Nonprofit Volunteerism
48in48 Nonprofit Spotlight: Learning in Color
How Learning in Color started When Founder and CEO Carol Bowman first started Learning in Color seven years ago, she had gotten the idea from working as a teacher with special needs. Her background coming from psychology, she had done plenty of research on color’s impact on learning. “I asked myself, why aren’t we being…
Read More48in48 Volunteer Spotlight: Atsushi Hisaka
Meet Atshushi Atsushi is a Senior Technical Product Manager at Verizon Media and helps advertisers achieve happiness across its ad platforms. Throughout his career, he has worked with SMB to Fortune 50 businesses. Why Did Atsushi Volunteer? Atshushi was introduced to 48in48 by a colleague at Verizon Media who presented 48in48 as a very tenacious…
Read More48in48 Volunteer Spotlight: Sara Loretta
Meet Sara! Though Sara Loretta joined as a 48in48 volunteer a mere year ago, she has already taken on some transformative roles at the organization. When a friend of hers at IBM posted about 48in48’s need for more volunteers, she decided to get involved. She initially dove in as a team coach, then did everything…
Read MoreNonprofit Spotlight: FACTS to Thrive
Diverse aspirations under one roof A few years ago, Tamiko Leverette, a teacher, began to talk with family and friends about their unique volunteer values and aspirations in their communities. One friend wanted to teach CPR to teachers. Another wanted to focus more on adult literacy. Tamiko herself had taught classes at Goodwill in financial…
Read More48in48 Volunteer Spotlight: Anna Rodriguez
Relentless Dedication to Having Fun Anna Rodriguez is a Senior Solutions Architect at Parsons who came to 48in48 through the recommendation of a good friend who had previously volunteered at a 48in48 build event. They originally planned to volunteer together, but when that plan fell through, Anna decided to approach her company to see whether…
Read MoreSocial Justice Event Recap
Vital Stats from the Weekend What: 48in48’s 1st-Ever Social Justice Build Event When: June 11-13, 2021 Where: Virtual Why: Awareness, Education and Action Who: 276 Volunteers + 40 Nonprofits Served! Our event planning committee volunteers and the co-leads, Akila Srinivasan and Arti Badami from IBM, made the event a huge success – we could not…
Read More48in48 Volunteer Spotlight: Adam Binkley
Who is Adam? Adam Binkley is a digital marketing strategist at the Swarm Agency in Atlanta where he leads digital and campaign strategy development that is goal driven. Throughout his career he’s also developed subject matter expertise for email marketing strategy, and we’re thrilled that he brings this knowledge and experience to his work at…
Read More48in48 Nonprofit Spotlight: Let’s Be Selfless
What is Let’s Be Selfless all about? Layla is not your typical 9-year-old – that was clear right away. With the support of her family, Layla founded the Nonprofit Let’s Be Selfless with a mission to show people that you’re never too young to make a difference, and you can do anything! Layla started with…
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight: The 48in48 Women!
Powered by Women When determining which volunteer 48in48 should spotlight this month of March, also known as Women’s History Month, we decided it would be fun to choose some (not nearly all!) of our strong female volunteers who dedicate time and energy to 48in48 year-round. And so, we present to you some of The 48in48…
Read More48in48 Nonprofit Spotlight: Noise Abatement Society
What exactly is the Noise Abatement Society? In 1959 John Connell OBE founded the Noise Abatement Society (NAS) in the United Kingdom to solve noise pollution problems for the public benefit. He led the charge to lobby the Noise Abatement Act through the UK Parliament in 1960, making the UK one of the only countries…
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