by Ashley Robinson | Feb 9, 2021 | Business, Health, Homelessness, Nonprofits, Sharing Your Story, Skills-Based Volunteering, Social Responsibility, Volunteering
The Civic Champs team is proud to share the first installment of our nonprofit spotlight campaign! This multi-city project will feature incredible nonprofits who are in need of volunteers to further their missions. Our inaugural feature stars 16 unique Pittsburgh... 
by Ashley Robinson | Dec 14, 2020 | Business, Nonprofits, Productivity, Skills-Based Volunteering, Strategy, Volunteering
Volunteers are the lifeblood of any nonprofit organization. Their work is truly invaluable yet can be complicated to quantify. That said, one way to approximate that value is to calculate a volunteer’s lifetime value (LTV). We believe that this information can be... 
by Ashley Robinson | Nov 24, 2020 | Business, Homelessness, Nonprofits, Social Responsibility, Volunteering
When a youth is in a family where both parents and siblings volunteer, 86 percent volunteer themselves, and 47 percent are regular volunteers. Sometimes, though, children’s’ initiative doesn’t have to come from their parents. Kids have the ability to think big... 
by Ashley Robinson | Oct 22, 2020 | Business, COVID-19, Nonprofits, Strategy, Tech Use, Volunteering
With a global pandemic, a plethora of activities have temporarily halted- movie releases have been postponed, sports seasons have been cancelled and students have been sent home to quarantine. Even so, nonprofits cannot put off their responsibilities and duties to... 
by Ashley Robinson | Sep 10, 2020 | COVID-19, Economy, Nonprofits, Social Responsibility, Volunteering
2020 was the year that effectively turned the world upside down. The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy notes that in the United States alone, over 20.6 million people have found themselves without a job after the initial outbreak of the... 
by Alex Moriarty | Jul 6, 2020 | COVID-19, Economy, Homelessness, Nonprofits, Volunteering
The moratorium on evictions will eventually be lifted. According to the New York Times, there’s been an increase in domestic violence across the world. People with good jobs that never fathomed being homeless have found themselves on the streets. There’s an increase...
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