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October Awareness: Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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The pink ribbon that has become the most widely recognized symbol of breast cancer awareness came about when a 68-year-old California woman named Charlotte Haley, whose sister, daughter, and granddaughter had breast cancer, created peach-colored ribbons to call attention to inadequate funding for breast cancer research. The Susan G.

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What are advantages to collaboration between nonprofit and for-profit organizations?

ASU Lodestar Center

NPOs and corporations have come together because of the need for additional funding resources and new strategies for organizational approaches. For every pair of trendy shoes that TOMs sells, a pair is donated to a child in need through one of their on-the-ground partner organizations,” writes Nonprofit Hub.

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Interview with Lindsay Gruber: Building Corporate Resilience through Pro Bono Volunteerism

Saleforce Nonprofit

The need for services is skyrocketing while sources of funding and resources are being hit. When that happened, it became clear that the same skills were universally applicable, and the value in offering those skills became clear. It is a gift of empowerment to nonprofits, volunteers, and the communities around us.

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ChatGPT & Google Gemini Identify Four Essentials for Successful Nonprofit Giving Campaigns

Nonprofit Tech for Good

While important, this factor wasn’t universal but was vital for campaigns focused on crisis relief or specific fund-raising event promotion. The money funded the development of 22 new drugs and over 100 research projects worldwide. Online Donations – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital ) Featured St.

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Bridging the Opportunity Divide – Empowering Youth to Imagine and Realize their Futures

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Microsoft will match individual donations through Give for Youth, through October 1st and up to $100,000. Mary Mwende told us about her journey from Mombasa, Kenya, to being one of ten girls chosen for the Global Give Back Circle , a mentoring and empowerment program. ” Their solution is Microsoft YouthSpark.

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SAP Gives Back

Tech Soup

SAP is helping to make a difference in the nonprofit and library community through their donation program here at TechSoup. See how organizations like yours are benefiting from their donated products and services. According to the United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) Seven Billion Actions. Making Social Investments.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. Third, the print book is not universally accessible. Many books are never published because of the costs.