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Museum planners focus on funding
Nashville :: GA :: USA | about 8 hours ago
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A formal campaign, which is still being planned, should start in the first quarter of next year. With the nation still mired in an economic downturn that has affected giving and forced some organizations to delay similar efforts, the museum's challenge...
Tags: Paula Roberts, Kevin Lavender, break ground, Nashville, Philanthropy, Fundraising, Nashville Tennessee
Braddock celebrates life of library
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | about 11 hours ago
Credibility The fundraiser will help to continue operation of the library...But the Braddock Carnegie Library -- the first of more than 1,600 Carnegie libraries built across the country -- has withstood all the upheaval and downturns and is celebrating its 120th...
Tags: Braddock Carnegie Library, UPMC Braddock, Braddock School District, looking forward, music hall, Andrew Carnegie, Ms. Vargo, Pittsburgh, Braddock's Field, John Fetterman, Philanthropy, Pittsburgh metropolitan area, Carnegie library, Public libraries, Allegheny County Pennsylvania
Workplace charity is showing rebound
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility As 2008 drew to a close, Family Rescue knew it would have to dig in for several hard months. The weak economy had dealt a heavy blow to United Way of Metropolitan Chicago, a major funder of Family Rescue, which provides services to victims of domestic...
Tags: giving campaign, Chicago, Philanthropy, Volunteering, Discover Financial
Foreign volunteers helping Americans in need
Cologne :: Germany | 1 day ago
Credibility Upon graduating from high school, the 20-year-olds from Cologne, Germany, had a choice between a stint of obligatory military service or volunteering in some capacity. "We decided social service was better for us," Peters said. The two ended up in Frederick...
Tags: Alex Lepp, Brian Scott, Germany, Cologne, Philanthropy, Public administration, Volunteering, Social philosophy, Civil society, Giving, Church of the Brethren
The Count: Volunteering? It’s Easy to Avoid the Waiting List
New York :: NY :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Published: November 28, 2009 About a quarter of the American population recently did some type of volunteer work across a wide range of services, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics . But this Thanksgiving, some who sought at the last minute...
Tags: waiting list, New York, Thanksgiving, Philanthropy, Public administration, Volunteering, Social Issues, Social philosophy, Civil society, Giving
A Reason to Give Thanks
Millinocket :: ME :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility In a unanimous vote, the Millinocket Town Council granted the Historical Society a five-year extension to repay the town for its new location. Current fundraising efforts have produced more than half of the current obligation, but as time passed the deadline...
Tags: Millinocket, Millinocket Maine, Philanthropy, Generosity, Penobscot County Maine, Fundraising
Letters to the editor
Dubuque :: IA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility 25 volunteers interested in making Dubuque a safe, positive, welcoming community. These volunteers seek information and provide input on a variety of activities to involve the residents and enhance overall well-being of this community.
Tags: Dubuque, Dubuque County Iowa, Philanthropy, Volunteering, Social Issues, Civil society, Dubuque Iowa, Giving, Driftless Area
Giving thanks by giving
Hockessin :: DE :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Sometime during this Thanksgiving weekend, Barbara and William Wade will gather around a speakerphone with their daughter, Erin. They will call their son, Michael, who is on a Caribbean cruise with his family. They won't discuss their holiday feasts,...
Tags: Fred C. Sears II, Delaware Community Foundation, Holdens, Wayne Holden, United Way of Delaware, Hockessin, Community building, Development charities, Philanthropy, Delaware, Foundation, Community foundation, Charities, Non-profit organization
Hand it to these everyday heroes
Boston :: MA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility T hey are the unsung heroes, the people who help those in need not only around the holidays but year-round. And this year, perhaps more than any other in recent memory, the need is great. Janet Swanton Janet Swanton has been volunteering since she was...
Tags: Ralph Deas, Swanton Janet Swanton, Carolyn Orfanella Carolyn Orfanella, Boston, Philanthropy, Public administration, Volunteering, Social philosophy, Civil society, Deas, Giving
Goodfellows goal: $33,000
Henderson :: KY :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Annual donation to the Goodfellows holiday fundraising drive?...Peetsey the Purple Turkey may have beaten many to the mailbox this year with his cash donation, but others will still have a chance up until shortly before the actual party on Dec. I have...
Tags: Richard Pendergraft, Henderson County, ones dec, Henderson, Evansville metropolitan area, Philanthropy, Henderson County Kentucky, Fundraising, Henderson Kentucky
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