Problem: Lighting a home in rural Africa is expensive and dangerous Many homes in Zambia (along with most of rural Africa) are dark at […]
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Pop-up window on food bank website alerts visitors of their current needs
Problem: Food banks receive too much of the wrong things Food pantries request so many items that it can be difficult to communicate to potential […]
Food bank boosts post-holiday donations through newspaper Op Ed
Drop off in donations to food bank after holiday season Most food banks experience a surge in both demand and donations during Thanksgiving and the […]
Motivate students to fundraise by offering to do something crazy
When new restrictions on nutrition kicked in for Wade Hampton High School in Greenville, SC, school officials anticipated losing $30,000 – $40,000 in fundraising […]
Double the impact of a matching campaign by extending with a second donor
Matching campaigns can be very effective: having a larger donor backing a project lends credibility to the campaign and gives community members twice as many […]
Food Bank Prepares for Busy Season with Annual Volunteer Day
Problem: food bank demand spikes while supply falls Like most food banks around the nation, Second Harvest of South Georgia experiences a significant increase in […]
Weekend Backpack Program Sends Food Home with at-Risk Students
The Problem: Children go hungry over the weekend An estimated 1 in 5 children in the United States lives in a food insecure household – […]
Dept. of Education: Student Aid More Expensive than Just Subsidizing Everyone’s Tuition
In January 2013, the U.S. Department of Education released a startling find: to completely subsidize the tuition for all public universities in the U.S., taxpayers […]
Trees Near Busy Roadways Trap Air Pollution at The Source
The Problem: too many cars on the road While the average Indian has a relatively small carbon footprint, the country’s sheer size makes it the […]
How NOT to Pitch an Idea to your Team
I had an interesting experience today. For the last few weeks I have been talking with a friend about ideas he had for the BYU […]