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The Foundation Fighting Blindness is looking for volunteers to assist with event operations at our upcoming St. Louis VisionWalk fundraiser. Don't miss this exciting opportunity to help people of all ages and participate in a day of celebration for the visually impaired community!

Volunteers will be asked to perform various tasks including: equipment set-up/breakdown, registering participants, distributing food and event giveaways, assisting with children's activities, cheering on/guiding participants along the route, etc.

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Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

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ActionAid is seeking support with our tactical response to mitigate the impact of the loss of third party cookies, as part of our digital marketing strategy. The loss of third party cookies is likely to have a huge impact on or digital engagement and fundraising. We currently have a plan and some idea of the gaps we need to cover, but we would like strategic input from someone who has led the development of a first party data strategy. We are seeking someone to work with our digital team, providing high level and strategic support over a number of weeks. (Between approx. October 2021 – April 2022)

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Feel like giving back? Don't know how?
Become a mentor to a vulnerable young person & change lives.

What can you do?
We are currently recruiting mentors in NSW for in-person and online mentoring opportunities. Register via Benevity or visit our website to find out more.

What does it take?
Mentoring a vulnerable young person is a 12 month commitment.
Mentors are trained extensively, screened for safety and supported by their own Mentoring Coordinator throughout their mentoring journey.

What's in it for you?
- gaining great perspective about your own life

- meaningful connection with a young person

- making a real difference in a vulnerable person's life

- creating a positive 'ripple effect' in a community! By helping a vulnerable young person you are also indirectly helping their parent/carer, teachers and extended family

-studies have shown that volunteering helps people who donate their time feel more socially connected, thus warding off loneliness and depression. It also helps better physical health—including lower blood pressure and a longer lifespan (Harvard Health, 2020)

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Every day 43 children are diagnosed with cancer, so we challenge you to raise awareness and show your support for these warriors by running/walking 43 miles during childhood cancer month. Run or walk 43 miles over the Labor Day Weekend (from Friday to Monday), or run or walk 43 miles total over the month of September. This year we are raising money for Dr. Greg Friedman childhood cancer work at Children's of Alabama. Register here: https://runsignup.com/Race/AL/Huntsville/Superhero43RibbonRaces?fbclid=IwAR3opNEiVlmvU0l-6oMM4vuJc_Fk3_kQKh3h7Ogd0auIFh5Jk1haDvGTKwU

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Virtual Run Participant	no limit	n/a	n/a

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Every day 43 children are diagnosed with cancer, so we challenge you to raise awareness and show your support for these warriors by running/walking 43 miles during childhood cancer month. Run or walk 43 miles over the Labor Day Weekend (from Friday to Monday), or run or walk 43 miles total over the month of September. This year we are raising money for Dr. Greg Friedman childhood cancer work at Children's of Alabama. Register here: https://runsignup.com/Race/AL/Huntsville/Superhero43RibbonRaces?fbclid=IwAR3opNEiVlmvU0l-6oMM4vuJc_Fk3_kQKh3h7Ogd0auIFh5Jk1haDvGTKwU

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Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Virtual Run Participant	no limit	n/a	n/a

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Together, we can continue changing the world by fueling young change agents and armoring them with the tools they need to succeed within the communities, here and in Africa.

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Within Operation No Food Gap, we build farms and gardens in underserved communities.

We need help in the garden to help maintain the crops enabling a healthy yield for the community.

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Kat Abrigo	no limit	n/a	n/a
Kat Abrigo	no limit	n/a	n/a

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he National MS Society is a collective of passionate individuals, moving together to create a world free of MS. The success of Bike MS depends on volunteers like you! Each volunteer contribution, large or small, is critical to the success of the event. Volunteers provide key support to Bike MS all year, from serving on planning committees, calling past participants to providing safety for our riders and overall support at the event. Volunteers are the helping hands that make the event possible! When you join the Bike MS Volunteer Team, you become a part of Bike MS. Together we will provide support, raise money, have fun, and make a difference in the lives of people living with MS.

Help us make a difference in any of the following ways during Bike MS: Buckeye Breakaway:

Bike Unloading/Bike Loading
Food Serving
Lunch
SAG Driver
Medical
Water Station
Finish Line Cheering
 

Many shifts are available and we'll work with your schedule. If you need service hours approved, we can help you!

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General	no limit	n/a	n/a

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Join us on the green!

Links for Literacy is the High Plains Library District Foundation’s annual fundraising event. Nearly 100 participants take part in our tournament each year. In partnership with Kiwanis of the Rockies, the tournament works to enrich the lives of our community’s youth through literacy.

The tournament raises funds to support District and Kiwanis initiatives including: 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten, Summer Reading Adventure, Writer in Residence, Key Clubs, Builder Clubs, and scholarships for high school seniors.

Volunteers will be assisting staff in various duties that will create a smooth and memorable tournament.

If you are able, we'd love to have you join us for a beautiful day on the golf course connecting with neighbors and helping raise funds for literacy programs.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	30	n/a	n/a

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Zero Subsidy Affordable Housing Volunteer From Home Investment Financial Analyst, CrowdDoing
Zero Subsidy Affordable Housing Volunteer Investment Financial Analyst, CrowdDoing
Bobby Fishkin (via Reframe It), Marc Rand, and Mark Moulton have been developing a complementary way to approach making Bay Area housing accessible. CrowdDoing, a joint initiative between Reframe It and Match4Action Foundation is supporting zero-subsidy affordable housing.

Zero subsidy affordable housing is possible, and variations of it work now in the real world. Anti-poverty impact investable housing through equity rather than debt is achieved by separating appreciation value from utilization value of assets. Property rights can be fractured in service and support of stakeholder interest.

As one example, for more than fifty years, Stanford University has made such an arrangement for their off-campus housing for professors. Our notion is that such an arrangement could be offered by an administered investment pool to buyers of a fraction of a home’s appreciation value, combined with the right to live in the home. We suggest that there are investors who could find viable this kind of impact investment in real estate, based on appreciation value but not use value for life of tenant/owners. This might be an innovation in housing affordability that could provide a substantial fraction of the population who cannot currently be housed in existing markets within region a housing opportunity.

Stanford buys half of the appreciation value of each home but not the use value on behalf of the university through a mortgage participation agreement structure. Our goal is a zero subsidy means of scaling affordable housing inspired by how Stanford has supported off campus professor housing over the last 50 years. Housing inclusion, Transportation inclusion,

FAQ:How is this different from down payment assistance? One is that it's not just the down payment, it could be as much as 2/3rds of the value of the house, not 5% of the value of the house, or 10%. You can see some of the distinctions here- httpspublic://volop_imgs/volop_404078_feature.pngwww.huduser.gov/portal/periodicals/em/fall12/highlight3.html.

Why is this approach needed when there are other kinds of affordable housing? Because there is not enough for families making middle-incomes.

FAQ: Why is this approach more efficient then other mechanisms for affordable housing? Because by bringing equity sharing agreement to scale market rate capital can subsize affordability anywhere in which land constraints are significant barriers such as islands, bays and due to mountains. Pooled equity is 100 times more leveraged because market rate capital becomes self-subsidizing of affordable home fractional ownership.

FAQ: How do impact investors get out liquid from such an investment structure? Our goal is to create a long hold, holding company. Protects from the environment, insulated as liquidity is self-liquifying as holding company. Property rights in our culture of practice and law integrate many different rights together. These include: the initial value for which an asset was purchased , the appreciation value of the asset over time, and the year-round use-value of the asset. This unity of property rights places vulnerable people between 40% of average annual income and 150% of average annual income in this region at risk of being unstably housed. This instability is due to having a too large portion of their annual income paid to housing expenses. Housing costs 2 to 3 times too much for these people to afford. Within that range of incomes, zero subsidy affordable housing strategies can be of exceptional impact potential.

Now, when a family buys a home or apartment, they must almost always buy the whole home. Usually those who do not own homes, rent them. Those who are first time home buyers get a mortgage for the full value of the home. This model w\ould use mortgage participation agreements with qualified families that would allow the fund to buy a fraction of the value of the home (at time of future sale) while allowing the family who buys the rest of the value of the home the right to live there by financing their fraction or arranging to live rent free. A publicly traded fund could buy fractions of the future sale prices of homes. The investors could sell to the fund simply by liquidating their shares. An open issuance of shares could allow more impact investors to invest and through these purchases of shares in the fund, more homes could be purchased. If half the appreciation value of each home was not owned by families, because less money would need to be borrowed, then families could have more secure housing. A publicly traded fund that is designed to leverage mortgage participation agreements to make home ownership more accessible to first-time buyers could attract impact investment. In San Francisco, the median home price is $824,600. The median 20 percent down payment is $164,920. httppublic://volop_imgs/volop_404078_feature.pngwww.mercurynews.com/2017/01/16/a-silicon-valley-down-payment-could-buy-you-an-entire-house-in-much-of-the-u-s/. At a 4% interest rate over 30 years that means a monthly payment of $3,934. But suppose that a first time home owner is only buying half of the value of a home - 40% of the appreciated value, and 100% of the right to live there? Suppose that first-time buyer is not paying rent to the passive impact investors who have bought a percentage of the future purchase price of the home. Then their monthly payments would be $1,967. Such a Fund would have an open issuance to secure additional investors. If investors could be attracted based on the overall rise in book value of the real estate being owned compared to other regions in the world, the affordable housing fund could be both economically attractive and impactful.

Zero Subsidy Affordable Housing Volunteer Investment Financial Analyst, CrowdDoing Responsibilities
Include:

Examining and assessing economic and market trends, earnings prospects, financial statements and various other indicators and factors to determine suitable investment strategies
Looking back at previous investment decisions and the thought process of making the investment decision
 

Zero Subsidy Affordable Housing Volunteer Investment Financial Analyst, CrowdDoing brief
We are looking for an experienced Investment analyst to undertake financial research and report on prospective investment avenues. The successful candidate will study how an investment is likely to perform and how sustainable it is. You will participate in our sound portfolio-management strategy by providing the necessary data for our decision making process.

Zero Subsidy Affordable Housing Volunteer Investment Financial Analyst, CrowdDoing Responsibilities
Examine and assess economic and market trends, earnings prospects, financial statements and various other indicators and factors to determine suitable investment strategies
Look back at previous investment decisions and the thought process of making the investment decision
Liaise with fund managers and network with industry professionals
Monitor closely financial press and keep a track of market trends, opportunities, risks and new investment products
Compile advisory reports and make informed recommendations on new investment opportunities and funds that could enhance or diversify portfolios
Develop complex financial models and analyse legal documents
Zero Subsidy Affordable Housing Volunteer Investment Financial Analyst, CrowdDoing Requirements
Proven working experience as an Investment analyst
Solid understanding of financial set-up, procedures, statistics and economics
Excellent investment analysis software user
Strong numeric skills
Excellent quantitative and qualitative analytical skills
BS degree in Finance, Accounting or related field

If you have any questions about processes for joining CrowdDoing.world as a volunteer to support our efforts in systemic change please write to volunteerorientation@crowddoing.world