Carolyn M. Appleton

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Saturday, August 9 | Join CCL Austin for our monthly chapter meeting! We’ll gather at 11:30am, watch the national call at noon, then have our local meeting. Lucky Room 13, First Unitarian Church, 4700 Grover Avenue. Can’t attend in person? Zoom link for the noon national call: cclusa.org/meeting

The Creative Spaces Summit hosted by Preservation Texas and MINDPOP at the Modern Art Museum in Fort Worth in July was outstanding!

Enjoyed visiting the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in July. Thanks to Bethany Dodson for visiting me about the nomination process!

#Gavi Thank you! ✌🏼

Dramatic Summer in the Texas Hill Country As I post, no information I could possibly share about fundraising generally speaking would be helpful to those affected by the torrential rains and overwhelming flooding across the Texas Hill Coun…

Dramatic Summer in the Texas Hill Country – Carolyn's Nonprofit Blog

Texas Search and Rescue Texas Search & Rescue, TEXSAR, is a professionally trained volunteer, first responder organization that deploys throughout the state of Texas. TEXSAR deploys only at the request of law enforcement, pu...

Support TEXSAR! All volunteer, highly trained, deployed at the request of emergency management. And they are busy! www.texsar.org

Be Patriotic: Everyday Acts of Civil Engagement The American Lung Association in “A Declaration on Climate Change and Health” observes that climate change is a health emergency, one “already harming health and causing loss of l…

Be Patriotic: Everyday Acts of Civil Engagement – Voices of Austin @CCLATX

Skip the expensive redesign! Learn how to keep your nonprofit site stress-free with smart maintenance. Watch the replay from our @techsoup.bsky.social Connect session with Cheeky Monkey Media: digitalnonprofit.ca/2025/06/17/w...

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Pleased to add a new American Revolutionary War ancestor to the five documented by #DAR on my late father’s side. Benjamin Whichcote White is on my mother’s side of the family. 🇺🇸Deep North Carolina for sure! Want to join DAR? Genealogy help is available free of charge.

Carolyn Appleton's review of What's Left Unsaid 5/5: I was delighted to receive a copy of Melissa DeRosa's book in the mail. It was like receiving a message from a friend, one I met during the COVID epidemic. Like so many living in New York - and...

🤠 #Cuomo Read … and then vote. Thanks again to NY Governor Cuomo for his outstanding leadership during #COVID19. Even in Texas, many of us noticed. #Grateful

RichesArt Gallery | Art Classes And Event Venue | Austin, Texas Richesart gallery is Black owned in Austin, Tx. Join us for artistic weekly events and painting classes, team building experiences, or rent the gallery for a private event.

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Inspiring Words in Challenging Times When I posted this article in 2021, The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) was hosting its annual Continental Congress. As each program began, members were invited to stand…

carolynmappleton.com/2021/07/03/i... Inspiring Words in Challenging Times – Carolyn's Nonprofit Blog

@onecampaign.bsky.social at Sahara Lounge | What a nice crowd and great music!

Kicking off Africa Day 2025 at Sahara Lounge. Thanks Eileen and the music team. 🎶 Sign up for @onecampaign.bsky.social updates on current and upcoming legislative initiatives. We need your voice!

Atlanta Grade School Friends Atlanta-Miller Grade School was built in 1936. It is a unique example of a Texas school designed and constructed during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) era. The Texas Historical Commission awa...

Atlanta Grade School Friends is on YouTube! Check out our channel. #AtlantaTexas #EastTexas #HistoricPreservation

Carolyn M. Appleton Welcome! My YouTube channel includes professional presentations, videos for nonprofits, and early video experiments. Special playlists appear focusing on topics in which I'm interested. Learn more abo...

Educational content based on years of experience … on YouTube. 😉

Science Underpins the Work of Citizens’ Climate Lobby Citizens’ Climate Lobby bases its work and policy initiatives on scientific evidence. In fact, you can study and learn about the science behind climate change on the organization’s webs…

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Going Visual: Getting the Word Out How do nonprofits build visibility, trust and engagement? Whether we embrace it or not, social media plays a significant role in how nonprofits are perceived and judged today. While I would argue n…

Thoughts on YouTube and nonprofits from Carolyn’s Nonprofit Blog.

Thanks to the Molly Goodnight Chapter of DAR for including me in its 100th anniversary celebration. It was a wonderful event! I enjoyed speaking about Mary Honeyman Ten Eyck Turner, founding Regent, and receiving the “Women in American History” award on her behalf. Slide deck on Linktr.ee. 🎉

Molly Goodnight Chapter of DAR to celebrate 100th anniversary Saturday The event will be held at the Khiva Shrine Center in Amarillo; here's a brief history of the chapter.

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Sharing my photos from #CCLTXLobbyDay2025 some of which and more are on Instagram @cmappleton 🇺🇸

Great job #PreservationAustin!

Enjoyed the #PreservationAustin tour of historic sites in East Austin! A member of the Ruiz family shares a rare family film.

Carolyn Appleton's review of Cooling our Environment 5/5: This book is fascinating. It begins with an eye-opening discussion about Kalpana Sutaria's upbringing in Ahmedabad, India and shares her observations about historic and current-day architecture i...

Pleased to share my Goodreads review! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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