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Thanks to the Peeps at Non Profit Tech for Good for gathering the info. Congratulations to the World Toilet Organization on celebrating 20 years on November 19. #worldtoiletday

January

17: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay
18: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay
28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay

February

2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay
9: Safer Internet Day — #SaferInternetDay13: World Radio Day — #WorldRadioDay14: World Bonobo Day — #World Bonobo Day14: V-Day — #1BillionRising20: World Day of Social Justice — #SocialJusticeDay
21: World Whale Day — #WorldWhaleDay
23: World Spay Day — #WorldSpayDay
25: Digital Learning Day — #DigitalLearningDay
27: International Polar Bear Day — #PolarBearDay28: Rare Disease Day — #RareDiseaseDay

March

3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay
8: International Women’s Day — #IWD2021
11: World Kidney Day — #WorldKidneyDay
18: Global Recycling Day — #GlobalRecyclingDay
21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination — #EndRacismDay
21: International Day of Forests — #ForestsDay
21: World Down Syndrome Day — #WorldDownSyndromeDay21: World Poetry Day — #WorldPoetryDay
22: World Water Day — #WorldWaterDay24: World Tuberculosis Day — #WorldTBDay
27: Earth Hour — #EarthHour

April

2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay
7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay11: Good Deeds Day — #GoodDeedsDay
12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay
14: World Dolphin Day — #WorldDolphinDay
15: World Art Day — #WorldArtDay22: Earth Day — #EarthDay23: World Book Day — #WorldBookDay24: International Sculpture Day — #ISDay
25: World Malaria Day — #WorldMalariaDay
25: World Penguin Day — #WorldPenguinDay
30: International Jazz Day — #JazzDay

May

3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay8: World Fair Trade Day — #WorldFairTradeDay
9: World Migratory Bird Day — #WorldMigratoryBirdDay
10: World Lupus Day — #WorldLupusDay
12: International Nurses Day — #NursesDay
17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia — #IDAHOBIT
18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay
21: Endangered Species Day — #EndangeredSpeciesDay
22: International Day for Biological Diversity — #BiologicalDiversityDay23: World Turtle Day — #WorldTurtleDay
31: World No Tobacco Day — #WorldNoTobaccoDay

June

5: World Environment Day — #WorldEnvironmentDay
8: World Oceans Day — #WorldOceansDay
12: World Day Against Child Labour — #WorldDayAgainstChildLabour14: World Blood Donor Day — #WorldBloodDonorDay
20: World Refugee Day — #WorldRefugeeDay
21: International Day of Yoga — #YogaDay
22: World Rainforest Day — #WorldRainforestDay26: Gay Pride Day — #Pride21

July

11: WorldPopulationDay — #WorldPopulationDay
18: Nelson Mandela International Day — #MandelaDay
28: World Hepatitis Day — #WorldHepatitisDay29: International Tiger Day — #InternationalTigerDay
30: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons — #EndHumanTrafficking

August

10: World Lion Day — #WorldLionDay
11: Indigenous People’s Day — #IndigenousDay
12: International Youth Day — #YouthDay12: World Elephant Day — #WorldElephantDay17: National Nonprofit Day — #NationalNonprofitDay (Internationally recognized)
19: World Humanitarian Day — #WorldHumanitarianDay
26: National Dog Day — #DogDay (Internationally recognized)29: International Day Against Nuclear Tests — #AgainstNuclearTestsDay

September

5: International Day of Charity — #CharityDay
8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay
10: World Suicide Prevention Day — #WorldSuicidePreventionDay
15: International Day of Democracy — #DemocracyDay21: International Day of Peace — #PeaceDay
21: World Alzheimer’s Day — #WorldAlzheimersDay
22: World Rhino Day — #WorldRhinoDay
26: World Rivers Day — #WorldRiversDay
27: World Tourism Day — #WorldTourismDay

October

4: World Animal Day — #WorldAnimalDay
4: World Habitat Day — #WorldHabitatDay
5: World Teachers Day — #WorldTeachersDay
6: World Cerebral Palsy Day — #WorldCPDay
10: World Homeless Day — #WorldHomelessDay
10: World Mental Health Day — #WorldMentalHealthDay
11: International Day of the Girl Child — #DayOfTheGirl12: World Arthritis Day — #WorldArthritisDay
13: World Thrombosis Day — #WorldThrombosisDay
15: International Day of Rural Women — #RuralWomenDay15: World Values Day — #WorldValuesDay
16: World Food Day — #WorldFoodDay
16: Global Cat Day — #GlobalCatDay17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — #EndPoveryDay
29: Internet Day — #InternetDay
31: World Cities Day — #WorldCitiesDay

November

13: World Kindness Day — #WorldKindnessDay
14: World Diabetes Day — #WorldDiabetesDay
16: International Day for Tolerance — #ToleranceDay
18: World Philosophy Day — #WorldPhilosophyDay19: World Pancreatic Cancer Day — #WorldPancreaticCancerDay
19: World Toilet Day — #WorldToiletDay20: World Children’s Day — #WorldChildrensDay21: World Television Day — #WorldTVDay25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women — #EndViolenceAgainstWomen
30: Giving Tuesday — #GivingTuesday

December

1: World AIDS Day — #WorldAIDSDay
3: International Day of People with Disabilities — #IDPwD215: International Volunteer Day — #VolunteerDay
5: World Soil Day — #WorldSoilDay9: International Anti-Corruption Day — #AntiCorruptionDay10: International Human Rights Day — #HumanRightsDay
11: International Mountain Day — #MountainDay
18: International Migrants Day — #MigrantsDay

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Here it is!

Fresh from the Non Profit Tech For Good folks –

It’s the 2017 Case Awareness and Giving Day Calendar!

Once again, my birthday falls on the International Day for Street Children.

January

15: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay
16: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay

February

2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay
4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay
13: World Radio Day — #WorldRadioDay
18: World Whale Day — #WorldWhaleDay
14: V-Day — #1BillionRising
20: World Day of Social Justice — #SocialJusticeDay
23: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay
27: International Polar Bear Day — #PolarBearDay
28: World Spay Day — #WorldSpayDay
28: Rare Disease Day — #RareDiseaseDay

March

3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay
8: International Women’s Day — #WomensDay
9: World Kidney Day — #WorldKidneyDay
21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination — #EndRacism
21: International Day of Forests — #ForestsDay
21: World Down Syndrome Day — #DownSyndromeDay
21: World Poetry Day — #WorldPoetryDay
22: World Water Day — #WorldWaterDay
24: World Tuberculosis Day — #WorldTBDay
25: Earth Hour — #EarthHour

April

2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay
7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay
12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay
14: World Dolphin Day — #DolphinDay
15: World Art Day — #WorldArtDay
22: Earth Day — #EarthDay
23: World Book Day — #WorldBookDay
25: World Malaria Day — #WorldMalariaDay
25: World Penguin Day — #WorldPenguinDay
30: International Jazz Day — #JazzDay

May

1: International Workers’ Day — #LaborDay
3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay
2: Give Local America Day — #GiveLocal17
10: World Lupus Day — #WorldLupusDay
13: World Migratory Bird Day — #WorldMigratoryBirdDay
13: World Fair Trade Day — #FairTradeDay
17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia — #IDAHOT
18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay
22: International Day for Biological Diversity — #BiologicalDiversityDay
23: World Turtle Day — #WorldTurtleDay
31: World No Tobacco Day — #WorldNoTobaccoDay

June

5: World Environment Day — #WorldEnvironmentDay
8: World Oceans Day — #WorldOceansDay
12: World Day Against Child Labor — #WDACL
14: World Blood Donor Day — #WorldBloodDonorDay
20: World Refugee Day — #WorldRefugeeDay
21: International Day of Yoga — #YogaDay

July

11: WorldPopulationDay — #WorldPopulationDay
18: Nelson Mandela International Day — #MandelaDay
28: World Hepatitis Day — #WorldHepatitisDay
29: International Tiger Day — #TigerDay
30: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons — #WorldDayAgainstTrafficking

August

8: International Cat Day — #CatDay
9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples — #IndigenousDay
12: International Youth Day — #YouthDay
12: World Elephant Day — #WorldElephantDay
19: World Humanitarian Day — #WorldHumanitarianDay
26: International Dog Day — #DogDay
29: International Day Against Nuclear Tests — #AgainstNuclearTestsDay

September

5: International Day of Charity — #CharityDay
8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay
10: World Suicide Prevention Day — #WSPD
15: International Day of Democracy — #DemocracyDay
21: International Day of Peace — #PeaceDay
22: World Rhino Day — #WorldRhinoDay
24: World Rivers Day — #WorldRiversDay
27: World Tourism Day — #WorldTourismDay

October

2: World Habitat Day — #WorldHabitatDay
4: World Animal Day — #WorldAnimalDay
5: World Cerebral Palsy Day — #WorldCPDay
5: World Teachers Day — #WorldTeachersDay
10: World Mental Health Day — #WorldMentalHealthDay
11: International Day of the Girl — #DayOfTheGirl
12: World Arthritis Day — #WorldArthritisDay
15: International Day of Rural Women — #RuralWomenDay
16: World Food Day — #WorldFoodDay
17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — #EndPoveryDay
29: World Internet Day — #WorldInternetDay
31: World Cities Day — #WorldCitiesDay

November

13: World Kindness Day — #WorldKindnessDay
14: World Diabetes Day — #WorldDiabetesDay
16: International Day for Tolerance — #ToleranceDay
16: World Philosophy Day — #WorldPhilosophyDay
19: World Toilet Day — #WorldToiletDay
20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay
21: World Television Day — #WorldTVDay
25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women — #EndViolenceAgainstWomen
28: Giving Tuesday — #GivingTuesday

December

1: World AIDS Day — #WorldAIDSDay
3: International Day of People with Disabilities — #IDPwD
5: International Volunteer Day — #VolunteerDay
5: World Soil Day — #WorldSoilDay
9: International Anti-Corruption Day — #AntiCorruptionDay
10: International Human Rights Day — #HumanRightsDay
11: International Mountain Day — #MountainDay
18: International Migrants Day — #MigrantsDay

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Nonprofit internships – paid or unpaid?

23 Dec

Should nonprofit interns be paid?

I read a good article in the NPQ about an interesting debate on whether or not interns at nonprofits organizations should be paid. Ideally, everyone should get paid for a job well done. Realistically, nonprofits significantly rely on free help from volunteers and interns to accomplish the mission. According to the article:

Interns are usually young and comparatively unskilled persons undergoing a period of apprenticeship for the purpose of learning an important life or work skill.

Agreed. I would welcome my interns and spent allotta time training them so they could do a good job for us. It was always sad to see them go back to their studies. I relied on my interns so much that I would always try to convince them that they should stay with me and not go back to school. I could teach them everything they needed to know about life. Once upon a time my summer intern from UPenn almost believed me but her mom thought I was trying to brainwash her and she had to ‘leave early for a family situation’. Sad.

Were my walkathon interns always paid? Sometimes Yes and sometimes No.

When I was working for the Walk for Hunger, we had a relationship with the co-op program at a local university. The university would pay a stipend to a student if they took a co-op with one of the approved nonprofits in the area. Luckily, we were one of them and we were able to have a student join us full-time for a few months. We had the student lead the volunteer recruitment for the event. I liked that we could give the student a specific task that they could see through from beginning to end. Recruiting and training 2,000 volunteers was a HUGE job and having the co-op allowed us to focus on team recruitment.

These co-ops earned their stipend (and then some!) and were crucial to the success of the walk.

While working on the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk, I would have both paid and unpaid interns. Since we raised over $3M each year, we allocated small budget for an intern to help us with the donated snacks and beverages for the finish line. This was always a summer internship and for some reason it was a pretty competitive gig. We would receive upwards of 100 applications for the opportunity to be part of our crazy train.

We would also have a few high school students that we could not pay and they would receive a glowing recommendation letter for their college applications as compensation.

It is crucial that a high percentage of the fundraising dollar go toward the mission. Headcount can be a detriment to that percentage. Nonprofits rely on volunteers, interns and co-ops to work toward that goal. We appreciate all you do to contribute to the success of the event!

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Funny Friday

17 Oct

Happy Friday!

I came upon these funnies and wanted to share them with y’all! Have a good weekend!

Another great name for a pottie!

The Chronicle of Philanthropy has been running a good series of the promotion of pink products.

This article is a good one suggesting that companies using pink to raise money should disclose the cancer-causing agents in their products. OUCH!

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