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Lessons from the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season: What philanthropy can do better

Candid

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season saw 18 tropical events , including 11 hurricanes. Hurricane Milton: Implications of repeated storms Milton was the third storm to hit Florida in three months and the second to hit in two weeks. How much relief funding has been invested in the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season?

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Brand Refresh, TV Relief Event For United Way Worldwide

The NonProfit Times

The organization unveiled a refreshed brand, and this weekend hosts a nationally televised event, United Way Benefit for Hurricane Relief, for communities devastated by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Potter, executive director, Content for Change, Paramount Global, who then contacted the chief executives of Paramount and CBS.

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Upcoming Nonprofits Live: DIY Blogging

Tech Soup

Expert guests include: Jody Dilday ( @jdilday ), executive director of Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas ( @SPSFNWA ), has spent her career raising awareness and support for nonprofit organizations. Wednesday, March 21, 11 a.m. Pacific time. Hashtag: #NPLive. RSVP to join the live show.

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Stories of Resilience: Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina

Connection Cafe

The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina is one such organization that has harnessed its supporter base’s commitment to serve community needs. Samantha Wright, Director of Development Operations and Analytics for the food bank, says that being located in a hurricane zone makes them “no strangers to disaster response.”

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[Opinion] Millennials and the Fight Against Hate

Achieve

Tensions with North Korea. Delayed help to Puerto Rico after devastating hurricanes. As Achieve’s Director of Research, Amy is responsible for identifying and devising appropriate methodologies and data-collection strategies for projects like the Millennial Impact Report and the Millennial Running Study. Hate has no place here.

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How to build resilient water systems in communities battling climate change

Fast Company Tech

In September, more than 100,000 residents in western North Carolina were under boil-water notices for nearly two months after Hurricane Helene destroyed much of a local water system. Kimberly Lemme, an executive director at DigDeep, which is installing the systems, said it can be a complex and lengthy process.

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16,000 structures were destroyed in the L.A. fires. Here’s what the city can learn from Asheville’s Hurricane Helene recovery

Fast Company Tech

It was also western North Carolina in late September after Hurricane Helene created raging rivers that flooded some houses and swept others away. Weeks before the hurricane, the city had released a 100-plus-page affordable housing plan that it spent a year hammering out with local housing and social service agencies.