TikTok Tests New Charitable Feature
Whether you’re a parent of a teen or tech savvy in your own right, you’ve definitely heard of TikTok. Users are calling in the new Vine and it’s creating careers left and right! At best, it’s entertaining — at worst, it’s downright awkward. But now…
Helping Hands Supplies Families in Need with Essentials
In Norwich, NY, the Helping Hands organization proudly offered support to more than 350 people in the local community. The effort, a monthly ‘giveback night,’ supplied individuals and families with a variety of essentials, which have been much-needed during the trying times of the COVID-19…
Pandemic Poses Uncertainty for Nonprofits as Revenue Dries Up
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting more than just infected individuals. Nonprofit organizations are also under attack by the virus. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has made life difficult for virtually everyone. Many families are bracing the storm while out of work. Healthcare professionals are on a…
Art Therapy: Nonprofit Hands Out Free Art Kits to Kids
In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, A Frame of Mind distributed free art kits to kids. The nonprofit, known for helping young people heal through art, hopes that these kits will aid children during the coronavirus crisis. With kids at home and out of school, parents are running…
Virtual Volunteering 101
Volunteering has a multitude of benefits, not only for the individual or group receiving the service but for those providing it as well. Volunteers can range in the areas they work and serve, including trained services such as education or emergency rescue, or on an…
How Microvolunteering Helps You Help Others
Microvolunteering is popular because it offers the flexibility traditional volunteering does not. It deals with the commitment and capacity of work volunteers can provide. Rather than work on larger, long term volunteer positions, you can devote a specific amount of time on the part of…
Training for a Marathon:
A marathon consists of 26.2 miles and is no small feat. Proper preparation is essential in not only accomplishing your goal but in preventing injury as well. Participants often devote at least one year to train for this monumental but gratifying task. It is also…
Recruiting and Retaining Introverted Volunteers
ntroverts are often misunderstood and even undercounted. Because of this, career and volunteer organizations often lose out on their skills. Introverts become frustrated by being overlooked and misunderstood. They exit before they can be utilized appropriately. Estimates for introverted people range from thirty to fifty…
How to be an Ethical Volunteer
Ethical volunteering is a process of providing support either as a person or using personal resources with good intentions and not volunteering for personal gains. Charitable organizations that engage in ethical volunteering place individuals in areas that match their skill set. However, there are those…