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Try Eating for $4 a Day. Join The Hunger Challenge

Have Fun - Do Good

I didn't, until I read about the San Francisco Food Bank's Hunger Challenge. Last year, 6 food bloggers and recipe developers tried to eat 3 meals on $3 per day during the 2008 San Francisco Food Bank's Hunger Challenge. Hat tip to Tyson Foods Hunger Relief 's post Hunger Twitterers ).

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Member Round Up: We're Up To All Good!

NTEN

Featured in this week’s round up are discounted conference registrations and new fundraising tools. NTEN members are even using The Hunger Games buzz to educate about real world food and water issues. Have more news to share? Oh, and let’s not forget using GIS technology to better connect localities with programs and services.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

Tech Soup

It’s time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news again! TechSoup Global donation partner, Cisco , is starting to talk about an alternative to cloud computing, the paradigm that relies on huge data centers to do all our processing. Find what TechSoup Global thinks about the new FCC net neutrality decision here.

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Solutionary Women: Anna Lappé of Grub

Have Fun - Do Good

And in that book we were really interested in hearing the voices, the stories of people around the world that were addressing the root causes of hunger and poverty. Well, we all know that probably, but especially in terms of food, especially in terms of hunger, especially in terms of the fate of farmers around the world.

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How Skills-Based Volunteerism Creates Transformational Experiences

Connection Cafe

One of those organizations is the YWCA of the City of New York (YW), a nonprofit organization that offers job training, daycare, and after-school programs to New York City women and their families. The most prominent answers were hunger, poverty, racism, education, police brutality, and pollution.

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GivingTuesday 2018 Scales Generosity and Kindness to New Highs

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

According to MarketWatch , the grassroots web-based global movement past $1 billion in total online donations since it was launched seven years ago by the 92nd Street Y in New York City. . The mean gift size was $105. Why did they release $7 million match all at once?

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

The Awesome Foundation is a global community advancing the interest of “awesome in the universe,” mostly through providing $1,000 micro-grants. The Emeril Lagasse Foundation provides grants related to nutrition and culinary education, life skills development, childhood hunger, and arts education. Wish You Well Foundation.