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• Give Back: YDT’s Holiday Philanthropy Edition

  
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  As we all know the holidays are a great time to receive gifts, but they’re an even better time to share the good with others.  Here are our picks for giving back both online and in town. Online I Give Twice: We love the newest campaign from Olivia Khaili of Cause Capitalism called I Give ...
  13 hours ago

• Volunteers needed during holidays ... and beyond

  
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  Sometimes inspiration comes from the most unlikely of sources. This week, it came from an intern at a Baltimore homeless shelter. To call the Helping Up Mission a homeless shelter, though, doesnt really do it justice. The 125-year-old mission supports poor and homeless men in Baltimore through a "spiritual ...
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• Girl Scouts Bukidnon Council is 57 years old!

  
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  EVENTS IN BUKIDNON | MALAYBALAY CITY | SOCIETY – The Girl Scouts of the Philippines – Bukidnon Council is 57 years old! And that means one thing — panahon na upang magbalik Girl Scouting! Let’s renew friendships, relieve the patrol system, rekindle the Girl Scout spirit, reminisce the unforgettable camping ...
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• To Give Them a Voice

  
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  The Best of 2009 Blog Challenge: Something that really made you grow this year? Back in March, I decided to finally jump in and volunteer for CASA, an organization I’d heard about frequently during my years in San Antonio. Though the period was short-lived, it will always standout as one of those milestone ...
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• It’s the Contrarian’s Fault–I Swear!

  
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  As any smart married woman knows, when something inexplicable happens and things are all fuggled up, it’s the husband’s fault! And so of course, I feel perfectly fine in pointing a finger toward the Contrarian for my current lapse in brain function. For the second day in a row, nothing much seems to be rattling ...
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• Fifteen Florida women get naked for the environment

  
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  Taking a cue from 2003’s  Calendar Girls , a movie in which older British women bare all for leukemia resea rch, Erika Biddle decided to jump on the train of the increasingly popular brand of calendars where locals pose naked for a cause. In celebration of Earth Day’s 40th birthday, Biddle only asked women over ...
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• Mobilink Pakistan Celebrates International Volunteers Day

  
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  Mobilink Pakistan is celebrating International Volunteers Day (IVD). Mobilink appriciated its employees for maintaining the spirit of volunteerism throughout the year. Designated by the United Nations since 1985, IVD is celebrated every year on December 5. The declared aim of IVD is to thank volunteers for their ...
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• Hunger in Dallas

  
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  So what does hunger look like in Dallas? Pegasus News , another online news venue provides a picture by looking at what we see everyday at Central Dallas Ministries. "Central Dallas Ministries, one of more than 300 food pantries in the Dallas-Forth Worth area, is overwhelmed in the weeks leading up to the ...
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• Ultimate recyling project: Building a soda bottle classroom

  
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  Filed under: Activism , Arts and Culture , Learning , Stories , Guatemala , Mexico , Video , Ecotourism , Central America What happens when Peace Corps volunteers, the non-profit organization, Hug it Forward and a bevvy of school children and teachers in Guatemala recycle plastic bottles and trash? ...
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• The Olympia Project - Happy Hour & Future of Olympia

  
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  Start: Dec 2 2009 - 5:00pm End: Dec 2 2009 - 7:00pm Come get happy (for an hour or so) as we chat about the future of our fair city with Keith Stahley, Community Planning and Development Director for the City of Olympia.Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 Time: 5:30pm - 7:00pm Location: Swing Wine Bar ...
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• Liberal Minute #55 – Betty-Anne Juba Engaging the Not-For-Profit Community

  
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  BECOME A FAN OF THE LIBERAL MINUTE: http://facebook.com/LiberalMinute A Liberal Minute with Jason Lamarche. In this episode I speak with Betty-Anne Juba who is the policy chair for the federal riding of Vancouver Island North. Betty-Anne has some great ideas on why the Liberal Party should engage the not-for-profit ...
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• A Prescription for Giving

  
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  Is it really better to give than to receive? In todays Well column, I explore the science of giving, as well as the extraordinary story of Cami Walker, a Los Angeles woman with multiple sclerosis.
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• Non-profit Storytelling: 6 Tips for Interviews

  
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  By Merritt Engel Ask any non-profit, and theyll tell you theres nothing better than a personal, heartfelt story to put a face on their cause . Far better than organizational blah-blah or sterile statistics, stories help donors (and future donors) learn an organizations personality. Stories help donors feel engaged ...
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• Problems of Brad Pitt: Pretty Lower Ninth Public Housing Pissing People Off? [Volunteerism]

  
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  Further proving the road to hell as indeed paved with good intentions—or in this case, "green" concrete— Brad Pitt s taking flack for building public housing in New Orleans Katrina-devastated Lower Ninth ward. The houses are dreamy . The reaction isnt. Brad Pitt, whos presumably done more for the city of New ...
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• Counting Blessings at a Food Bank

  
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  The first thing we did upon our late-night arrival into Houston was go to the Houston Food Bank the very next morning. Not as a way of assuaging any impending guilt we knew we were sure to have after digging gluttonously into Texan food in subsequent days. We wanted to get a true sense of what your options ...
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• The Death of Volunteerism?

  
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  From GetLiberty.org and Americans for Limited Government comes this disturbing story: Last week, Nick Balzano, an executive board member of the Service Employees International Union’s (SEIU) Allentown Local 32BJ chapter resigned after threatening to file a grievance against the Allentown, PA city council for ...
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• Diversity—More Than Ethnicity & Age

  
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  Does your nonprofit need volunteers? Does it need both governance volunteers and those who actually implement the programs? Would you consider your volunteers diverse enough to reflect the various communities in your service area? First, I’m not asking if your organization is ethnically diverse. That is but one ...
  3 weeks ago

• Giving Back to Those Not Necessarily on Your Christmas List

  
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  By Tisha Tolar As we rush to find the "perfect gift" for friends and family, we tend to get tunnel vision about the holiday season. No matter how tight our budgets or shopping time may be, remember still there are some people who would be thrilled to be in our shoes, amongst the chaos of family, friends, and ...
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• Message from Richmond Chapter Past President

  
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  BDPA Richmond chapter past president Jackie Pryor shared a passionate plea for more of us to volunteer in support of our youth education programs. Another past president of our Richmond chapter, Annette Yates , was moved to share her thoughts on BDPA volunteerism : Good Morning BDPA Members and Non-BDPA ...
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• Doing the right thing for others is also doing the right thing for ourselves.

  
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  As we enter the holiday season this week there are often many opportunities to volunteer our time, talents, and money to worthy causes directed to those who may be less fortunate than ourselves. Collecting food for the hungry, toys for children without many resources, or working at a local soup kitchen all help others ...
  3 weeks ago

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