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Toledo Library Helps People Get Tech
The Toledo Lucas County Public Library has partnered with PCs for People to help families get tech, reports the Toledo Blade.
Through a partnership with a national nonprofit organization, the Toledo Lucas County Public Library is distributing desktop computers to income-eligible individuals and families.
Read more...Nonprofit Embraces Tech
Covid-19 caused Metropolitan Ministries to embrace technology to help them continue their mission during the pandemic, reports St. Pete Catalyst.
Metropolitan Ministries doesn’t have a storefront in Pinellas County, but that hasn’t stopped the organization from helping hundreds of Pinellas County families during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read more...Providing Tech to Seniors
A new nonprofit, Telehealth Access for Seniors, helps provide technology to seniors so they can take telehealth visits, reports VAntage Point.
This year, many Veterans have used VA telehealth services for the first time. They have used VA technologies such as My HealtheVet and VA Video Connect to connect with their VA care teams. But for some older Veterans, telehealth presented a challenge. They did not have the technology required to take part.
Read more...Volunteering Virutally
Many nonprofits are finding ways to offer their volunteers a chance to volunteer virtually, reports New York Times.
Paula Brynen has been finding a sense of purpose in volunteer work for years — and even more so after her job as a fund-raiser for public television in California was eliminated two years ago.
Read more...Charity Navigator Rates Nonprofits’ Impact for First Time with Acquisition of Ratings Startup, ImpactMatters
Charity Navigator, the world’s largest evaluator of nonprofits, has acquired ImpactMatters, a startup that applies rigorous methodology to assess nonprofit impact.
Read more...Hotlines, Powered by VoIP Provider Telzio, Serve Critical Role for Companies and Non-Profits During 2020
Telzio, a leading VoIP provider that delivers modern communication solutions to organizations around the world, has seen a surge in the number of hotlines in 2020. From companies keeping employees informed on COVID-19 updates to non-profits providing voter support and assistance, the number of telephone hotlines have tripled for VoIP provider Telzio. Because Telzio hotlines are easy to set up and maintain, organizations are finding the technology easier to implement and more cost-effective than other traditional channels.
Read more...Using Artificial Intelligence in Fundraising
According to the Stanford Social Innovation Review, nonprofits can use artificial intelligence to help them generate new donors and donations.
Conventional wisdom about nonprofit fundraising considers these two statements equally true: 1) Acquiring new donors loses money, and 2) Future gifts from new donors make up for the money lost on acquisition.
Read more...Detroit Getting Hotspots for Students
Students in the Detroit area will soon have better access to Wi-Fi as Comcast opens up a dozen hotspots around Detroit, reports Crain’s Detroit Business.
Comcast plans to provide a dozen Wi-Fi hotspots around Detroit by year's end to increase digital access for students, families and adults seeking jobs
Read more...Ocean Nonprofit Selling Pricey Sunglasses
Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit who benefited from tech created during Microsoft’s 2018 hackathon, is selling $200 sunglasses made from recycled ocean plastic, reports Business Insider.
These $200 sunglasses from The Ocean Cleanup come with an interesting backstory: they're made of recycled plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a concentration of waste that takes up 617,000 square miles in the Pacific Ocean.
Read more...The New Partnership Will Offer UHSM Members a Holistic Approach to Cancer Treatments, Addressing Total Health and Wellbeing
UHSM (Unite Health Share Ministries), a faith-based health care nonprofit founded on Christian beliefs and values, today announced a partnership with Cancer Kinship, a nonprofit which seeks to help cancer patients and their loved ones adjust to their diagnosis and treatment. The partnership will broaden the help and resources UHSM provides to its cancer patients, now with free access to help and support from Cancer Kinship’s network of support groups, survivorship empowerment programs, and mentoring for patients.
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