Another in the series of articles from Fund$Raiser Cyberzine which takes a look at how US nonprofits turn special occasions or festivals into a profitable fundraising event.
In this issue they look at Mother's Day Fundraising.
"Connecting", a new publication to help public and voluntary sector staff use the Internet effectively, has just been launched.
Connecting is published six times a year and is available for £21. It is published by Karen Meador who also offers other search and reporting services to charities and public sector organisations.
A new report claims that charities are still not registering and using their domain names, despite the fact that other organisations could beat them to the draw and register their domain name.
Angela Smith has set up an e-mail list to help a young woman in Kentucky & Ohio with a pet-relief project to save the animals of the flood that occurred in that area on 2 March 1997.
PhoneTime supplies phonecards to membership organisations and schools who then sell them to their members, supporters and the wider community, who then keep a percentage of the face value to help fund their activities.
PhoneTime phonecards are not British Telecom phonecards, incidentally.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are aiming high with "the world's first global lottery for a humanitarian cause", PlusLotto.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Washington DC, is helping finance the series of booklets for agencies in Eastern Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Caribbean who want to begin or improve their fundraising programs.
There will be a small payment in US dollars to a developing country organisation whose case study, idea, or anecdote appears in the booklets.
