Stories of Philanthropy & Corporate Giving
The Kroger Co. announced that they, together with The Salvation Army and Feeding America will supply free flu shots to thousands of eligible people. People who want a voucher for the free flu shot should go to The Salvation Army or a Feeding America food bank location near their homes.[…]
Read moreThe new resource center could also house the “Look Good, Feel Better” program.. In this an American Cancer Society program, trained cosmetologists talk to cancer patients and give active treatment how to apply makeup and how to best to treat skin changes and hair loss. Each patient also receives a[…]
Read moreLisa Bottomley, a local community manager for the American Cancer Society in North Carolina said that the new resource center in Mount Airy will serve as more than a wig closet and location for cancer information. The building can be used to provide several additional services. They will try to[…]
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The American Cancer Society hopes that with the help of the community it will soon be able to open a cancer resource center in Mount Airy, N.C. The society has cancer resource centers in many communities throughout the country. Currently there is a drive to establish a center in or[…]
Read moreEnterprise Community Partners, the Urban Land Conservancy (ULC), the City and County of Denver, and several other investors have combined to found the first affordable housing TOD acquisition fund in the United States. The purpose of the TOD Fund is to support the construction of up to 1,200 low cost[…]
Read moreIn order to raise money for K.I.D.S., the Australian K.I.D.S. Foundation is organizing the Port to Port 1200 kilometer challenge. The participants will be riding 1200 kilometers (about 720) miles in 7 days. The cyclists will depart from Port Melbourne on Friday, 22nd April, 2011, and will arrive in Port[…]
Read moreThe Australian K.I.D.S. Foundation is dedicated to lowering the amount of childhood injury and death. Australian K.I.D.S. spreading injury prevention education and provides programs in pre-schools, elementary and high schools. They run interactive education programs and give resources to 7, 500 schools. In their recovery program K.I.D.S. helps hundreds of[…]
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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon and have joined forces with Feeding America to make some strong and moving public service announcements. Each actor has made public service announcement to alert Americans to how real hunger pain is, and how prevalent. Ben takes the ‘official’ role and tells us the facts[…]
Read moreA corporate giant and a national charity are working together to expand a hunger relief program in thirty Kentucky counties. Wal-Mart Inc. has awarded $100, 000 in grant money to Elizabethtown-based Feeding America Kentucky’s Heartland. Feeding America will increase its BackPack Program and also the number of food items students[…]
Read moreChildren who live in poverty in the United States express similar needs and wishes to poverty stricken children in other parts of the world, according to a survey conducted by ChildFund Alliance. In developing nations, 57% of 10 to 12-year-olds indicated that education would be their top priority if they[…]
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