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April 2006
Volume 3 Issue 4

Grassroots.org - Make Change!
Providing free services to charities and promoting social action

in this issue

--More News and Information
--Online Safety Toolkit
--Domain Masters: Online Radio Talk Show / Interview with Grassroots.org Founder Michael Mann
--Rand Corporation
--501c3Cast.com / Interview with Grassroots.org Executive Director Joe Jurczyk
--Reading Blogs by E-Mail
--Aidsmap
--Breast Cancer
--Earth911
--National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
--Grassroots - eScrip Visa
--Save our Landfills Recycling Campaign
--Donations
--Help Grassroots.org By Selling on EBay
--Previous Newsletters
--Volunteers
--Grassroots.org Shirts, Mugs and More
--Donation Exchange
--Free Services
--News and Views
--Discussion Forums
--Your Feedback
--Administration
--About Grassroots.org

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Welcome to Grassroots News!

This monthly newsletter offers information and tools that can help you to make a difference in the world. Daily updates of news and tips are available on the Grassroots.org blog. We also publish a newsletter for our clients called Grassroots Client News with information for nonprofit organizations. You can sign up for Grassroots Client News here.

More News and Information
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Many of our topical web sites now include news feeds with content that is continuously updated. As we announced last month, we are in the process of upgrading all of our sites. In the meantime you can check out our latest news feeds at the following sites:

armscontrol.com
diseases.org
disasteraid.org
fightterrorism.com
homeless.org
marineconservation.org
middleeastpeace.org
nonprofitmanagement.org
parentaladvisory.org
relief.org
scholarshipprograms.com
shelters.org
speakout.org
suicideprevention.org
warondrugs.org

Online Safety Toolkit
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The BC Rural Women's Project, funded by Status of Women Canada and the Canadian Rural Partnership, examined the ways that low-income and access to communication services affect women living in rural and remote communities in British Columbia. This was the birth of the BC Rural Women's Network which recently released the Online Safety Toolkit . This guide will help Internet users be safer and more critical when going online. While there are an increasing number of resources developed for parents, children, and youth to use the Internet safely, very little information is directed towards the growing risks facing women who use the Internet. The BC Rural Women's Network sees the Online Safety for Women Project as an important initiative to address the rise in violence women face via the Internet and to help decrease the vulnerability of online users, in particular, marginalized rural women.

Domain Masters: Online Radio Talk Show / Interview with Grassroots.org Founder Michael Mann
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Listen to an interview with Michael Mann, founder of Grassroots.org by Monte Cahn, CEO of Moniker.com, the host of Domain Masters. Domain Masters is a free online radio talk show dedicated to teaching listeners how to register domain names, build web sites, monetize web site traffic and protect your online brand. The radio show airs each Wednesday at 7:00pm EST. Michael was the founder and president of BuyDomains.com, which is one of the world s largest companies in the secondary market for Internet domain names. On the show Monte also talks with Eric Shannon. Eric is President of LatPro, Inc., one of the top niche boards in the employment sector and a founding member of Nicheboards.com. Listen to the interview.

Rand Corporation
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The RAND Corporation conducts and publishes research on a number of social issues. Initially, RAND (the name of which was derived from a contraction of the term research and development) focused on issues of national security. Eventually, the company expanded its research to other areas, such as business, education health, law, and science. Many of their findings are available as PDF's for free on their web site.

501c3Cast.com / Interview with Grassroots.org Executive Director Joe Jurczyk
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Listen to an interview with Joe Jurczyk of Grassroots.org by Corey Pudhorodsky of 501c3Cast.com. The 501c3Cast is a weekly podcast for nonprofit professionals, volunteers, and others to share information and resources to help them do their work better. Joe is the Executive Director of Grassroots.org and discusses the organization and the various services that Grassroots.org offers to nonprofit organizations. You can subscribe to the 501c3Cast or listen to individual shows on their web site. Listen to the show here.

Reading Blogs by E-Mail
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Most people read blogs either directly on the web or through an RSS reader. Squeet is a new application that allows you to subscribe to a blog/rss feed and have new entries delivered by e-mail. To subscribe to a feed you'll have to register with Squeet and you'll need to know the URL of the RSS feed. (For example, the Grassroots.org RSS feed URL is http://www.grassroots.org:8888/roller/rss/grassroots.)

Aidsmap
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Aidsmap, a UK_based site, provides a repository of information on AIDS/HIV prevention and treatment. You can search for AIDS organizations across the world here. The site also includes Treating HIV & AIDS: A Training Toolkit.

Breast Cancer
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BreastCancer.org is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing the most reliable, complete, and up-to-date information about breast cancer. Their mission is to help women and their loved ones make sense of the complex medical and personal information about breast cancer, so they can make the best decisions for their lives. To bring awareness to the issue, in the coming months thousands of women and men will unite in cities across the country and walk 60 miles over the course of three days. It's a weekend of hope, as we honor lives lost, celebrate survivors, promote breast cancer research, and help bring breast cancer care to those who so desperately need it. Net proceeds from the Breast Cancer 3-Days held in 12 different US cities between August and November) benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation to fund breast cancer research and community outreach, as well as the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund, to provide an endowment for breast cancer initiatives. Register online today or call (800) 996-3DAY.

Earth911
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The mission of Earth 911 is to empower the public with community-specific resources to improve their quality of life. The site includes information on recycling various types of items and information on local recycling services based on the user's zip code. The site also contains links to local government resources and educational resources for kids.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
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The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) is a US government agency that provides leadership in the national effort to reduce alcohol-related problems by:
- Conducting and supporting research in a wide range of scientific areas including genetics, neuroscience, epidemiology, health risks and benefits of alcohol consumption, prevention, and treatment
- Coordinating and collaborating with other research institutes and Federal Programs on alcohol-related issues
- Collaborating with international, national, state, and local institutions, organizations, agencies, and programs engaged in alcohol-related work
- Translating and disseminating research findings to health care providers, researchers, policymakers, and the public.

Grassroots - eScrip Visa - Support Grassroots.org by Signing up with eScrip
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Show your support and help Grassroots.org raise money through your everyday purchases. The eScrip program allows you to make purchases at various merchants and have a percentage of those purchases go back to Grassroots.org. The eScrip VISA allows you to contribute money through all of your credit card purchases. Through your Everyday Purchases, you can give Extraordinary Results!

Learn more about the Grassroots - eScrip fundraising program.

Save our Landfills Recycling Campaign
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Grassroots.org, through Funding Factory, is collecting empty printer cartridges and old used cell phones to be recycled. According to the EPA, by the end of 2005 130 million cell phones will become obsolete during the year as owners replace their existing phones with newer models. The disposal will result in more than 65 tons of waste which, if deposited into landfills, will leak toxics and harmful materials into the environment, eventually finding their way into our drinking water and the air that we breathe. Similarly, each toner cartridge that is thrown away adds about four pounds of plastic, metal and chemicals to a landfill. Through the Funding Factory, cell phones and ink cartridges are recycled and refurbished, protecting our landfills. Let us know if you would like to get involved and we will arrange for a box to be delivered to you, free of charge. Fill up the box and drop it off at the nearest UPS or UPS affiliate merchant store. There is no charge to mail the box and Grassroots.org will receive financial support in exchange for these items. So, get involved, Save Our Landfills, and support Grassroots.org so that we can continue to deliver free services to charities and provide information to concerned citizens around the world.

If you need additional information, please e-mail us at recycle@grassroots.org or go to this website.

Donations
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We need your help! Please consider contributing to Grassroots.org to help the organization fulfill its mission to provide free services to nonprofit organizations and to provide information to the general public on various social issues.

Because Grassroots.org is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, nonprofit organization, all donations are fully tax-deductible. There are a couple ways that you can donate. Donations via PayPal, MasterCard and Visa are accepted via our website at http://www.grassroots.org/do/Donate. Checks or money orders can also be sent to Grassroots.org, 7831 Woodmont Ave, Suite 338, Bethesda, MD 20814.

Thank you for your support!

Help Grassroots.org by Selling on EBay
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If you sell items on EBay, you can designate Grassroots.org as a beneficiary of a percentage of the sale. (There is a $10 minimum per item.) Go to this webpage for more information. This contribution will help provide funding for our operations. Thank you for your support!

Previous Newsletters
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You can view all previous Grassroots News and Grassroots Client News newsletters in our archives.

Volunteers
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If you are interested in giving back to the world community, consider volunteering your time and skills to Grassroots.org. We especially need web designers to develop and enhance web sites for our free web hosting clients. All Grassroots.org volunteer opportunities are now listed on VolunteerMatch and we were recently profiled on JustVolunteers. Review our listings to see if any of our opportunities match your skills, experience, and interest. (You can submit your information to us through the appropriate "I like this opportunity!" link on the page that describes the particular opportunity.)

Grassroots.org Shirts, Mugs, and More!
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You can buy Grassroots.org merchandise at our online store. The store features shirts, mugs, prints, and more. Any purchases you make from our online store are tax deductible

Donation Exchange
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This forum on Grassroots.org was created to facilitate the exchange of donated items. Organizations or individuals looking to donate items or those in search of obtaining donated goods should join in the discussion.

Free Services
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Grassroots.org offers several free services to nonprofit organizations in the US and Canada:
- Free Web Services for nonprofit organizations (free domain name, web hosting and web design)
- Free Legal Consulting for nonprofit organizations

News and Views
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Keep up to date with the latest information from Grassroots.org on our blog. In addition to reading our blog on the web, you can read posts from ours and other blogs using an RSS Reader or Squeet.

Discussion Forums
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Exercise your freedom of speech!!!

Our discussion forums are a great way for you to help and encourage others, to allow others to learn more about you and your organization, and to build relationships with others in the same field of interest. You can access all of the Grassroots.org discussion forums here. We encourage you to visit the forums, register, and participate.

Let your voice be heard!

Your Feedback
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About Grassroots.org
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Grassroots.org provides free Internet, business and legal consulting services for charities in the US and Canada. We also provide information to the general public on various social issues through our network of 40+ topical web sites