Articles Tagged "Charity"

Future Leaders of Our Community was born from a brief conversation in a stairwell. Shawn Wehan was talking with a friend about the huge gap between the for-profit business world and the nonprofit sector. Young professionals who were looking to get involved in the community had no idea...

A young mother sits in a hospital, desperately holding onto the lifeless body of her beautiful little boy who has just drowned in the pool. As the doctor disconnects him from life support, his father sits with his head in his knees, sobbing uncontrollably. Joanne Cacciatore sits quietly...

It’s an illness that may be all too familiar to you. Cancer doesn’t just affect patients; it affects everyone they are associated with. Family members, friends and even strangers can suffer the emotional trauma of this dangerous disease. That’s where Bald Is Beautiful comes in. The...

In a culture with a love for fashion, one company is turning that love into something good for the less fortunate by giving back through fashion. Fashion Delivers Charitable Foundation, Inc. helps community charities and survivors of natural disasters across the United States and...

With GiveBackMail, you can give back with ease. The free email service donates 25 percent of its proceeds to charities, paid for by the site’s advertising. You simply take your current email provider – say Yahoo, AOL or Gmail – and switch while keeping the same email address. Sound...

It’s won a Cool Site of the Year Award and a People's Voice winner at the Webby Awards. Now it might just have won your attention too. And with good reason. Since its inception in 1999, The Hunger Site has offered an easy way to help the poor: Simply visit its website, click a button...

Before you throw away that bit of pasta left on your plate, think twice. Everyone knows that plastic, glass and aluminum can be recycled. But Food Recovery Network is here to tell you that you should add food to that list – particularly for college students trashing that last remainder...

A key has the power to open so many different doors—especially the door to employment, a new home and even to a new life. By spreading love through fashion necklaces, The Giving Keys helps to employ those transitioning out of homelessness while bestowing positivity and hope upon others.... Read More

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Habitat For Humanity Masquerade Ball: March 2

Join Habitat for Humanity for an evening of dinner, dancing and surprises at the Second Annual Masquerade Ball. The evening will feature a cocktail “mix and mingle” hour, silent auction with many lux items, and a live band...

Sometimes, a little confidence is all people need to completely turn their lives around. Dr. Leon Ren, a cosmetic dentist based in Newport Beach, Calif., founded his nonprofit, Life Is Beautiful, with the intention to guide people through this process of body and mind transformation....