can take care of local parks, conservation areas, community gardens, and more. Theres scientific research backing it up. Start small.

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Practical, Actionable SEO Tips for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

So, if your nonprofit works in environmental conservation, use a keyword research tool to identify common questions like “how to support local environmental initiatives.” jpg could be “children-learning-to-grow-food-community-garden-seattle.jpg.” Name your images: A generic name like “IMG_1234.jpg”

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Amazon will spend $2 billion to try to fix affordable housing crises in three major employment hubs

The Verge

The parts of the US Amazon plans to invest in include Washington state’s Puget Sound region that encompasses Seattle, as well as Arlington, Virginia and Nashville, Tennessee where Amazon has opened fast-growing offices. But fierce backlash from local residents and criticism from politicians , including US Rep.

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Turning the Summer Fundraising Slump into a Windfall for Your Nonprofit

Bloomerang

If that sounds like your nonprofit’s typical summer, here are some things you can do to offset that summer slump with an unexpected windfall: 1. Get local sponsors to donate prizes or even help promote your event to get an extra boost at key times. Determine if a summer fundraising campaign would help your communications.

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Book Review: Sharing Cities – Activating the Urban Commons

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are many inspiring examples in this book, but a few of my favorites: Walking School Bus: Concerns over safety for children translates into children being driven to school. As the name sounds, it is self-organized groups of parents and children that walk as a group to school providing many benefits.

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KONY, Networked Nonprofits, and Transparency

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And where is the local community in all of this? The Kony story resonates because it’s the story of an identifible individual doing bodily harm to children. The proposed solutions – a ban on the use of “conflict minerals” in mobile phones – sounds good on paper. The victims are Ugandan children.

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Expressable launches with millions for scalable speech therapy

TechCrunch

The early-stage startup is launching with an explicit focus on serving the approximately five million children in the United States that have a communication disorder. Put simply, Expressable connects children to speech-language pathologists on a recurring basis. million seed round. What it does.