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Want to stay healthier and fulfilled later in life? Try volunteering

Fast Company Tech

170 billion each year, according to AmeriCorps, the federal agency focused on national and community service. Alexis de Tocquevillea French philosopher and diplomat who arrived in the United States in 1831 to study the new nations penal systemwas so impressed by the scale of volunteering in the U.S. Love gardening?

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January Cause Awareness: National Mentoring Month

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Positive mentoring relationships are so important to the success of youth everywhere. That’s why we take time every January to celebrate National Mentoring Month! If you’re wondering how you can celebrate the mentors in your life or even become a mentor yourself, here’s a little bit about National Mentoring Month.

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A Nonprofit Partnership: How One Board Member Connected Two Organizations and Boosted Both

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Then — as a first-generation college student — she received her undergraduate and graduate degrees. A High Achiever in Pursuit of Education The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation opens doors for low-income, high-achieving students to access a quality education. By creative, I mean it’s not just in Minnesota, it is national.

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Salesforce Employees & Tsofen Prepare Israel’s Arab Students for Jobs in Tech

Saleforce Nonprofit

Lobbying with local governments with the aim to make national policy changes. Salesforce employees in Israel volunteer their time to mentor local Arab Israeli youth for successful careers in the tech industry. My mentor Karim Fanadka was very invested in guiding me. About the Author. Nancy Refki. Connect with her on Linkedin.

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Formation raises $4M led by Andreessen Horowitz to train truly ‘exceptional’ software engineers

TechCrunch

Frustrated, she decided to try training engineers to meet her team’s hiring standards by mentoring at a local coding bootcamp. After two and a half years of mentoring on nights and weekends, Novati decided to turn her passion into a career. Its ability to dynamically change based on a student’s performance in particular was compelling.

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StartupLab launches to coach America’s next generation of entrepreneurs

The Next Web

These include Junior Achievement, Georgetown University, BizWorld, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Startup Weekend, the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, and many more. The Young Entrepreneur Council may be familiar to you if you’re a regular TNW reader. Image credit: Pond 5.

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Transform Your Communications & Collaboration With Slack

Saleforce Nonprofit

Increase Collaboration and Engagement for Students, Faculty, and Staff. Arizona State University (ASU), for instance, needed an easier way for its students, faculty, and staff to communicate, share lesson plans, and gather feedback. In addition, workflows help set up students for success with Slack and other learning tools.