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Work for Fairfax CASA!
What feels better than giving to charity? Working for one! Fairfax CASA seeks a highly organized and motivated individual to serve as Executive Assistant and Finance Coordinator. This person will work closely with the Executive Director on all administrative and financial matters related to the fundraising process, grants, the constituent database, and organizational management, and will…
Read MoreAnother Data Point for Performance Reviews: Employee Volunteering
By Ryan Scott As corporate volunteerism becomes an increasingly important part of the work experience, companies are coming up with new ways to embrace volunteering and tie it to their bottom lines. One of these innovations is linking performance reviews to volunteering, allowing employees to demonstrate skills and strengths that management might not have otherwise been able…
Read MoreAttend the National Conference on Ending Poverty, March 28, 2015
Poverty takes lives.  It steals potential.  It shrinks choices – dramatically and with permanent effects. It leads to dramatically high drop-out rates and equally dramatic levels of teen pregnancy, crime, and drug use. Our neighbors who live in poverty (and again, there are far more than are counted by the poverty line of today) live…
Read MoreChanging the Way We Think About Volunteers
There is a shift happening in the social good space. It is a powerful one that is defining the way that companies and employees interact with nonprofits and also how nonprofits are impacting their communities. Catchafire recently interviewed America’s Charities’ Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Lynne Filderman, to discuss how this shift is affecting the sectors and…
Read MoreThe Real Reason 75% of Americans Don’t Volunteer
By Greg Baldwin Our country takes great pride in the role volunteering has played in our history. We believe that volunteers are virtuous, kind and essential to the health of our society. It is why the Dr Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, for instance, is celebrated as a national Day of Service. We are a country…
Read MoreDisney Celebrates Compassion Month & Makes $1 Million Capacity-building Grant to Make-A-Wish
People typically display their admiration for a loved one by way of roses or chocolates this month. However, around the Company, Disney employees are finding more meaningful ways to spread love and compassion to kids, communities and organizations that need it most during Compassion Month. A cause that’s especially near and dear to Disney employees’…
Read MoreSPLC’s Teaching Tolerance magazine examines power of storytelling to promote social justice
Storytelling can be a powerful classroom tool that helps increase understanding, spark empathy and reduce stress as students tell their own stories and learn from the stories of others, according to the new issue of Teaching Tolerance magazine. “I’m proud of every issue of Teaching Tolerance – but this one seems, to me, to embody the essence of Teaching…
Read MoreRebellious Youth Flourishes in New Environment, Excelling Academically and Athletically Thanks to Boys Town
After the death of her father, Annie ran wild, becoming increasingly rebellious with each passing year. At her wit’s end, Annie’s mother eventually sent her to Boys Town. After struggling initially, Annie flourished in her new environment, excelling both academically and athletically—eventually going on to become mayor and homecoming queen: Also Read: Good Impressions Blog:…
Read MoreFebruary is Marfan Awareness Month! So What is Marfan Syndrome?
Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects the body’s connective tissue. Connective tissue holds all the body’s cells, organs and tissue together, and it also plays an important role in helping the body grow and develop properly. Because connective tissue is found throughout the body, Marfan syndrome can affect many different parts of the body,…
Read MoreWhat DO You Say? Responses to Students’ Difficult Questions
What does gay mean? How can she be your mom? She looks like a boy! Responding to questions about LGBT topics Most of the things parents or teachers teach about are topics that we have had practice talking about. However, most of us did not grow up talking about LGBT topics and did not discuss…
Read MoreThe Right Fight for Education
LDF Senior Education Policy Counsel Janel George, along with Joseph Bishop and Dwanna Nicole , writes in a Huffington Post blog why it is imperative for Congress to quickly improve and reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA): A gulf remains today in our nation between the “haves” and “have-nots,” and there are few examples as…
Read MoreNew CDC Report Shows Big Drop in Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Americans
WASHINGTON, DC – The percentage of Americans exposed to secondhand smoke has fallen by more than half since 1999, but one in four non-smokers – 58 million people altogether – was still exposed in 2011-2012, according to a new report issued today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It is especially troubling…
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