New platform to connect nonprofits to donors, volunteers launches in Detroit
New platform to connect nonprofits to donors, volunteers launches in Detroit
Local businessmen led efforts to bring site to Detroit, providing operating support
Looking to sustain site operation through philanthropy, sponsorships
A free, web-based platform that links Detroit nonprofits with volunteers and donors has launched.
Nonprofit Share Detroit was founded by co-chairs Paul Vlasic, founder, RSVP Ventures & Capital, the Vlasic Group and the Vlasic Family Foundation, and founder and chairman of Amplifinity; and Sam Rozenberg, founder and CEO, Keeping IT Strategic. The two have provided a combined $500,000 for initial development of the platform, its Detroit launch and two years of operating costs.
How to celebrate National Volunteer Week
Covid-19 has presented challenges to both staffing and financing for charitable causes around the world. This year, non-profits are using National Volunteer Week (April 18-24) to ramp up support.
“There’s never been a more important time than now to get involved,” said Laura Plato, chief solutions officer for VolunteerMatch, an online platform that connects causes to people who want to be of service.
According to a study by Fidelity Charitable, the coronavirus pandemic sharply impacted volunteer efforts, with two out of three volunteers decreasing or completely halting their work.
“At the beginning of the pandemic, about 93 percent of volunteering had been canceled. As we rounded out the year, it was about 80 percent,” explained Plato.
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COVID malaise, and more COVID-19 coping tips from the trenches
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I write this now as both a time capsule and a vision of hope at the bitter end of 2020. At this point, a COVID-19 vaccine (the vision of hope) has been developed by several companies but has not yet received widespread distribution. Realistically, I know we are in for more quarantines, social distancing, and mask-wearing for at least another 9 to 12 months (sorry!).
My clinical work in psychiatry has gotten busier and more complex as COVID-19 ravages through everything. Patients are demoralized, describing a fairly consistent pattern of physical/emotional responses, which I will refer to as “COVID malaise.” Disclaimer: these findings are based on an informal “grounded theory” of listening to hundreds of patient stories over the past year. I did not provide the patients questionnaires: I listened to their narratives and wrote down recurring themes.