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Beth Kanter at 8:11am Tue, 2 Feb 2010 under
Blogging & Social Media,
Non-profits,
Technology & Web,
K-12,
Fashion & BeautyHacks,
Fashion,
Social Action,
Social Action,
Teens & tweens,
Education,
Tech,
Fashion,
Non-profits,
Fundraising; 382 views
Fashion Delivers Foundation was created in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita with a goal to organize the collection and distribution of new clothing and home items to hurricane victims.The group was able to collect and give over $4.5 million dollars worth of men's and women's clothing directly to people in the devastated areas.
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Beth Kanter at 8:22am Mon, 25 Jan 2010 under
Non-profits,
Technology & Web,
World,
Latin America & Caribbean,
AIDS/HIV,
HPV,
GYN,
Social Action,
Social Networking,
Social Action,
Non-profits,
Fundraising,
Internet; 794 views
PROFAMIL Haiti has provided sexual and reproductive health services in Haiti since 1984. This organization is part of a 40 member organization network called International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region (IPPF/WHR). The program in Haiti has three clinics, but the ones in Port-au-Prince, and Jacmel were completely destroyed by the earthquake as you can see by the photo below.
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Britt Bravo's last two posts on Haiti, have provided a good round up of how to help and the creative fundraising that is taking place. I wanted to share these two stories from Haiti from on the ground and a bird's eye view about nonprofit work there.
Earthquake Aftermath in Jacmel
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Last week, I created an iPhone app out of my blog in ten minutes at a cost of $50 using a service call AppMkr. It made wonder when we'll start to see more iPhone apps from and to benefit nonprofits.
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Beth Kanter at 8:45pm Sun, 3 Jan 2010 under
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Non-profits,
Technology & Web,
Green,
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Networking,
Games,
Internet,
Gadgets,
Smart Phones; 705 views
Over the Christmas break, I was able to support following Causes:
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