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I'm so inspired this December by all the new and engaging ways that non-profits are branching out to find new volunteers, educate their volunteers and donors, and raising money. Here are just a few and it's not too late to get involved:
- This holiday season reddit.com is launching its first Feed A Need project. Instead of asking for monetary donations, they asking people to donate a few hours of their skills & energy. So if you are a programmer, designer, artist, lawyer, geology professor, bacon cooker, or anyone else with a few hours to spend for a good cause please consider participating in this year's Feed a Need charity drive. They are event giving away prizes for volunteering including Bacon...ummmm....bacon.
- The Christmas Tree App on Facebook. For sending ornaments to your friends, proceeds will be donated to St. Jude's. I'm getting so many of these and am still trying to figure out exactly how this works, but no harm no foul right?
- World Bicycle Relief's DOUBLEBikeMatch program will match 100% of your donation to provide bikes in Zambia. One bike can help provide for up to 20 people which means 200 bikes will impact 4,000 people. Talk about the power of one multiplied even more now that they are adding Twitter to the mix.
Wondering if your cause should utilize Social Networking to further your cause? Click here to see a great ROI calculator to help you decide your next move. As always, you don't have to do it all, you just have to do something.
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12.18.08
I have to plug my favorite non-profit's online fundraiser
THE YOU ARE MY INSPIRATION CAMPAIGN
Give a gift to someone fabulous who inspires you and an at-risk teen girl will benefit.
+Log on to www.youaremyinspiration.org and make a minimum $50 donation.
+ An e-card will immediately be sent to your chosen recipient
+ A customized printed card will be sent to your chosen recipient
+ A limited edition necklace by famed jewelry designer Isabelle Bijoux will be sent to your recipient
+ Post a special message and a picture to your recipient in the online Inspiration Gallery
100% of funds raised go towards Step Up Women's Network's teen programming (1 year of programming costs about $1000 per girl)
12.19.08
Andrea -
Thanks so much for sharing this! What a cool idea! Good luck!
01.22.09
This is an idea for volunteers all around America involved with community outreach.I was randomly searching the web the other day and came across the Sullivan Report. He states that by providing the lower income groups with a pre paid cell phone like Tracfone they not only get instant access to emergency services like 911 but they also gain the ability to work from anywhere and thus improve their chances of creating business for themselves. He says that blue collar workers derive far more business benefit from cell phones than white collar workers. So how can we implement this into our community service? Well, I understand that Tracfone is already involved in subsidizing phones to the lower income group, we could assist in applications and then help people to see the benefit and business potential of combining their particular skills with a cell phone and the advantages of advertising themselves. This could be a whole new road to self empowerment.
http://www.newmillenniumresearch.org/archive/Sullivan_Report_032608.pdf
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