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Memphis Ballet School Gets a Hand Training Inner City Kids
Al Roker of the Today Show went on a nationwide tour to Lend A Hand to five charities in need. He helped raise $3...
Larry King’s Gulf Telethon Raises $1.8M for Oil Spill Rescue
Large and small donations flowed in Monday evening as dozens of celebrities answered phones for Larry King's telethon to help the people of the...
Vets Donate Settlement Millions from Identity-theft Suit to Charity
Paying it forward. That's what a group of veterans is doing with a $20 million class-action settlement from the Department of Veterans Affairs over...
Gaming For Social Good: New Site for Social Gaming Promotes Activism
Imagine if the tens of millions who give time and money to tending their Farmville game on Facebook were instead working for social...
It’s National Cell Phone Recycling Week!
Last year, Americans turned in 11.7 million used cell phones, because recycling phones, PDAs, chargers, and batteries is so simple -- easier than buying...
Bank CEO Promises His Millions in Bonus Money to Charity
HSBC boss Michael Geoghegan has confirmed that he will hand over 6 million dollars of his bonus money (£4mil) to charity. The bank said...
‘Hope for Haiti’ Celebrities to Dominate Televisions Tonight
It took only a phone call from George Clooney to get the "Hope for Haiti" telethon started. Expected to be the most widely...
Recycle Your Phones For Haiti
Two days after the earthquake hit Haiti, mobile phone recycler, ReCellular, launched their own disaster relief program in partnership with the American Red...
Hollywood Reaches Out With Donations, While Clooney Plans Telethon
Celebrities are out in front of the effort to help victims of the Haiti earthquake, not only with their personal donations but with the...
New Yorkers Answer Letters to Santa
The United States Postal Service has kicked off its annual "Letters to Santa", inviting people to respond to a child's letter to Santa...
Corporate Values Shine: Body Shop Products Support Causes
For over a quarter century, the Body Shop has built a reputation for integrity and social responsibility. The world's second largest cosmetic franchise...
Gloria Estefan Buys Concert Tickets for Jobless
2,000 unemployed workers in Puerto Rico will be able to attend the Gloria Estefan concert and dance in the upper deck courtesy of...
Imam Urges Muslims to Sign Organ Donor Cards
With Ramadan ending in the coming days, Imam Habeeb Alli is making a special point of what he calls the greatest act of...
FTC Bans Most Robo-Calls
Pesky pre-recorded "robo-calls" were banned by the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday. Those unwanted prerecorded commercial calls soliciting services like car warranties...
Students Take College Giving Courses
In a growing national movement, students are enrolling in newly created philanthropy courses and steering thousands of dollars to local charities. At...
Britain’s First Charity Donor to Give 1 Billion
Fulfilling a personal goal, former science minister and supermarket tycoon Lord Sainsbury has become the first Briton to give more than £1 billion to...
DVD Teaches Autistic Children About Smiles
A new DVD teaches autistic children how to recognize emotions like happiness, anger and sadness through the exploits of vehicles including a train, a...
Keynote Speech at Consumer Electronics Show Pushes Charity
Intel Chairman Craig Barrett announced the launch on Friday of the Small Things Challenge, a one-year charity program that will cost his company a...
Italy’s Poor to Dine on Contraband Caviar
Some homeless people in Italy will be savoring beluga caviar this Christmas, thanks to officials who seized 88 pounds of the contraband delicacy from...
Everyone Wants to be Like Harold Hamilton
"I want to be like Harold Hamilton," was the refrain on blogs and in dozens of comments following a news report on this 86-year-old...