Tag: volunteering
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Happy Holidays from YNPNdc!
Happy holidays YNPNdc members and friends! The holidays can be a time of great joy and celebration! However, they can also be a time of challenge for many, as some parents are unable to provide toys for their kids and others can’t afford to have a holiday meal for their family. Today we’re highlighting nonprofits…
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Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Hadley Ashford
Hadley Ashford joined YNPNdc in 2018 and serves as an On-Site Events Volunteer. She began her role in the virtual environment and has supported planning and managing YNPNdc’s events such as Happy Hours and Inner Circles. She also has been involved in the DEI Committee, which began in 2021. When she isn’t volunteering, Hadley is working…
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Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Nicole Pettenati
Nicole Pettenati has been the Program Manager for YNPNdc’s Mentoring Program since 2019. The Mentoring Program matches early career professionals with more seasoned nonprofit professionals for one-on-one mentoring relationships and also provides professional development and networking opportunities. Sarah describes her role as “basically to make sure every step of the [mentoring] process happens, working with the rest of…
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Member Spotlight – Meet Cecilia Majors
Cecilia Majors joined YNPNdc in 2018 as a Board Member leading our Volunteer network. In her day to day, Cecilia is a Diversity & Inclusion Consultant at the American Institutes for Research and in her spare time, she leads our Volunteer Engagement strategy here at YNPNdc. Cecilia is passionate about creating inclusive and diverse work…
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Get Motivated and Mobilized for Giving Tuesday
When the 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation organized the first ever Giving Tuesday in 2012, they probably had no idea it would turn into a phenomenon helping organizations worldwide exceed their annual fundraising goals. Last year, #GivingTuesday campaigns raised approximately $274 million for organizations and institutions ranging from small local organizations to…
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Member Spotlight – Meet Laetitia Morrisson
Laetitia Morrisson joined the YNPNdc Board of Directors as Co-Chair of Communications in June 2018. Outside of her work at YNPNdc, she is a senior manager of partnership development at KaBOOM!. Born in the Ivory Coast and raised in Bethesda, she’s happy to call the DMV-area home. We asked Laetitia a few questions about her…
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What Does It Mean to Be a YNPNdc Member?
When I first attended a YNPNdc plug-in event (essentially an orientation on what YNPNdc is all about) in the fall of 2014, I envisioned a network that would not only offer me professional development opportunities but that would connect me to a community of like-minded professionals who could provide me with the support I severely…