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Recently Kelly Batson, Regional Director of Earn It! Keep It! Save It! was featured on Comcast talking about her love of taxes, and more importantly, helping low income families get the largest refund possible. It’s their money, they earned it! Watch the video and let your friends and family know about Earn It! Keep It! [...]
American Red Cross releases $10 million dollars to help Haiti.
Oxfam has hundreds of people in Haiti helping with relief efforts. You can donate on the American or UK site, depending on where you’re located.
AmeriCares has pledged $5 million to Haitian quake relief, and is soliciting donations to a general emergency disaster relief fund to help [...]
Yesterday evening, United Way and the Bay Area General Counsel Group presented the 21st Annual Koko Challenge Awards, recognizing local law firms for running exceptional United Way fundraising campaigns. This year, 18 participating firms raised $1.3 million for charitable causes – up 10.5% over 2008.
The 2009 top award recipients, recognized by firm size, were:
• Baby Koko (1-45 attorneys) [...]
Americans are understanding that it’s our neighbors who are really suffering. We may not know who they are, but we care about them.”
– Arne Nelson, president of Orlando-based Catholic Charities of Central Florida, who noted that the size of an average gift was down, but more people were giving.
From the Associated Press article, “With demand [...]
The last six weeks of the year is a time when people who feel blessed in life typically give back to their communities. In the spirit of the holidays, people volunteer at food banks or work with those who are less fortunate. At United Way, we decided to ask our employees and community members to [...]
Over on our twitter feed, we learned about a really interesting promotion that is going on from now until Christmas Day. Ryan Farr of 4505 Meats is donating three hams a week to charity. Every week they’re picking a random fan from their Facebook page. Said person will then choose a charity of his/her choice [...]
Every year, Marketplace from American Public Media (and found on most NPR stations) does a weeklong series on giving and philanthropy. This year’s was especially interesting dealing with among things issues like donor choice fundraising, and the growing phenomena of people who used to give now asking for help. Visit their site to see a [...]
Even a little gift can lead to bigger rewards. United Way is sponsoring a toy drive this holiday season to help disadvantaged youth who may otherwise not receive any gifts. Although it may seem like a small, thing, it can actually be a part of something much larger in a individual’s life. As this [...]
The last six weeks of the year is a time when people who feel blessed in life typically give back to their communities. In the spirit of the holidays, people volunteer at food banks or work with those who are less fortunate.
At United Way, we decided to ask our employees and community members to share, [...]
Since posting about The Extraordinaires iPhone app, a number of people have pointed me in the direction of other ways you can volunteer without leaving your couch. Both Help From Home and Charity Guide offer micro volunteer opportunities that allow to you to give your time on your own schedule.
This a very interesting development because [...]
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