Food Drive for Children

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American Truck Showroom employees have opened up their hearts to host a Thanksgiving food drive for a local children’s shelter in Gulfport, Mississippi. Donations were accepted until yesterday and were delivered at that time. The American Truck Showrooms department that is found to have donated the most items will then be rewarded with a company lunch.

When describing the same food drive last year, Ralph Cox, the customer service representatives’ manager for American Truck Showroom said, “They had shown us the empty cupboards and refrigerators from where they simply ran out of food and the food bank was dry. They were being subsidized by the county jail until their donations came in. The food was bologna meat (three different colors), cheese singles and a few apples.”

Certainly, this is a lovely idea from the American Truck Showroom Gulfport and one that should be applauded.

Ed Sayres Giving Back

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raking-leavesToday is National Philanthropy Day. It is a day set aside by the Association of Fundraising Professionals to recognize the incredible contributions individuals make to the philanthropic community. In line with this, we thus today take the opportunity to recognize the contributions of two businessmen who have taken time to give back to the community.

Not-for-profit businessman Ed Sayres was recently appointed as Chairman and CEO of the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council. Boasting four decades of experience in the animal welfare industry, Sayres – who is also Principal of Sayres Consulting (a nonprofit management consulting and philanthropic advisory firm) – is passionate about responsible pet ownership, pet sale bans and more. Indeed, it was Sayres who, in his work at the ASPCA, introduced and developed the no-kill animal shelter model he implemented while working at the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SF/SPCA). In terms of his business acumen, Sayres can be proud of the fact that when most nonprofits faced major challenges to keep afloat in the recession, the ASPCA still received substantial donor support, while expanding.

Moving on to something quite different but still with the same attitude of giving back, a week-and-a-half ago churchgoers skipped their services to help out in the neighborhood. Northview Christian Church members raked leaves to help those not up to the task. Around 280 volunteers last Sunday participated in this endeavor, working on 20 projects as a way of enhancing the neighborhood. As Pastor Dave Choutka pointed out, it is a way to “love our community.”

There are many ways that businessmen, students, the unemployed and indeed anyone can get involved in giving back to the community.

8th Annual Comedy Celebration

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rayOn Saturday, November 8th The International Myeloma Foundation will have its 8th Annual Comedy Celebration at The Wilshire Ebell Theatre. They will present Celebrity Autobiography which features celebrity memoirs acted out on stage by an all-star cast. The show won a 2009 Drama Desk Award and a 2010 Bistro Award.

Hosting the event will be Ray Romano of “Everybody Loves Raymond” and “Parenthood.” Performers include Danny DeVito, Lucy DeVito, Patricia Heaton and others.

All proceeds from the event will benefit the Peter Boyle Research Fund and will support the Black Swan Research Initiative.

The event will take place at The Wilshire Ebell Theatre & Club at 743 South Lucerne Blvd in LA.