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5 Years of Awesome: Delta Air Lines’ 48in48 Growth Story
Delta Air Lines’ 48in48 story is one that shows commitment on the company’s part to provide the level of critical corporate financial backing that allows the organization to continue helping the rapidly growing ranks of nonprofits with updated websites and marketing/technology training. In 2015, Delta provided a single sponsorship in Atlanta, their headquarters and hometown.…
Read More48in48 Nonprofit Highlight – September 2019
Atlanta Rescue Dog Cafe – Bringing an end to Atlanta’s pet overpopulation and animal cruelty problems with a unique approach Atlanta Rescue Dog Cafe was founded less than two years ago, yet they are well on their way to making tangible progress towards their mission. The organization aims to bring an end to Atlanta’s pet…
Read More48in48 Nonprofit Highlight – August 2019
Homework House of Holyoke, Massachusetts is a place where children growing up in the most economically challenged neighborhoods can experience learning success. It is a safe place whose staff and volunteers cherish and nurture children so they can learn and grow and find renewed joy in learning! Homework House strengthens the surrounding community by promoting…
Read MoreSpotlight on Sima Parekh, the new 48in48 Executive in Residence
48in48 would like to welcome Sima Parekh, who joins us as Executive in Residence to help with strategy and direction for fund raising and project management. Sima has been involved with 48in48 since its inception, volunteering as part of the BKV team in Year One and expanding her efforts in Year Two to lay the…
Read More48in48 Nonprofit Highlight – JULY2019
Action Cycling Atlanta Using Friendship, Respect, and Sportsmanship to Increase Awareness and Raise Funds for HIV/AIDS The team behind Action Cycling Atlanta is a group of individuals from diverse backgrounds – young, old, gay and straight – who share some common interests: a love of physical activity a desire to build the community a passion…
Read More48in48 Nonprofit Highlight (Father’s Day)
Raising Awareness of Sudden Cardiac Arrest & Saving Lives This month, in honor of Father’s Day, we highlight one of 48in48’s Nonprofit Grant Recipients, Pat’s Heart. The nonprofit was started by Patrick (Pat) Spinks, a dad who fell victim to Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) while jogging with his son. Pat survived. After emerging from a…
Read More48in48 Nonprofit Highlight (Mother’s Day)
Saving Mothers Isa Cuervo https://savingmothers.org/ No woman should die giving life. And yet, every year, more than 300,000 women and girls die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth. That equates to one mother dying every two minutes. In particular, mothers in developing nations are 43 times more likely to die during childbirth than mothers…
Read More48in48 & ActBlue in 2019
48in48 is proud to work with ActBlue this year! ActBlue builds free digital fundraising tools that make it easy for any nonprofit to run a modern fundraising program online — and as a nonprofit ourselves, our only mission is to help other organizations achieve their goals through smarter fundraising! Our powerful fundraising platform enables nonprofits…
Read More48in48 Nonprofit Highlight (Earth Day)
Each year, Earth Day offers a chance to recommit to doing our part to care for our planet. That’s something Trellis Horticultural Therapy Alliance does all throughout the year. We met this wonderful nonprofit during the Atlanta Super Service event in January 2019. A resource to grow and sustain horticultural therapy and accessible gardening programs,…
Read MoreInternational Women’s Day: 48in48 Recognizes Rankin Foundation
In celebration of International Women’s Day, 48in48 highlights one of our nonprofit recipients from 2018, who celebrates women year-round! Honoring Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to the United States Congress, the Jeannette Rankin Women’s Scholarship Fund (JRF) helps adult women secure degrees that would allow them to enter the workforce successfully. “We’re working to…
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