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Grateful for Nonprofit Leaders

By Melissa Lagowski CEO/Founder/Queen Bee Big Buzz Idea Group November is the month of gratitude. Gratitude is regularly cited for improving one’s happiness, improving our health and in managing adversity. Something so simple wields so much power in our daily lives. Today our team would like to take a moment to express our gratitude for all the leaders, employees, volunteers and board members that choose to serve the nonprofit arena. You are effecting positive change in the world. Every day, you do your job because it matters to someone else (maybe more than you will ever know). It has meaning;...

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