If you’re in United States you know that Thanksgiving is right on top of us. And if you’re like most nonprofits you’ve been extremely busy wrapping up the week. But did you forget something? Did you forget to express gratitude for all of the wonderful supporters your organization has? If you have forgotten, no worries. […]
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Meghan Young grew up in Lancaster County and attended schools in the city of Lancaster. Despite leaving the area to attend culinary school in Baltimore, then working as a chef in London and New York City, Lancaster was always home. So when she returned to the area in 2011 with her business partner Jose Fuentes
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After talking with Susan Davis, Chief Development Officer of the American Lung Association, I have another thing to be thankful for on Thursday: no one I know has lung cancer. Sadly, I know people that have died from the disease, including a favorite uncle at 49. He didn’t smoke. You may know someone too. More
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Three days before Thanksgiving isn’t the ideal time to start thinking about how to give back to your community, right? The reality is we’re very busy people, and good will simply isn’t on the forefront of our Thanksgiving plan-making process—especially if we’re hosting X number of out-of-town relatives for the long weekend. But I’m here
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There are no quick fixes to something like a massive hurricane. Several weeks after Sandy plowed through, thousands remain homeless, some still awaited power as a Nor’easter hit a week later, as winter approaches, and as I write this post, gas rationing has finally ended–in New Jersey. And for many more who were lucky enough not
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You might notice a lot more men growing facial hair these days. In fact, if you’re on Twitter or Facebook, you might even be seeing regularly posted pictures of your friends showing off the progress of their growth. And then there are the women, posting pictures of themselves with cut-out mustaches. What’s up with that?
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You’ve been tasked with content creation for your organization, but have mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, you’re excited to exercise your creativity. But on the other hand, you’re afraid that your creativity won’t be enough to satisfy your boss and your supporters. Fortunately, you have the power of storytelling on your side,
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I’m a big fan of using existing tools and resources to raise money for nonprofits. Too many people are trying to reinvent the wheel when one is already out there and could get them rolling on fundraising faster and better. That’s what three friends–Alex Nordenson, John Heggestuen and Katherine Dolan–did in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
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Yesterday was a day of remembrance for our veterans, and soldiers in active duty who have fearlessly served our country to preserve the freedom we have. Today, many are spending time with their families on their day off, but as Americans we continue to honor those that have committed the ultimate sacrifice for the rest
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Andy Spence, his dad, and brother got this crazy idea couple years ago. “We came up with idea to get people to support us to grow beards,” he says. The idea was out of the blue, but not without pretext. In 2010, Andy’s mom passed away from lung cancer, and that Christmas, the Spence family
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