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Outstanding Volunteer Scout

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Today, I'd like to honor Matthew Devcich, a high school student and aspiring Eagle Scout, who chose to focus his major Scout project on Bookshare.org. He pulled together volunteers from his community, involved the local public library in Chantilly, Virginia, and scanned and proofread 24 books.

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Meet the Bookshare in-house summer volunteer team!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

John Pastorius I am from Smithfield, Virginia. I attend Lynchburg College in Lynchburg, Virginia where I am studying music performance. I worked with students with visual impairments as well as other teachers, focusing on needs and training to use assistive technology.

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Bookshare.org and Lobster

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This is crucial as we continue to rapidly expand into serving students. My tradition is to make smoked lobster for my wife, Virginia, and the local newspaper, the San Jose Mercury News, was kind enough to print this fact in an article titled: What notable business leaders are doing for Mom.

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Student social good startups collect $95K in T-Mobile competition

TechCrunch

A diverse collection of students with big ideas will split about $95,000 in prize money after competing in T-Mobile’s Changemaker Challenge. Scholars Program (Fairfax, Virginia) An organization whose goal is to expand STEM education and STEM opportunities for minority groups underrepresented in the field. Books N Bros (St.

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8 startups that leveraged products for social good, and where they’re headed in 2014

The Next Web

Mike Smith’s a bit older than the age of your average college student, but he and two other cohorts from Syracuse University (Ian Dickerson and Frank Taylor) have already launched Centscere , a startup that takes your Facebook and Twitter activity and turns it into charitable bucks. All hail small (and local) business.

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Keeping the Rich History of Virginia Preserved and Secure

Tech Soup

She was George Washington's mother, born in Lancaster County in Virginia's Northern Neck region. " The library contains thousands of published records, books, manuscripts, periodicals, and microfilms about the Northern Neck region of Virginia.

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ORG Impact Awards Highlight Worldwide Achievement

The NonProfit Times

By connecting people through crowdfunded loans, Kiva supports business owners, farmers, students, and social enterprises with the funding they need to thrive. Kids Operating Room installs operating rooms and provides specialist training to local doctors to build pediatric surgical capacity and improve access to essential medical care.

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