Topper’s Pizza Teams Up With SickKids Foundation
Topper’s Pizza, a Foodservice and Hospitality Top 100 Company, recently announced its new partnership with the SickKids Foundation in an effort to support children’s health. According to Keith Toppazzini, president and CEO of the company, the new relationship fits into their corporate social responsibility program. The new program will have several different branches, including in-store [...]
Matthew’s Mission’s Easter Eggstravaganza
Yesterday morning, hundreds of children participated in the Easter Eggstravaganza, which benefits a charity called Matthew’s Mission. Held at the South Scranton’s Harmon Field, the event included 25,000 Easter eggs, prizes, treats, face paint, games and much more. Matthew’s Mission is an organization that works to fund special needs programs in memory of Matthew James [...]
Missions International of America in Savanette, Haiti
Four or five times a year, Missions International of America brings a team of doctors and nurses from Ohio to treat the residents of Savanette, Haiti. Over the course of the four-day visit, more than 350 people were seen and treated by Dr. Sue Leatherman and Dr. Barry Cash, while over one hundred patients were [...]
Famous Dave’s Rib Tasting Benefits Veteran Museum and Heritage Center
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 Trader Joe’s shopping center, featured [...]
Redhead Celebrities Support the Sumatran Orangutan Society
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 since the evolution of humans. [...]
The Sutton Trust Launches Yale Summer School Program for Underprivileged Teens
Yale University is teaming up with the Sutton Trust to enable gifted but disadvantaged teens to get a real education in a new summer school program. The project is similar to those already launched in the UK, and hopes to help 64 students within its first year. First priority goes to adolescents from homes with [...]
Tesco and the RSPB Launch ‘Together for Trees’
The RSPB, the biggest wildlife conservation organization in Europe, recently teamed up with Tesco in a project aimed at protecting rainforests across the globe, Together for Trees. The initiative aims to promote awareness and raise funds to support tropical rainforests as well as local conservation work in their areas. As part of the new campaign, [...]
Kinerase’s ‘Change Your Skin, Change Your Life’ Donates to HealthyWomen
Last year, skincare product company Kinerase launched a new “Change Your Skin, Change Your Life” campaign, which entails quarterly donations to four charities every year. Each quarter, 20% of sales proceeds from a specific Kinerase product are donated. This year marks the company’s second campaign, and the first quarter’s contribution will go to HealthyWomen in [...]
‘Top Brass’ Charity Sled Dog Race for the Wounded Warrior Program
Last week, ExxonMobil donated $20,000 to the Wounded Warrior Program, an organization that works to provide empowerment and honor to wounded soldiers through increased awareness, aid and various other services. The donation was made through ExxonMobil Open’s ‘Top Brass’ Charity Sled Dog Race, which invited six of the United States’ most elite Armed Forces representatives [...]
Second Grader Raises Money for Police Dog Protective Vest
Last year, 8 year-old Ana Gent raised more than one thousand dollars to provide a bullet and stab-proof vest for a West Melbourne police dog. The second grader was honored this past Thursday for her efforts, which put a protective vest on Baton, Officer Robert Nolan’s dog. Gent has a personal interest in the matter, [...]
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