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Help KFC Earn Its Cause Marketing Wings

Selfish Giving

In 2009, it launched Re-Freshed by KFC , a local public works program in Louisville, Kentucky that filled unsightly potholes with fresh asphalt topped with the KFC logo. Cross-Generational Mentoring. In this spirit, why not implement, support and/or promote a mentoring program?

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Trends in Volunteering

Tech Soup

Everyday, people across the country mentor students, beautify neighborhoods, help older Americans to live independently, restore homes after disasters, and much more. In 2009, 63.4 2008, making 2009 the largest single-year increase in the number of. service in 2009, which has an estimated dollar value of $169 billion.

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QuickBooks Helps BITS Serve At-Risk Youth

Tech Soup

" From Peer Mentor to Program Manager. Veronika got her start at BITS by volunteering as a peer mentor in 2013. She grew up in Kazakhstan and moved to Canada in 2009 to attend George Brown College's advanced management program. After mentoring 10 youth, Veronika was promoted to program manager.

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Celebrating Women in Tech: An Interview with Qgiv’s Female Leaders

Qgiv

Meet Sandra Munoz, Director of Product – Fundraising . Qgiv: How did you end up working in the tech industry? Sandra: Since I was little, I have always been interested in computers. They intrigued me and I was good at it naturally. I had family members who were electrical engineers that encouraged me to follow the engineering path.

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QuickBooks Helps BITS Serve Struggling Youth

Tech Soup

" From Peer Mentor to Program Manager. Veronika got her start at BITS by volunteering as a peer mentor in 2013. She grew up in Kazakhstan and moved to Canada in 2009 to attend George Brown College's advanced management program. After mentoring 10 youth, Veronika was promoted to program manager.

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Spotlight: State of Oklahoma

GrantNews

Since 2009, the town has been unincorporated and has been largely abandoned since the 1990s. Participants will receive investment funding, mentoring, deals and perks, and networking support. Oklahoma is rich with coal, crude oil, and natural gas. What’s in a Name? ” (Hungry?) ” “The state vegetable is a fruit.

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Leaders in Nonprofit Technology: Daniel Ben-Horin

Tech Soup

With initial funding of $2,500, he started the CompuMentor Project to match computer enthusiast volunteers called computer mentors with Bay Area nonprofits that needed the help. In 2009, he became an Ashoka Foundation senior fellow for his work as a leading social entrepreneur. Daniel started TechSoup, then named CompuMentor, in 1987.