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Let’s Help AmeriCorps Alums Use Their Experience to Keep Giving Back

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He had spent his AmeriCorps term as a liaison between a mayor’s office and the homeless community, building relationships and creating resources. It will feature such big names as Grammy award-winning singer John Legend, and New Jersey Gov. Let’s Help AmeriCorps Alums Use Their Experience to Keep Giving Back. By Ben Duda.

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Are Online Vote-for-Me Contests A Good Idea?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jared Paul, the co-founder of a new nonprofit that has a focus on homeless youth and one of the winners of the $25,000 in the first phase of Chase's Giving Community Contest offered to share his thoughts. Earlier this month, I sent out a few tweets asking for the counterpoint to Hildy's view.

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Why Building Resilient Networks Matter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We turned on CNN and watched together as scenes from New Jersey and New York flashed across the screen. The homeless population in the city doubled to 80,000. Two weeks after Sandy hit, 300,000 people in New York and New Jersey were still without power. It’s not a nightmare,” I said, “It’s for real.”.

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The Bold, Focused Ideas of Breakthrough Nonprofit Brands: Book Giveaway Winners Announced

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

An island-wide educational campaign in Puerto Rico to educate people on the importance of spaying and neutering and vaccinating their dogs and cats, in hopes of alleviating the drastic conditions for the 100,000+ “satos” (street dogs) that are homeless and roaming the beaches and streets of PR. SafeAmerica Foundation , Bill Soule.

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How to Help After the Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

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With thousands dead and more now homeless as a result of these earthquakes, it’s imperative that relief organizations mobilize quickly to help stabilize the situation in Turkey and Syria. The Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey has an emergency fund established to help the people of Turkey and Syria as well.

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Has Your Organization Thought Through its Social Media Policy?

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Your transitional housing program for homeless families always needs activities for children. A Federal case in New Jersey questions whether comments made by employees about their employer on a private site outside the office can be constituted as defamation. It is caught during an internal audit.

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5 Places to Find Grants for Your Nonprofit for FREE!

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Perhaps it’s a program grant to cover costs of running your homelessness program. Some focus only on program and project support, while others may offer general operating support (these are not as common, though). Get clear on the type of funding you are seeking. Morgan’s Private Banking Foundation Finder is focused nationwide.

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