Stories of Philanthropy & Corporate Giving
We should all have friends like Joe Anderson of Benovia Winery in Florida. On February 24th and 25th, the 2012 Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest raised money to donate to three charities that benefit children’s health care in the Southwest Florida area. In total, the event brought in $2[…]
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Famous Dave’s BBQ has teamed up with the Northern California Veterans Museum and Heritage Center (NCVM) to launch a charity rib-tasting affair in Redding, California. The barbecue restaurant and caterer’s Rib Team has won awards in over 500 competitions throughout the United States. The event, which was held in the[…]
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It’s always heartwarming to see famous people who are doing good deeds. Denver Bronco safety Quinton Carter is one of these. Last Friday, he joined other NFL players and celebrities for a two-week charitable trip to Uganda and Tanzania with Pros for Africa. While there, they will dig water wells[…]
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Jack Johnson, singer, songwriter and former surfer, recently announced a new album to benefit a Hawaiin environmental charity called the Kokua Hawaii Foundation. The album, entitled Jack Johnson and Friends – Best of Kokua Festival, will feature live recordings from performaces of the last six years, including tracks with Willie[…]
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This past February, a non-profit managed to raise $5,000 in five days with the help of the film crew and stars from TV show Storage Wars. Charity Storage launches self-storage auctions at U.S. Storage Centers throughout Southern California, and donates the money to local and national charities. In short, storage[…]
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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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Shakira, the Colombian singer and dancer beloved by nations worldwide, was recently nominated for a charity award in Spain. The Prince of Asturias Concord award is presented to individuals “whose work has significantly contributed to fostering peace, the defense of human rights, freedom, solidarity, the safeguarding of heritage, or, in[…]
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On February 23rd, twenty seven men volunteered to climb Mount Kilimanjaro- the highest peak in Africa. And these were no ordinary men- four of them were ex-military and single leg amputees from Pilgrim Bandits. The volunteers, including Lance Corp. Johno Lee, Corporal Ricky Hatton, Rifleman Chris Parks and former REME[…]
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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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