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SUMMARY:Pioneer Valley Habitat For Humanity - 2025 Gingerbread Build - build at home!
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the 13th annual Gingerbread Build\, a week-long build-at-home event with a public award ceremony! By building small (gingerbread) homes from the comfort of YOUR home\, you’re supporting the construction of real homes with low income families in Hampshire & Franklin counties. \nThere are also two fundraising awards for the team that raises the most money and the team with the greatest number of donors. Generous donors will match all team fundraising dollars 1:1 up to $6\,000. Last year\, teams and matching dollars totaled over $10\,000; you and your team can help grow that number this year! \nOther important event details: \n– For a donation of $100\, register your team by Thursday December 4th.\n– Gingerbread kits will be available on distribution day\, Saturday December 6th. We will supply the six gingerbread house walls and roof pieces and a bag of frosting mortar\, you add any other building materials you wish.\n– You must use all six pieces of gingerbread we supply to be entered in the contest. Your team’s collective imagination is the only limit when it comes to decorating your masterpiece.\n– Submit 3 photos to gingerbread@pvhabitat.org by midnight Thursday December 11th. Include your team name in the submission photos but no personal information (photos will be posted on Facebook).\n– There will be a public zoom award ceremony on Saturday December 13th – RSVP today! Esteemed celebrity judges will host and award prizes in each of the categories listed above
URL:https://www.humanserviceforum.org/event/pioneer-valley-habitat-for-humanity-2025-gingerbread-build-build-at-home/
LOCATION:Online Event\, MA\, United States
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SUMMARY:How to Use Free Tools to Boost Your Non-Profits’s Online Visibility
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, August 20th 9am -10am \nFree for HSF Members \nMost non-profit leaders agree that having a strong online presence is crucial for their organizations to engage with supporters\, attract donors\, and raise awareness for their cause. However\, challenges such as limited budgets\, broad target audiences\, and reliance on volunteers sometimes make marketing seem like an insurmountable mountain to climb.\nThis workshop is tailored to address these challenges and provide you with a practical framework and launchpad to help you leverage free tools to boost your non-profit’s visibility. \nWhat You’ll Learn\n\nKey Components of Online Visibility Understand the essential elements of a strong online presence\, including website optimization\, social media engagement\, search engine optimization\, and content marketing.\nTop Free Tools for Digital Marketing We will then go through some of the top free tools online to help you nail the above-mentioned components of online visibility.\nHow to ask the right questions No need to be confused by marketing jargon. We’ll talk about the main things you need to know when you’re bringing in someone to help with your digital marketing and how to ask the right questions so you can keep your finger on the pulse. (This year\, all non-profits in Western Mass can get volunteer help with their digital marketing at no cost through the Catchafire program so this is a great place to start).\n\nWhy Attend?\n\nGain valuable insights and practical tips from a digital marketing expert who has worked with many non-profits.\nGet clarity. Know what you need to focus on to get results.\nLearn how to find free tools\, leverage specials for non-profits\n\n \nPresenter: \nThe workshop will be presented by Fungai Tichawangana\, founder of Artist Dynamix\, a digital marketing agency based in Amherst MA. Fungai has built an impressive career at the intersection of journalism and digital marketing\, focusing on how creatives and non-profits can best leverage the power of the Internet. In 2015\, he was awarded a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard. Since moving to Western Massachusetts in 2018\, he has done work for The Community Foundation of Western MA\, The ArtsHub of Western MA\, and the WriteAngles Conference\, among others. \n  \n  \nThank you to our Training Sponsors \n \n  \n  \nHSF Annual Sponsors
URL:https://www.humanserviceforum.org/event/how-to-use-free-tools-to-boost-your-non-profitss-online-visibility/
LOCATION:Online Event\, MA\, United States
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