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A powerful new tool to combat hunger and homelessness

Candid

Last year, as the pandemic stretched on, the team at Vanguard Charitable contacted our approximately 25,000 donors to ask them about their giving priorities. Close to 60 million Americans turned to food banks and food pantries for help after experiencing hunger in the first year of the pandemic.

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A Free Agent for Hunger: Pittsburgh Tote Bag Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Sue Kerr has put her social media savvy to work to fight hunger in the Greater Pittsburgh area and save the environment. So, I contacted the Food Bank and proposed we collaborate. We plan to repeat every September to honor Hunger Action Month.” It began informally with a few drives here and there over an 18 month period.

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82 Fundraising and Social Media Stats for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

92% of donors say it is important that NGOs, nonprofits, and charities make a concerted effort to protect their contact and financial information from data breaches ( Global Trends in Giving Report ). Their top five causes are children and youth (16%), animals and wildlife (13%), health and wellness (9%), hunger and.

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Creative Event Ideas To Get Students Involved In Your Nonprofit

Bloomerang

Pair food drives with storytelling sessions where students learn about local hunger challenges. They develop skills, contacts, and a feeling of worth that remains with them long after the event is over. Turn a clean-up day into a friendly competition by awarding prizes for the most trash collected.

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25 Global Trends in Giving That Nonprofits Need to Know About

Nonprofit Tech for Good

9) Religious donors are more likely to give to charitable organizations that provide basic needs and support the causes of children and youth, health and wellness, and hunger and homelessness. Non-religious donors are more likely to give to the causes of animals and wildlife, human and civil rights, and international development and relief.

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50+ Year End Fundraiser Email Subject Lines

CauseVox

While MailChimp recommends no more than 60 characters (or 9 words), Hubspot recommends less than 50 characters, and Constant Contact dials it down to 40 characters (4-7 words). For example, if your organization focuses on hunger and food insecurity, you may consider Help take a bite out of hunger.

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11 great sci-fi books from 2020 to check out on your new Kindle

The Verge

This debut novel from video essayist Lindsay Ellis images an alien first contact event in an alternative version of 2007, capturing both the political and cultural flavor of the time period while examining what it really means to be human — or alien. Axiom’s End by Lindsay Ellis. From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back.

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