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

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Does that sound far-fetched? You can take care of local parks, conservation areas, community gardens, and more. Bickel As gerontologists social scientists who study aging populations we envision a future in which older people leave a doctors visit with a prescription to go volunteer for something. Love gardening?

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Direct mail built the conservative movement. Can influencers beat it?

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As incredible as they might sound, these are just a few of the new “children’s rights laws” that could become a reality under a new United Nations program if fully implemented by the Carter administration. Vigurie started by getting a list of top donors to Conservative House candidates (through less than legal means ).

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How to Show Donors the Impact of Their Donations to Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It sounds simple, but nonprofits shouldn’t underestimate the importance of the personal touch. A donor will be pleased to learn that, for example, their $100 donation helped kickstart a conservation project or deliver a week worth of food to a family in need. Whether with an email or a text message (or even a phone call!),

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A ‘thorn forest’ once covered 1 million acres in the Rio Grande Valley. This man is trying to bring it back

Fast Company Tech

He was just 15 when, in a bid to attract more avians, he began planting several hundred native seedlings beside his house to create a 2-acre thorn forest a term he prefers over the more common thornscrub , which sounds to him like something to get rid of. Ive already heard 15 species since we walked in, Dale said. to life again.

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Scanning for Good – How Nonprofits Can Use QR Codes

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The Big Wild is a Canadian conservation group who used a QR code campaign to raise awareness and get people to sign a petition. QR codes are great for a techie support base who is running around with smart phones, but that doesn’t sound like your audience then they may not be right for you. Creating a QR Code.

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NPR CEO Katherine Maher makes the case for why public radio is essential to American democracy

Fast Company Tech

That sounds almost quaint right now though. ” It almost sounds like there are people who are listening to NPR stations that maybe don’t realize they’re NPR stations, or don’t connect it to this conversation about, I don’t know, it being anti-American. I grew up on NPR. I love NPR. That cut me to the core.

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How Loggerhead Marinelife Center is Raising Funds to Save Sea Turtles

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Because LMC is a free admission facility, the Center heavily depends on donations to fuel its conservation efforts. These funds help provide critical care and treatment for the Center’s sea turtle patients, as well as fund the conservation efforts of LMC’s four core pillars of conservation.

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