Author: M. Marks

i.am Angel Foundation

Education

  Trans4mation Experience Will.i.am, front man of the Black Eyed Peas of i.am Angel Foundation, was at the Hollywood Palladium hosting a benefit concert – the Trans4mation Experience – to raise money for I. M. Education, one of the branches of the Foundation.  A staggering $5m was raised from this[…]

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Feeding the Hungry

Poverty, Uncategorized

As more and more individuals battle against poverty, those charitable organizations giving out food to the hungry are working increasingly harder.  In addition, their operations are expanding to deal with this demand.  For example, looking at statistics from Joseph’s Storehouse, when it first opened three years ago, it helped just[…]

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Run James, Run

Family

Forrest Gump did it, although not for charity, so perhaps 31-year-old James Crossland can run and run and run.  Well, that’s what the man who lives in Manchester plans to do. From June 8 to 18, 2012, Crossland will be running in an effort to raise money for the Manchester[…]

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Could Komen Cave?

Health

Controversy over Komen Care’s Financial Withdrawal When the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation decided to pull the plug on financial support for Planned Parenthood (PP), there was a huge outcry.  Being America’s leading abortion service – providing an estimated 330,000 women with abortions annually – Komen withdrew its[…]

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Delancey Street Foundation

Education

The Delancey Street Foundation has been in operation since 1971, at which time it started with a mere ten dollars (on loan), four residents, and a larger-than-life dream to help those in poverty, on drugs, former felons and others who hit bottom, turn their lives around. Today, in 2012, the[…]

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