Nonprofit Websites
Nonprofit Spotlight: Common Good Atlanta
What is Common Good Atlanta? Common Good Atlanta (CGA) provides people who are incarcerated or formerly incarcerated with access to higher education by connecting Georgia’s colleges and professors with Georgia’s prison classrooms. The Nonprofit believes that broad, democratic access to higher education for people affected by incarceration strengthens the common good of our communities. How…
Read MoreWomen’s Build Event 2022 Recap
A Letter from the Event’s Assistant Program Director written by Cheryl Budzinski Hello all you wonderful people! WOW! What a weekend! First off, l want to thank all the volunteers and sponsors that contributed to this year’s Women’s Build Event as we couldn’t have pulled this off without you. Our weekend kicked off with Dr.…
Read MoreNonprofit Spotlight: Georgia’s House
What is Georgia’s House? Georgia’s House is a safe haven for all women and children affected by domestic violence. They are a relatively new Nonprofit based in Park Forest, Illinois, that strives to provide resources and services to support families who are affected by domestic violence and transform their lives. Georgia’s House Executive Director and…
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight: Sam Oesterreich
We’re so excited to spotlight Sam Oesterreich, a new but already influential 48in48 volunteer! Sam designed the logo used on our t-shirts for both our most recent event, Super Service 2022, as well as our upcoming one, Women’s Build 2022. 48in48 Involvement & Working Life Sam got involved with 48in48 through one of our veteran…
Read MoreSuper Service 2022 Recap
Kicking Off Our Year On the first weekend of February, 48in48 hosted our Super Service event, another full virtual build event to kick off 2022. As a newer event in our lineup and one at the beginning of the year, we decided to target about half as many websites as we typically do in 48in48…
Read MoreNonprofit Spotlight: Auntie Helen’s
The purpose and repurpose of Auntie Helen’s If a nonprofit wants to look to an example of innovation and remodeling, look no further than Auntie Helen’s, based in San Diego, California. While the pandemic has forced all organizations to reshape in one way or another, Auntie Helen’s has reacclimated for far longer. Just ask their…
Read MoreWorld Wide Win! 2021 Global Volunteerism Recap
Kudos and thanks to everyone who made our 2021 Global Volunteerism event possible. What a fantastic way to wrap up our 2021 schedule of events. No matter how many events we have, witnessing what’s possible when talented, skilled and motivated volunteers get together is always exhilarating. The fact that a group of people in Atlanta…
Read More48in48 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 Nonprofit Spotlight: Metro Atlanta Reentry Coalition (MARC)
Who is MARC Connecting people with resources to grow, Michael Taylor takes a community lens to everything he does as the director of MARC, a nonprofit focused on helping people readjust to life after prison. I had the pleasure of working with Michael over the past couple of months and even had the honor of…
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