Monday, September 17, 2012
TEEN VOLUNTEER PUSHES BOUNDARIES TO SUCCEED | UTSanDiego.com
TEEN VOLUNTEER PUSHES BOUNDARIES TO SUCCEED | UTSanDiego.com: Act of kindness: Advocate for inclusion and disability rights. Rappaport is being honored as a 2012 Youth Volunteer at the 40th annual National Philanthropy Day luncheon next month, hosted by the local chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
More than child's play: Engaging youth in philanthropy
More than child's play: Engaging youth in philanthropy: When nine-year-old Alaina Podmorow agreed to join her mother one evening at a presentation by author and activist Sally Armstrong, she was just hoping to cadge a later bedtime. But the presentation changed Alaina's life. Armstrong spoke about the lack of education for women and girls in Afghanistan and Alaina was riveted.
"I knew right away that I wanted to raise money to pay for one teacher in Afghanistan for one year," she recalls. "I went up and talked to Sally and told her how I wanted to do something and she told me to contact Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan. I contacted them and we have become partners."
"I knew right away that I wanted to raise money to pay for one teacher in Afghanistan for one year," she recalls. "I went up and talked to Sally and told her how I wanted to do something and she told me to contact Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan. I contacted them and we have become partners."
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Common Cents Releases 9.12 Book : Common Cents: Penny Harvest, volunteer opportunities for students, school volunteer projects, community service for children students youth, youth volunteer opportunities, youth philanthropy, school children, student volunteers, volunteering, not-for-profit, non-profit, money raising, fund raising, fundraising, New York City
Common Cents Releases 9.12 Book : Common Cents: Penny Harvest, volunteer opportunities for students, school volunteer projects, community service for children students youth, youth volunteer opportunities, youth philanthropy, school children, student volunteers, volunteering, not-for-profit, non-profit, money raising, fund raising, fundraising, New York City: The 9.12 Book: Penny Harvest Students Reflect & Make a Difference to Honor September 11 contains drawings, poems, and pledges of students from 206 schools who participated in the 2011-2012 Penny Harvest for the 9/11 Memorial, a year-long service-learning program to help students, many of whom were not even born at the time of the attacks, understand the significance of the day and its aftermath.
Tuesday, September 04, 2012
Westminster teen's nonprofit helps children with chronic illnesses - The Advocate of Westminster and Finksburg: News
Westminster teen's nonprofit helps children with chronic illnesses - The Advocate of Westminster and Finksburg: News: Alexis and her family learned to cope with her condition, and Caroline said her daughter has been in good health with the help of treatments like insulin injections.
Almost immediately after her diagnosis Alexis vowed to help other children and teenagers. She began making handmade football barrettes and selling them all over the United States as a fundraiser for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
But Alexis, now 15, decided she wanted to expand the reach of her efforts, so in the fall of 2010 she founded Live, Hope, Laugh, the Alexis Ross Organization.
Almost immediately after her diagnosis Alexis vowed to help other children and teenagers. She began making handmade football barrettes and selling them all over the United States as a fundraiser for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
But Alexis, now 15, decided she wanted to expand the reach of her efforts, so in the fall of 2010 she founded Live, Hope, Laugh, the Alexis Ross Organization.
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