Merge pull request #13245 from raisedadead/feature/add-prs-welcome-badge

feat: Add open to contribution badges

CONTRIBUTING.md

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 Remember to feel free to ask for help in our [Contributors](https://gitter.im/FreeCodeCamp/Contributors) Gitter room.
 
+Working on your first Pull Request? You can learn how from this *free* series [How to Contribute to an Open Source Project on GitHub](https://egghead.io/series/how-to-contribute-to-an-open-source-project-on-github)
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 ###### If you've found a bug that is not on the board, [follow these steps](#found-a-bug).
 
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README.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/freecodecamp/freecodecamp](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/freecodecamp/freecodecamp?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
 [![Known Vulnerabilities](https://snyk.io/test/github/freecodecamp/freecodecamp/badge.svg)](https://snyk.io/test/github/freecodecamp/freecodecamp)
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp.svg?branch=staging)](https://travis-ci.org/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp)
+[![Pull Requests Welcome](https://img.shields.io/badge/PRs-welcome-brightgreen.svg?style=flat)](http://makeapullrequest.com)
+[![first-timers-only Friendly](https://img.shields.io/badge/first--timers--only-friendly-blue.svg)](http://www.firsttimersonly.com/)
 
 Welcome to freeCodeCamp's open source codebase and curriculum!
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