St. Patrick Center Key Players Raise Over $500,000 For Housing Clients
| Posted in Not For Profit on Aug 31, 2010 by 501Connect Staff |
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St. Patrick Center announced this week that the organization’s Key Player Initiative has raised over $500,000 since it’s launch in 2007. Funds raised by Key Player, a community-wide effort to move homeless clients into housing, pays for rent, utilities and various program costs and has allowed St. Patrick Center to secure permanent housing for 264 homeless clients.
Key Player members include corporations, foundations, parishes, churches, ...
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Program For The Clinton Global Initiative 2010 Annual Meeting Is Announced, First Lady Michelle Obama To Speak
| Posted in Philanthropy on Aug 30, 2010 by 501Connect Staff |
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The program for the 6th Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), which will take place September 20-23 in New York, was announced this week. Among the more than 1,000 members scheduled to attend are former heads of state, prominent philanthropists, business executives, journalists, and nonprofit organization directors. First Lady Michelle Obama will speak at the closing plenary session, which will take place on Thursday, September ...
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Making Your Case For Funding: Communicating Your Financial Story
| Posted in Fundraising on Aug 27, 2010 |
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Nonprofits are not alone in their struggles through the recent recession and its aftermath.
Their funders - including foundations, corporations, individual donors and the government - have had challenges as well, facing increased demand from grantees, with a declining pool of funds.
As a result, it becomes even more critical for nonprofits to make the case for funding. Nonprofits need to effectively tell their story, connecting mission, ...
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Webster University Receives $1 Million Donation From The Anheuser-Busch Foundation
| Posted in Philanthropy on Aug 27, 2010 |
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The Anheuser-Busch Foundation announced this week, a $1 million donation to the George Herbert Walker School of Business and Technology at Webster University. The financial commitment is just part of more than $14 million in donations recently made by the foundation to colleges and universities in the St. Louis and surrounding region. Other institutions receiving financial commitments from the foundation are the University of Missouri-St. Louis, ...
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Chesterfield Based Reliv International And The Reliv Kalogris Foundation Earn Communitas Awards For Community Service
| Posted in Philanthropy on Aug 27, 2010 |
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Chesterfield, Missouri based Reliv International and the Reliv Kalogris Foundation have won 2010 Communitas Awards for excellence in community service and corporate social responsibility.
Reliv employees took part in community service projects during National Volunteer Week in April at five St. Louis area non-profit organizations, volunteering time, money and critical supplies. The "Week of Caring" project received an award in the ...
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Donate Used Items To MERS Goodwill Industries For Chance To Win A Trip For 4 To Disney World
| Posted in Not For Profit on Aug 26, 2010 |
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Radio Disney and AAA Travel have teamed up with Goodwill for a fantasy-filled fundraising event.
When you donate clothes or household items between August 16 and September 26, you have a chance to win one of 3 trips for four to Walt Disney World® in Orlando, Florida. Each prize includes 4 days / 3 nights accommodations in a Walt Disney World resort.
Simply stop by any MERS/Missouri Goodwill store, donate your gently used items and ...
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Red Cross Hosts Summit To Integrate Social Media Into Emergency And Disaster Response Systems
| Posted in Technology on Aug 26, 2010 by 501Connect Staff |
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Just as social media has changed the way people do business, it is playing an increasingly important role in the way people respond in emergency situations. So much so, that the American Red Cross hosted the Emergency Social Data Summit on August 12, 2010, in Washington, D.C. The conference brought together government agencies, emergency management professionals, disaster response organizations and technology companies to develop a plan that ...
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North St. Louis Nonprofit WITS Holding Sale To Recover Loss From Theft
| Posted in Not For Profit on Aug 25, 2010 by 501Connect Staff |
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Web Innovations & Technology Services (WITS), a north St. Louis nonprofit, is holding a weeklong sale in an attempt to recover the loss resulting from a robbery that occurred earlier this summer.
Two months ago, several thieves entered the WITS workshop and distracted staff computer technician Bill Bueller while another thief made off with $2000 worth refurbished computer equipment. The stolen equipment was scheduled to be delivered to an ...
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Blackbaud Social™ Launches To Help Nonprofits Increase Constituent Engagement Through Social Media
| Posted in Technology on Aug 23, 2010 by 501Connect Staff |
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Announced today by Blackbaud, Inc., the official launch of Blackbaud Social™. Blackbaud Social is a solution that allows nonprofit organizations to create a privately branded community that integrates with public social sites like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. With Blackbaud Social, nonprofits can drive traffic from public networks to their private-label social network where constituents can be engaged through discussions, photos, blogs, and ...
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New GuideStar Survey Explores Effects Of Economy On Nonprofits In 2010
| Posted in Fundraising on Aug 23, 2010 by 501Connect Staff |
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The results of a recent online survey designed to "explore how charitable organizations fared in the first half of 2010" show continued decline in contributions while demand for services continues to increase. Employees of approximately 7,000 American public charities and private foundations participated in the survey conducted by GuideStar.
"The Effect of the Economy on the Nonprofit Sector: A June 2010 Survey" report ...
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Clean The Lou
| Posted in Volunteerism on Aug 18, 2010 by Kacie Campbell |
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As I turn into my apartment complex I notice a shiny white fountain drink cup submerged in the grass. No doubt someone has tossed it out the window. You can always tell when trash sits right beside the road at a stop sign or stop light. Take a look next time, I bet you notice something.
I pass this same spot every day for a week. That cup is still there. So I think to myself, Man I wish someone would pick up that stupid cup. I waited a few ...
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Charity Golf Tournament Benefits Cardinal's First Baseman Albert Pujols' Foundation
| Posted in Not For Profit on Aug 18, 2010 |
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Albert Pujols may play baseball professionally for the St. Louis Cardinals, but last weekend he engaged in a different sport: golf.
The first baseman held his eighth-annual celebrity golf tournament for charity at the prestigious Country Club of St. Albans, located in the town of the same name in eastern Missouri. The star-studded event was attended by many of Pujols’ current and former teammates as well as other prominent sports ...
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