Gasoline, as you may have heard, is getting more and more expensive, a tough burden to bear as commutes to work become ever more torturous.
Bicycling is a terrific way to kick up your cardiovascular regimen without stressing your knees.
Put them together and you have the annual Bike-to-Work Day, which, for 2008, is today, the culmination […]
A couple of promising new nonprofit communications resources are worth checking out:
Blue Avocado is an electronic newsletter distributed via e-mail every two weeks; it’s also a website where updates are posted between issues. The publication is devoted to "nurturing the community organizations movement." Recent posts have explored how boards and staffs can show appreciation to […]
Nobody wears a ribbon to raise awareness about depression.
There are no 5Ks for bipolar disorder.
A-list actors aren’t participating in suicide-prevention telethons.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and while there are a wealth of nonprofits devoted to assisting those with mental illnesses, they have, for the most part, remained in the second tier of health advocacy […]
Maine nonprofit fundraiser Alicia Nichols published a poignant piece in today’s Knox and Waldo Village S0up about turning her daughter on to the fulfillment of giving to nonprofits. Nichols writes about growing up as the child of parents who lived through the Great Depression, and how her father failed to understand, after she landed a […]
We’re reaching the end of National Volunteer Week, the annual commemoration of those special people who provide countless nonprofits with crucial sweat equity. Points of Light & Hands On Network wants to keep that recognition going year-round. The organization lists as its core mission "to inspire, equip and mobilize people to take action that changes […]
The business world is different for women than it is for men, regardless of the sector you work in. b5 Business Channel blog of the week Biz Chicks Rule chronicles those differences and celebrates and supports the many successes of women in business. Kristen King and Bridget Wright write with flair and humor, and as […]
As noted a couple of days ago, this is National Small Business Week, and while the federal Small Business Administration hogs all of the attention, there is, yes, a nonprofit that helps the country’s thousands of entrepreneurs make their case to Washington and the various state capitals. The National Small Business Association was launched in […]
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and if I loathed all who commit that horrid crime before parenthood, it absolutely incenses me know that I have two daughters of my own. The National Sexual Violence Resource Center was created by the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape just eight years ago, but thanks to funding from the […]
Barack Obama’s comments about the supposed bitterness of small-town, impoverished Americans who he said cling to religion and firearms because they have nothing else left is by far his worst misstep during the presidential campaign. That speech has been dissected in countless ways, almost always with an eye toward its effect among voters. Given less […]
Whether you’re a multinational nonprofit with initiatives spanning the globe or a cozy community organization making a difference in your town, you have to keep the books. As always, b5’s Business Channel has a resource for you: Accounting Solver. Blogger Ren Garcia keeps an eye on cash flow issues and accounting trends and applies the […]
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