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Two Young Leaders Address Food Insecurity

NonProfit Quarterly

All the while, they noticed signs of distress around them—including a stark rise in food insecurity exacerbated by the pandemic. “We We saw news reports which were showing people waiting in very long lines for food. They decided to start their own nonprofit, with the goal of getting food to those in their community who needed it.

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A powerful new tool to combat hunger and homelessness

Candid

The response was clear: In that moment, our donors were focused most on hunger and homelessness in the United States, two interwoven problems that have been greatly exacerbated by the ripple effects of COVID-19. . The severity of the hunger and homelessness crises varies by region, state, and community.

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What Nonprofits Can Learn from the Food Truck Craze

Selfish Giving

I’m fascinated by the whole food truck phenomenon. We have a number of food trucks here in Boston and I just finished watching The Great Food Truck Race on The Food Network. I’m also heading out to Los Angeles today for the Blogworld Expo and am hoping to sample some of their great food trucks!

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Bezos Day 1 Families Fund Awards $123.5 Million for Homelessness Prevention

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

million to address fertilizer's effect on climate change, food security, and energy. Also, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation committed $75 million to boost enrollment in higher education among students in Washington State, and the ClimateWorks Foundation will give $21.5

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Newsletter: How to Sell Partnerships at Trade Shows ; 25 Testimonial Statistics You Should Know ? ; ?Is Bill Gates ?Really a Billionaire Doing Good??

Selfish Giving

Sounds like Janie is doing great work in the community - and she knows firsthand about being homeless. Brain Food 1. Still, the money is going to a business, not a nonprofit. The Salvation Army's annual red kettle campaign officially kicked off on Thanksgiving. Is Bill Gates really a billionaire doing good? ?

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Website Content for Homeless People?

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

I saw this tweet from Mark Horvath of Invisible People and We Are Visible via Facebook yesterday: I followed up on Facebook with Mark and he said he couldn’t come up with any good examples of agencies that serve the homeless who actually had good content directed at homeless people on their websites.

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Newsletter: 4 Lessons from Burger King's Drive-Thru ; 140 Companies Partner with Band to Help Homeless ; Are Memes Better than Influencers?

Selfish Giving

140 businesses partnered with Pearl Jam to raise millions for Seattle's homeless. ??Why Brain food ???? ????? This is a great example of leveraging one, great asset (in this case a hugely popular rock band) into a cause marketing opportunity. Why your paper charity pinup should have coupons. ??You I really want to dig into this more.