Working to Give: Philanthropies & Philanthropic Work
Stories of Philanthropy & Corporate Giving
On St. Patrick’s Day the Southwest Florida Corvette Club Benefit Car and Truck Show took place at Victory Layne Chevrolet. Admission was free and it was $25 to register a car. As Graham Reedy, the president of the Southwest Florida Corvette Club explained, they host this event twice a year.[…]
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The Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC®) has recently awarded nine grants that total $2.3 million to other nonprofits that work with children in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the US. The list of the organizations that received the funds, and the amounts that they received include: $627,637 to ReSurge International;[…]
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Lady Gaga just unveiled her latest venture – and it had nothing to do with a wacky outfit or outlandish head dress. She is rolling out a new youth foundation with her mother, Cynthia Germanotta. Called the Born This Way Foundation, she launched her plan on February 29th, 2012 at[…]
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Famous redheads are pooling their efforts to support the Sumatran Orangutan Society, an Oxford charity, by donating items to be auctioned at the Jungle VIP online auction. Sumatran orangutans share 96.4% of their DNA with humans. They are severely endangered, and may become the first great ape to become extinct[…]
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PAWS Chicago’s mission is to “end the killing of homeless pets.” Founded nearly 15 years ago, it has led to the reduction of homeless pets being killed by half. Indeed, in 1997 the figure for killing homeless pets was 42,000 and in 2006, it was already down to less than[…]
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The Missoula Food Bank seeks, quite simply, to feed the hungry in Missoula. That is its short-term goal. Long-term, it is attempting to overall reduce the incidence of hunger in the neighborhood and how it impacts the entire community. Every year, the food bank distributes over 250 tons of food[…]
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The San Francisco Food Bank is all about feeding the hungry of San Francisco and Marin. The charitable organization’s mission is to help people not starve, and not have to choose between rent and food or other basic necessities. Unfortunately, this very much is the case for the people living[…]
Read moreThe Francisco I. Modero Community Center has recently been rehabilitated in Juarez, Mexico with three million square feet of construction and an area of one thousand meters square. The center was redone with an investment of 29 million pesos for infrastructure and 19 million for equipment. The new center was[…]
Read moreConnecting to Soldiers to Their Loved Ones In 2004, Brittany and Robbie Bergquist set up Cellphones for Soldiers using a mere $21 from their own pockets. At the time, the siblings were 13 and 12 respectively. Today, the worthy charitable organization has raised more than $7m in donations. As a[…]
Read moreToday, there are many ways to give back to others. Some people enjoy focusing their charitable attention on children’s causes and others emphasize issues of poverty; a lesser known resource for charitable energy is to help women to achieve their professional goals and to help them to raise themselves up[…]
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