May Volunteer Network Roundup!

Teams in our Food Security Project (FSP) reported 54 events in May, serving 14,722 individual beneficiaries and giving out 21,224 meals! Additional GO Humanity Service Teams held 10 more service events. Year, to date, that makes: 344 total team events 78,170 individual known beneficiaries served 79,293 meals/kits distributed New Food Security Project Team GO Team…

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Underwearness for Haiti!

Secular Week of Action is underway! Want to participate but can’t come up with an activity idea on “brief” notice? We’ll cover your butt. In fact, we’ll cover a lot of peoples’ butts. We’re talking about Underwearness for Haiti. Folx living in tent camps and other impoverished areas in Haiti need undergarments. These are people…

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Guide: Organize an underwear collection

Collections offer opportunities for everyone in your community to participate. If someone has money and no time, they can make purchases. If someone has time but no money, they can volunteer to organize the collection and send the items. Collections can be done on their own or as part of another event. What to collect…

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May Service Team Roundup!

Teams in our Food Security Project (FSP) reported 28 events in May, serving 12,874 individual beneficiaries and giving out 4,150 meals! Additional GO Humanity Service Teams (GO Teams) held 18 more service events. Recognitions Team of the Month goes to Pikes Peak Atheists & Pikes Peak Atheists Families! For Secular Week of Action, this Colorado…

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Outrageous Rent Increases Impact Americans

This winter I was suddenly the only member of my immediate family not facing the very real possibility of homelessness. I’m disabled, so Medicare and my Disability checks pay for a room at an assisted living group home. My disability checks don’t pay enough for me to afford rent on a home by myself.

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May Beyond Belief Network Roundup!

We just finished rounding up reports from BBN volunteer teams for the month of May — including what teams reported for Secular Week of Action! Let’s check it out…

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Beyond Belief Network Roundup and Recognitions!

We just finished rounding up reports from our volunteer teams for the month of April! Humanists and other compassionate people in our network held 31 events — 711 volunteer hours total!   Recognitions First off: welcome back Atheists of Florida! This Tampa Bay area team jumped back into the game during Secular Week of Action…

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People Without Housing Targeted by City Ordinance in Austin

Early voting on a city ordinance to sweep people without housing out of view is underway in Austin.  A ban on public sleeping was lifted in 2019, but now Austin’s homelessness problem has become too visible for some. A May 1 vote will determine whether or not to criminalize being homeless again. Hundreds of jurisdictions…

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June and July Winners! Beyond Belief Network Team of the Month & Photo of the Month

Atheists United food distribution

Beyond Belief Network is a collective of over 125 humanist, atheist, and other non-believing organizations putting compassionate humanism into action through community volunteering and charitable fundraising. COVID-19 and Secular Week of Action kept us pretty busy for a while, so now we’re playing a little catch-up. Let’s see what teams crushed it in the months…

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