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  • The Telltale Signs of Trouble
    MY MENTAL LIST OF CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT TO GO UNDER was significantly lengthened this week.  Just yesterday a neighbor told me that a small environmental/ natural history research organization she works with was about to fold.  She was told that the board was casting around for a place to transfer the organization's collections of books, maps, ph […]
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  • TED Talk: Tom Wujec – Build a tower, build a team
    Tom Wujec presents some surprisingly deep research into the “marshmallow problem” — a simple team-building exercise that involves dry spaghetti, one yard of tape and a marshmallow. Who can build the tallest tower with these ingredients? And why does a surprising group always beat the average? […]
  • Faith in Action Celebrates a Successful Golf Outting
    Faith in Action brings together people of many faiths to help their neighbors in need. Faith in Action volunteers shop, cook, drive or just check in on the millions of Americans with long-term health needs.  That is why, as a nonprofit organization, successful events like this mean so much. The Eighth Annual Faith in Action […]
  • Snap a Masterpiece - Tips from Lori Fusaro
    Photographer Lori Fusaro hit us all upside the head with her special brand of photography last spring when she spent a day doing a photo marathon fundraiser at the barn. It was awesome. Check it. She feeds us regularly on BR's facebook page with her art (O that gorgeous Gabby lass - Right) and of course she jumped right into submitting her stuff to the […]
  • Manny Pacquiao Responds to Racist Rant
    A day after the video of Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s racist rant made headlines around the world, Manny Pacquiao has responded. Instead of blasting back with stereotypes including chicken and watermelon, Pacquiao decided to take the high road. Said Pacquiao: “I just heard about that, but I didn’t see the video. But ... More »Post from: EveryJoe […]

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  • Lawmakers put the fun in fundraising: Booze, sports - Chicago Tribune
    Lawmakers put the fun in fundraising: Booze, sportsChicago Tribune"It's a frenzy of fundraising," said Norman Ornstein, an expert on Congress, who says perfunctory cocktail receptions are passe as lawmakers compete for the ...and more » […]
  • Former Steelers plan Flight 93 fundraising dinner - msnbc.com
    Former running back Rocky Bleier and other ex-Pittsburgh Steelers are organizing a fundraising dinner to benefit the Flight 93 National Memorial.Bleier announced plans Wednesday for the "40 for 40" dinner that will ... […]
  • Fundraising dad's £18,000 thank you
    A LOVING dad has helped raise £18,000 for the hospital unit that cared for his baby daughter as she battled a rare cancer. […]
  • THE BUSINESS OF NONPROFITS: A guide to your first major fundraising campaign - Savannah Morning News
    THE BUSINESS OF NONPROFITS: A guide to your first major fundraising campaignSavannah Morning NewsBy AP One of the most incisive comments I've seen about major gifts fundraising comes from Tony Poderis, the development director of the Cleveland Orchestra ...and more » […]
  • Fundraising events in September in support of pulmonary fibrosis research
    The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) today announced its September schedule of fundraising events as part of its ongoing campaign to support the efforts of patients and families to raise new funds for pulmonary fibrosis (PF) research. […]
  • Fundraising reports due in lt. governor's race - Alexandria Daily Town Talk
    Among the candidates are Secretary of State Jay Dardenne, St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis, state Sen. Butch Gautreaux, country singer Sammy Kershaw and state Republican Party Chairman Roger Villere. […]