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Another Model of Giving: Socially Responsible Small Businesses

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Kids Against Hunger packages and ships highly nutritious, life-saving meals to starving and malnourished children in developing countries and the United States. The organization was founded by Richard Proudfit who was on a medical mission to Honduras after a hurricane ravaged the country.

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Even Storms Bear Fruit: Monumental Fundraising Opportunities For Food Banks In The Post-COVID Era

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And the need to combat hunger and poverty in our communities became all the more urgent. In short, we were caught in a hurricane of uncertainty. So, for the benefit of the entire industry looking to solve hunger across communities, cities, and nations, I present to you your guide for Foodbank Fundraising in 2021.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Should You Celebrate Your Nonprofit’s Anniversary?

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Is reminding folks you haven’t solved hunger, homelessness, or poverty a good thing? The same holds true if you survived a natural disaster such as a fire, earthquake, tornado, hurricane, or tsunami. Everybody has birthdays… ho, hum. It’s a not-to-be-missed opportunity. Opportunity for what? Is this really something to celebrate?

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Buy a Song, Support a Cause

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Satchmo.com has a list of 35 Hurricane Katrina Benefit CDs. Proceeds from SERVE3: The Hard Rock Benefit Album will benefit WHY (World Hunger Year). There is also a SERVE2 CD , and a SERVE CD. Hopeless Records , in partnership with its nonprofit, Sub City , will release an 8th benefit CD in conjunction with its Take Action Tour.

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Meet Connie Reece: Using Social Media to Strike Back At Ike

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Based on Austin, Texas, I caught up with Connie to find how she is using Social Media raise money for victims of Hurricane Ike and other recent social media fundraising causes. This month we organized a HAM-up Tweetup (HAM because September is Hunger Awareness Month) to benefit the Capital Area Food Bank. Tell me about you.

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How Can We Make Charitable Giving A Year-Round Habit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It's also one of the worse months for hurricanes and the Red Cross has made it easy to give a donation with your cell phone through its text 2 give program. September is Hunger Awareness Month so why not give a donation of canned goods and cash to your local food bank? September: Food and water are basic human needs.

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Building Blocks of Effective Creative: Urgency

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When a hurricane makes landfall, it doesn’t take much work to create a sense of urgency. Urgent creative narrows the focus down to a moment, and presents the audience with a choice: now or never. More generally, urgency is about change. Sometimes, urgency is baked right into the moment. We just need to tap into that emotion.