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

Fast Company Tech

Even engaging in whats known as informal helping lending a hand to friends, neighbors, or community members in need, without getting paid or participating in an organized programcan help you in similar ways. 170 billion each year, according to AmeriCorps, the federal agency focused on national and community service. Start small.

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5 Ideas For Volunteers As Fundraising Resources

The NonProfit Times

Margherio suggests outlining different volunteer/giving opportunities that she calls Giving Recipes, from hosting a clothing drive as part of a celebratory occasion or birthday party to setting up a community donation drop-off. Make it easy for people to volunteer. C2C accepts volunteers as young as age 5. Elevate top volunteers.

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Helping Youth Find Their Tech Genius: This year with iUrban Teen

NTEN

iUrban Teen. iUrban Teen has been busy this year creating opportunities and environments where youth can find, appreciate, and grow their genius. At the core of the iUrban Teen programs is the desire to create opportunities and environments where youth can find, appreciate, and grow their genius. Sam Rodriguez.

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Five Creative (and Smart) Uses of Social Media Icons on Nonprofit Homepages

Nonprofit Tech for Good

While writing Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , I visited over 500 nonprofit homepages looking primarily for links to their social networking communities. Stay Teen :: stayteen.org. National Parks Foundation :: nationalparks.org. National Peace Corps Association :: peacecorpsconnect.org.

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How Gen Z uses the internet to self diagnose and get help

Mashable Tech

Chatterjee warns that young people searching for help can fall into these traps, believing they've found an explanation for their emotional or psychological suffering, as well as a community to belong to as they navigate it. Just because it's filling a void, doesn't mean that it's actually helping in the long run," Chatterjee says.

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Social Media Tools to Watch in 2014 for #NonprofitRadio

Amy Sample Ward

Here’s Where Teens are Going Instead of Facebook from Forbes. Where do you see your community going and what kinds of tools are they using? Here are a few posts to get you thinking about platforms you may not yet be using: A Primer on Social Media Demographics in 2013 from Business Insider.

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Copper Banking adds $9M in funding as digital banks clamor for teen customers

TechCrunch

Copper Banking , a digital banking service aimed at teens, announced today it has raised a total of $13.3 We worked with millions of teens and parents in our previous company,” Behringer told TechCrunch. We’ve gone this route before — partnering at the community level. million in seed funding.

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