Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 20, 2009

Couric wanted our help getting the word out about the issues being covered in CBS Reports' new series, Children of the Recession. According to Couric's post, Katie Couric's Notebook: Children of the Recession : "Since the recession began, more than one million children have lost health insurance as their parents lose their jobs.

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Kindful

MAY 1, 2021

Mission: Robbie’s Hope is an uprising of teens to help other teens. Their goal is to cut teen suicide rates in half by 2028. How To Share Vulnerable Nonprofit Stories Tastefully And Respectfully – Bloomerang. How To Leverage The Power Of Nonprofit Stories When You Must Respect Identities – Bloomerang.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

For example: “Many teen girls struggle with their self-esteem thanks to Instagram and Snapchat. Please help us open the door for a teen to attend our personal development conference, benefit from having a mentor, and get on a path to college and a career.” . Your list might look something like this: Andrea’s success story.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The Journal stories were based on a series of internal reports at Facebook that Haugen leaked to the newspaper. Here’s my message for Mark Zuckerberg: Your time of invading our privacy, promoting toxic content, and preying on children and teens is over,” Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) said at Tuesday’s hearing.

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M+R

MARCH 9, 2023

When the governor of Florida signs a homophobic and transphobic law , banning public school teachers from giving age appropriate instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity, but your children do not attend public schools or you do not have children or you’re not a Florida resident, will you Say Gay anyway?

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The Verge

JULY 28, 2021

A disturbing study from the nonprofit organization Thorn found that the majority of American children were using apps years before they are supposed to be — and fully a quarter of them said they have had sexually explicit interactions with adults. Prevent advertisers from targeting children with interest-based ads.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 25, 2022

Because of that community support, we are able to provide 125 families each month with the food they need to feed themselves and their children. . Today’s teens get the message that they need to go to college, but so many don’t know how to get to college, how to pay for college, or what they should do while they are at college. .

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Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. The parents told her they felt okay about what their kids were learning but were concerned about their children's job prospects as adults. Many YES teens don't come in with confidence about their own abilities. YES students defy expectations.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 19, 2014

Meet Katie: When I first started working in the nonprofit sector, my job was to host learning opportunities for teen girls. Shortly after we met, I hosted a lock-in for 300 teen girls, focusing on developing strong self-esteem. ” The Power of a Good Story. Regardless of how you start, people pay attention to a good story.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2010

But in most cases, that fear hasn't born out; many older visitors enjoy the vibrancy of social events and are more than willing to share stories with other visitors in the context of a museum experience as long as it isn't overly technology mediated. Many teens love to perform for each other. They like to do and touch and make.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. The parents told her they felt okay about what their kids were learning but were concerned about their children''s job prospects as adults. Many YES teens don''t come in with confidence about their own abilities. YES students defy expectations.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

story chronicled a middle school student who built an app to help him. awareness and skills development in children, teens, and young adults. The Future of Apps in the Hands of Today's Teens. This post was authored by Vanessa Rhinesmith and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

I don''t usually share personal stories here on Have Fun, Do Good, and I''m not sure where this is going, but I''m giving it a whirl. Once the church was repaired, everyone went back to the church with the steeple, except for the people of the 11 o''clock Mass, where many families with young children, like my parents, often went.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Build a membership program specifically for children. If you can manage two to four activities per year, you’ve provided some value to the parents and involved children at an early age. As kids become teens, encourage them to volunteer with your organization. Could your teen volunteers help run the kids programs?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

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? Hans shared a story about how his wife donated her hair to Locks of Love which sparked a conversation with their 4 year old about children who are in need.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library. The result was an 800 page book of narratives, pictures, stories, and much more that will now be part of the library’s collection. My focus is on how children learn science. Learning Science by Design.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2011

When I met him at AAM, Rick told the story of the beginnings of Project Row Houses in the following way. Rick's story makes me wonder: what could arts institutions be doing to incubate and foster innovative work by and for underrepresented audiences?

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 23, 2022

We’re all looking at the same story now,” said Jordan. “We We can all rally around one center of gravity and see each part of the story come together over time.” . You May Also Enjoy: Success Story: Empowering the Jewish Teen Movement with BBYO + Salesforce. Written by Blake Becker.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Perhaps I can do some justice to the future in the way that most parties unfold: by telling a few stories. " I point to these two stories to contrast the generation gap in our understanding about communications technology. As is often the case, our children are our key leading indicator for the future. The Teen Party.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2009

I show the tool and then they say, “yeah, but we really want people to share their own stories about fly-swatters,” or, “we think our visitors can make amazing videos about justice.” It’s easy for museums to assign a corner and a kiosk to visitors and say, “we’ll put their stories over there.” It’s like cooking.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

All April long, we’ll provide your organization with training and resources to tell its story digitally. Get started on telling your story with tools from the TechSoup catalog. Read about how your community can breathe new life into an old story from Connecting Up, our Australian partner. TechSoup for Libraries.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Or is it for people who are not accepted by current shelters, such as mothers with teen boys? Or are you looking to open a shelter for teens who have left or been kicked out of their homes, a need totally different than the family shelters in your community. Contact media outlets and suggest a story about your new nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

According to recent study from Pew Internet and American Life project, more than one-half of teens have created media content and roughly one-third have shared ocntent. He also identifies the new literacies and skills -- and while he is talking about this in the context of children and education. others toward a common goal.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 16, 2009

I show the tool and then they say, “yeah, but we really want people to share their own stories about fly-swatters,” or, “we think our visitors can make amazing videos about justice.” It’s easy for museums to assign a corner and a kiosk to visitors and say, “we’ll put their stories over there.” It’s like cooking.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 5, 2009

Last week I hosted a little contest to win a copy of Darius Graham's book, Being the Difference: True Stories of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things to Change the World. I picked Nancy 's name out of a hat this morning ( I really did use a hat), so Darius will be mailing her a free copy of the book!

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 5, 2022

While clearly a massive day for giving to local church parishes, in 1934 an enterprising group called the National Society For Crippled Children launched a campaign called Easterseals. Crazy amounts of wasted food also resulted in donations to Second Harvest and as well as work with local charities to organize soup kitchens.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

By sharing their stories, it may inspire others to get involved and set up their own fasting pledge. This next idea is great if your church has a great youth group with teens old enough to fundraise. This encourages the kids to do better in classes and supporters are giving to see children succeed. Make the grade fundraisers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 22, 2005

They launched an annual fundraiser and gift-collecting drive for the children's hospital in their community (in WA). It was a huge success and it's now become an international drive , with toys and books going to children's hospitals all over. Free Books for Kids!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 6, 2009

You can read a summary of the report and more about our methodology here [link] I was inspired by the staff’s ongoing commitment to processing as many stories presented to the TRC as possible -- as accurately as possible. Liberian children.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 21, 2008

Examples * Teen Health Talk engages youth to talk about health issues rather than lectures at them. March for Women's Lives allowed people who couldn't march to post messages and stories on the March for Women's Lives' web site. March of Dimes' Share Your Stories allows families of babies in the NICU to share stories.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

This includes the More Opportunities for Young People programme, which provides support, including funding and training, to volunteer projects helping older teens and young adults achieve basic qualifications, find jobs, and participate in society. More than simply providing support, these projects build relationships.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Over the past year, we've been doing TechSoup Impact stories about nonprofits, churches, and libraries doing great work with TechSoup product donations. The program offers year-round dance lessons and an annual event in which 80 children are joined by volunteers from professional dance schools. HART for Animals.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Over the last year, the work of Traveling Postcards keeps crossing my path, so I asked its founder, Caroline Lovell, to share with us: How Traveling Postcards works The path that brought her to this work Her favorite Traveling Postcards success story How we can get involved with Traveling Postcards I've posted her answers below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2015

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. “There’s only so much a 12-year-old kid can do,” Noah says in his campaign story. Helping Your Teen Give Back. “That’s why I need help from you!”

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2015

For pictures that you use for current news stories. The one exception is if they include children or youth under 18. Teen Retreat. " IBME gets both the teen's and parent's signature. Photos of public events or large crowd shots don't require people to sign a consent form.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

They are frequently about real people's stories. As cultural anthropology has swung away from a vision of authoritative history and toward the embrace of multiple perspectives, there is potential for those stories to come from all over the place, including visitors themselves. Children of the Lodz Ghetto ).

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

It was exhilarating to see them inspired to create their own meanings in response: lovers whispering together in alcoves, people of all ages writing and drawing on walls and post-its, children painting, everyone sitting rapt before screens. As it turns out, the wall is fairly manageable and generates fabulous stories.

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