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Can love change the world? I hope so!

Amy Sample Ward

At 19, New Jersey native Maggie Doyne used her life savings from babysitting to start Kopila Valley children’s home in Nepal, which has grown to a home for over 40 children, and a school serving over 200 students.

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Nepal Earthquake Roundup: Emergency Fundraising Attention Cycle

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

PLEASE MAKE A RECURRING GIFT : I’ve donated to the GlobalGiving Earthquake Fund – the money will go to a vetted network of NGOS – and they have a donor who is matching all recurring gifts. The CDP Nepal Earthquake Recovery Fund focuses on medium- and long-term rebuilding and recovery.

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Happy Thanksgiving: Check out #Goodspotting and EpicThanks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This year epic thanks is asking you to share a photo of gratitude and make a thankful gift. Every Thanksgiving since, Stacey has launched a gratitude campaign.

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Go Holiday Shopping with Your Global Girlfriend

Have Fun - Do Good

If you're going to spend that kind of cash, why not give a gift that gives back? Global Girlfriend is an online fair trade store that sells handmade gifts made by women's non-profit programs and cooperatives. I'd love to compile a list of stores with gifts that give back. this holiday season, up from $738.11 last year."

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How Investing In Ongoing Nonprofit Professional Development Keeps Fundraisers On The Ball And Ahead Of The Game

Kindful

Mercedes Brown, the manager of individual giving at Dallas Theater Center in Texas, was anxious to start a recurring gift program at the organization. Before this, there were no motivations for fundraisers in Nepal,” Dhakal explains. “It A fundraiser starts a monthly giving program from scratch.

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Make it Make Cents: Revenue Generators

Greater Giving

Paddle Raise Gazala recommends getting at least 60-70% of your paddle raise gifts committed in advance of the event date. Getting these revenue generatorating gifts in advance also helps you determine where to start your paddle raise. Make sure to have that moment of asking for the gift.

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Actigiving—The Next Phase in the Evolution of Episodic Giving

Connection Cafe

For more than a decade now, there has been much debate about whether online activists would ever turn their clicks into gifts. We are seeing how actigiving is accelerating how people move from just hearing about the causes they care about to quickly supporting them with a gift. Goodbye, slacktivism. Hello, actigiving.

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