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Emily Stoddard Furrow

VIDEO: Volunteers Join Dwelling Place to Deck Division Avenue

To give community members the opportunity to participate in the Heartside neighborhood and to spread holiday cheer along South Division (from Wealthy and Fulton), Dwelling Place hosted Deck the Avenue on December 1, 2009. It was the organization's first try at creating volunteer opportunities in the neighborhood, and 25 people responded, spending the afternoon distributing wreaths, hanging lights and adding festive paintings to business windows. In all, 13 businesses participated in the event. 

GR GiveCamp volunteers camp out at the YMCA.

Photo Credit: Eric Stoike

GR GiveCamp volunteers camp out at the YMCA.

GR GiveCamp enlists over 100 tech volunteers to help 23 nonprofits

Tech volunteers and nonprofit representatives go over project steps.<p></p><br />

Photo Credit: Eric Stoike

Tech volunteers and nonprofit representatives go over project steps.


Nonprofits are notoriously low on funds, but in the Web 2.0 age, a strong, online presence is crucial for nonprofits to connect with their donors, volunteers and community.

Two years ago, developers in Dallas, TX with a penchant for social good put together their own remedy: GiveCamp. This weekend-long, volunteer-run event addresses nonprofit tech needs by pairing nonprofits with volunteer Web developers, programmers and designers. The concept spread and since then, there has been over ten cities involved and three GiveCamps in Michigan.

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Citizen journalism coordinator for The Rapidian. Bicycle commuter, experimental cook, aspiring athlete, infrequent pianist and tea junkie. A proud Midtownie, but a West Coast girl at heart.

Reports on: Tech, Midtown neighborhood, anything that catches my fancy, &c.