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Connecting Homeless Youth and Shelter Animals: 20-Year-Old Rachel Cohen, Hand2Paw

Have Fun - Do Good

"It's a novel idea that homeless youth have so much to offer, and that these youth could really make the difference at this shelter. Hand2Paw's mission is to connect homeless teens and shelter animals in a mutually beneficial way. Hand2Paw's mission is to connect homeless teens and shelter animals in a mutually beneficial way.

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I also want to them to discover and follow their own sense of social activism and philanthropy and become Philanthroteens , teens with a passion for social change who grew up not knowing what it was like to not to have a cell phone or not to be connected to Facebook. I recently keynoted the Social Good Brazil Conference in November.

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Mental Health Awareness Month: 10 Nonprofits Advocating For Change

Kindful

On this page, you’ll find their missions and ways to support their important work, as well as some resources for nonprofit professionals. Mission: Robbie’s Hope is an uprising of teens to help other teens. Their goal is to cut teen suicide rates in half by 2028. Adolescent Counseling Services. Laughs for the Troops.

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Women’s History Month: 11 Nonprofits That Are Advocating For Female Empowerment

Kindful

Mission: Helping Women Period is committed to supplying menstrual health products to people that menstruate who are either homeless or low-income. Mission: Girls Write Nashville is a nonprofit songwriting mentorship program based in Nashville, TN, that cultivates empowered expression and positive community for teen girls.

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What Does it Really Mean to Serve "Underserved" Audiences?

Museum 2.0

Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. So Diane asked them, "What if I hire your kids and pay them to learn science, teach it to other people, and gain professional skills?" The program is rigorous, engaging students in serious scientific projects as well as personal and professional development workshops.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: What Does it Really Mean to Serve "Underserved" Audiences?

Museum 2.0

Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. So Diane asked them, "What if I hire your kids and pay them to learn science, teach it to other people, and gain professional skills?" The program is rigorous, engaging students in serious scientific projects as well as personal and professional development workshops.

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7 LGBT Tech Projects You Need to Know

Tech Soup

All of the providers are either verified by GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality or recommended by community members. One of the projects this organization is working on is called Connect 4 Life , a mobile phone program for LGBT homeless youth. Sage CyberCenters. Lesbians Who Tech. Dolores Street Community Services.

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