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America’s Broken Safety Net—and How to Address It: An Interview with Alissa Quart

NonProfit Quarterly

By the end of it, I was asking myself: “Why do people think poverty is their fault? But I also write about how great volunteerism is, and I talked with some people who were really great volunteers during the pandemic. This is just unbearable if you’re a person with a complicated life and children and are working all the time.

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2019 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — #EndPoveryDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay.

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2018 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar

Nonprofit Tech for Good

12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — #EndPoveryDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay.

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Three iPhone Apps that Every Nonprofit Needs to Know About

Nonprofit Tech for Good

3) Volunteerism :: The Extraordinaries. Users of the App can photograph and upload mobile photos of animal abuse for Big Cat Rescue , report pollution for Heal the Bay , or record messages of encouragement for children living in. poverty around the world for Christel. poverty around the world for Christel.

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Arab American Philanthropy

NonProfit Quarterly

Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Of them, more than 80 percent identified as immigrants or the children of immigrants. I don’t live in poverty. Perhaps the most well-known example of such Arab American generosity is Danny Thomas , a Lebanese American singer, actor, and philanthropist who founded St.