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5 Ways to Turn Your Backyard Into a Summer Destination
Backyards are a great opportunity to get away without exactly going away. We’re all eager to get outside and let the adventures begin, here are 5 tips to make the most out of your backyard this summer!
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Help us Light the Path Ahead for Refugee Children
You can provide a solar lantern and a pair of shoes to a refugee child. Help light their path ahead by joining our campaign with Because International. A LuminAID solar lantern provides a safe, rechargeable source of light for studying, safety, and comfort after dark. Because International’s product, The Shoe that Grows, expands 5 sizes and is designed to last for years as children grow.
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5 Best Emergency Flashlights According to Bustle
Bustle includes LuminAID’s PackLite Nova USB solar lantern in their top 5 powerful flashlights for emergencies.
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LuminAID Secures Full Victory in Patent Office Challenge Brought By MPowerd: Press Release
LuminAID announces that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office ruled entirely in LuminAID’s favor recently on a challenge that MPOWERD Inc. had mounted against LuminAID’s U.S. Patent 9,347,629. That patent represents the originating work by LuminAID’s founders, Anna Stork and Andrea Sreshta.
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Remembering the Nepal Earthquake 5 Years Later
Today marks the 5-year anniversary of this devastating earthquake, which left thousands homeless and impacted close to one third of the country’s population. This year marks the 10-year anniversary of LuminAID, and as we have reflected on the last 10 years, the Nepal Earthquake in 2015 stands out.
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LuminAID Featured on Forbes and Amazon for International Women’s Day
Amazon and Diane von Furstenberg celebrated International Women’s Day with an inspiring parternship. One of LuminAID's founders, Andrea Sreshta, joined the experience as one of the featured women in charge.
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Nonprofit Resources for Remote Work - Discounted and Free Software
One of our big projects has been expanding the LuminAID for Nonprofits program to provide a community and resources for nonprofits that go beyond our subsidies. We have added a new Nonprofit Resources section to our website, which covers things like fundraising, discounts and grants, software, tools, and industry updat
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5 Things Better Than Netflix That Involve Fresh Air
It’s easy to feel the boredom creeping in as we stay inside. But, staying home doesn't have to mean staying in. Here are 5 ways to escape your living room and enjoy your outdoor space!
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How to Help While Staying Home During COVID-19
Though the COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis that calls for a different type of response than a hurricane or an earthquake, we're proud to see people mobilizing to help those who are vulnerable and to keep each other safe, healthy, and fed. We’re a small business, and we expect things will get tough before they get better, but we also want to be there for our community and actively seek out new ways to help. We’ve put together some ideas, and wanted to share them with you, our community, as well.