http://www.prnewsnow.com/News for the world!en-ushttp://www.prnewsnow.com/firebase_images/prnn.jpghttp://www.prnewsnow.com1258013218>>Throughout history Americans have been known for their generous spirit and providing assistance to others around the world. Even in the midst of a dismal economic crisis they may not have as much to give yet they continue to give nonetheless. With one humanitarian effort to the Middle East already this year David Haddad of Fumar Events and Fumar Cigars shares the results of his recent 9/11 charitable...]]>1257322179>>Thanksgiving Day dawns the beginning of the holidays and represents the season to give. It8217s almost as if giving and the holiday season have become synonymous. However the men and women of our U.S. Armed Forces dedicate the entire year in our behalf giving their lives to ensure our safety and comfort. This year LowVARates.com has decided to give back to one of our loyal military families through...]]>1255764920>>The Land Trust of Danbury www.landtrustdanbury.org has announced the appointment of Amber Edwards to the position of Volunteer Coordinator. In this new position Amber will develop a formal volunteer coordination program for The Land Trust. Development of the program will entail establishing policies and procedures outreach and recruiting initiatives and volunteer recognition programs. She will also...]]>1254468058>>The Army's Army a community of Cumberland County volunteers is standing behind its pledge to support the military and is investing countless hours communicating with soldiers helping to bring to life everything the area has to offer. Intended as the next best thing to physically being in America's First Military Sanctuary Community newlylaunched social networking site www.FayettevilleWantsYou.com...]]>1254035207>>To help recover the losses associated with Ryerss devastating barn fire on September 12 2009 Ryerss will be holding various events to help raise funds for the rebuilding of the new barn that was completely destroyed. Details can be found on the Ryerss Farm For Aged Equine website at www.ryerss.org.On Saturday September 12th at approximately midday a fire began at the upper barn located on Ryerss Farm....]]>1253529444>>8211 Cumberland Enterprises http://www.clandenterprises.net a leading marketing and sales firm is continuing to experience enormous growth and success including the expansion into new markets and the promotions of three assistant managers. Ranked number one in sales customer retention and winback back acquisitions Cumberland Enterprises has proven their ability to perform and provide a stable work...]]>time()>>Rescue groups nationwide are working with the Humane Society of Missouri HSMO to care for the more than 400 dogs rescued in connection with the largest dog fighting raid in U.S. history. The dogs were seized in a multistate raid by federal and state officers in Missouri Illinois Iowa Nebraska Oklahoma Texas Arkansas and Mississippi. The fate of the dogs will be decided by the federal courts in forfeiture...]]>time()>>What do Carlos Santana Elvis American Idol St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Zoo and Grant's Farm have in common Each has a part in United Way's Online Auction August 10 20. The public is invited to bid on these exciting items and more. The auction has more than 80 items and onetime experiences available. By bidding on items you're helping people in this community through United Way. You can give bid...]]>time()>>Common Impact a nonprofit organization that brings together global companies and local nonprofits to build stronger communities through employee engagement programs announced today that Jennifer Griffin has joined the organization as a consultant managing skillsbased volunteering projects and research with corporate partners in the Richmond Va. and Raleigh NC regions.Griffin comes to Common Impact...]]>time()>>WhatDoIReceive.com has recently launched a new series of pages. The site's primary purpose is to provide information about how people can help their communities and those around them who have benefited them and the benefits that benevolent people receive as a by product of their efforts. The site is a great way for people to find others with the same set of values. The new pages include information...]]>time()>>The Marine Mammal Center will unveil its newly rebuilt headquarters during a private ribbon cutting and celebration on June 5 in Sausalito California. In November 2005 the Center which is one of the largest rescue and rehabilitation organizations for marine mammals in the country began rebuilding its facility located on a decommissioned Nike missile site in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area....]]>time()>>As the SBA www.SBA.gov St. Louis District's HomeBased Business Champion Clontz was recognized for her years of volunteer time and energy to improve conditions for homebased businesses engagement in entrepreneurial training policy development efforts or financial/business planning specifically tailored for homebased businesses demonstrated interest in homebased businesses and presented measurable accomplishments...]]>time()>>Blackbaud Inc. Nasdaq: BLKB http://phx.corporateir.net/phoenix.zhtmlc17667338pirolirhome announced today that it will partner with TechSoup Global a nonprofit organization devoted to making technology and technology education available and affordable to other nonprofits and libraries all over the world to distribute BlackbaudNow http://www.blackbaudnow.com8482 and MatchFinder http://www.blackbaud.com/services/des.aspxmatchfinder174...]]>time()>>leconference. NAPPS America's only nonprofit pet sitting association has been the leading innovator in the field of training professional pet sitters for over 20 years and continues to lead the nation in both the availability and training of its thousands of pet sitting members.ContactFelicia LembesisPhone 8566424430]]>time()>>As National Volunteer Week approaches the growing interest in community service and the large number of unemployed who are giving back has caused a swell in the numbers of volunteers. But as the need for volunteers is also on the rise funds and staff to manage them are being cut leaving groups struggling with how to absorb and deploy new volunteer quotrecruitsquot with meaningful work that will keep...]]>time()>>quotWeb video is the perfect way of communicating with older Web usersquot says Dick Stroud joint MD of The 50plus marketing video agency http://www.intwofocus.com. quotWe are reaching a tipping point when Web video becomes a necessity not an optional addon.quotDick Stroud the founder of the marketing agency 20plus30 http://www.20plus30.com and author of The 50plus Market has partnered with the international...]]>time()>>The Marine Mammal Center celebrated a milestone this week by introducing the first of its elephant seal patients into the hospital's newly rebuilt pens and pools. The seal pups were rescued due to malnourishment and will be cared for at the Center by staff and volunteers until they are healthy and have developed the strength needed to survive back in the wild. In the fall of 2005 the Center embarked...]]>time()>>As mailboxes wait expectantly and as the ads appear in newspapers there is a sense of anticipation. The question buzzing in coffee rooms around the world is: quotWho's getting hungry for this year's Oorah CDquot . A sampler of The Shmorg http://www.oorah.org/auction/2009/cdvideo.html can be viewed on the Oorah site. Oorah's 2009 Shmorg CD named in reference to a full quotshmorgquot at simchas offers...]]>time()>>The United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign a global grassroots initiative to prevent malaria is teaming up with Platinum recording artist Gavin DeGraw and television star Tom Cavanagh for an upcoming goodwill mission to provide longlasting insecticidetreated bed nets to the Nakivale refugee camp in Uganda where more than 40000 refugees are currently settled. DeGraw and Cavanagh will...]]>>>Scientology Volunteer Ministers http://www.volunteerministers.org of Colombia a grassroots community service organization which provides relief for emergencies and natural disasters set out to help the people of their country when flooding from a prolonged rainy season killed 67 and left nearly a million homeless in the last months of 2008The Colombian rainy season typically lasts from June until September...]]>>>Members of the Youth for Human Rights http://www.youthforhumanrights.org chapter in Seattle raised awareness for human rights education on Martin Luther King Jr. Day by hosting a petition drive supporting the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.In 1994 Congress passed the King Holiday and Service Act designating the King Holiday as a national day of volunteer community service. Instead...]]>>>It might seem crazy to get in the water in the middle of winter but that's what Special Olympics' event organizers are hoping hundreds of people will do across Northern California on February 28. The events are being held in three locations to raise money for Special Olympics Northern California so that thousands of athletes with developmental disabilities can continue to train and compete in 2009....]]>>>Scientology Volunteer Ministers http://www.volunteerministers.org a grassroots community service organization which provides onsite relief for emergencies and natural disasters rushed to help overtaxed firefighters police and emergency workers when bushfires broke out in the area around Kinglake and Whittlesea in Victoria Australia on February 7 2009. The fires killed at least 200 and destroyed more...]]>>>During this severe economic downturn President Obama has urged Americans to spend more time helping their fellow citizens. Thousands of laidoff business leaders can fulfill the President's wishes and find new jobs by seeking careers in the nonprofit world one of the only sectors currently experiencing rapid growth in demand.Duncan McDougall founder and Executive Director of the Children's Literacy...]]>>>DonateBot.com has launched a new concept in charity donations. Users can now give to the charity of their choice simply by keeping a web page open or by running a small application in the background. The DonateBot system uses absolutely no annoying popups adware or spyware. Most users will not even realize that they are running DonateBot but the donations they make are still very real.A single computer...]]>>>A team of 25 volunteers from npower's Midland offices will be supporting the Indoor Disability Athletics tournament a two day competition to be held at Birmingham's NIA which marks the first major championship of the 2009 athletics season for schools.Around 320 young disabled athletes from 40 schools across the West Midlands will be competing in the Indoor Disability Athletics tournament making the...]]>>>Over 6000 volunteers have chosen to volunteer abroad with Global Crossroad since 2003. The company receives over 99 positive feedbacks from volunteers who have participated in one of many meaningful programs. The humanitarian trips abroad where participants volunteer in orphanages or teach English and travel to enjoy fascinating places attracts many volunteers each year. Global Crossroad has a proven...]]>>>AmericasMart in Atlanta Ga. the Revolutions awards ceremony will recognize both humanitarians for their tireless efforts to improve communities across the globe./p PAtlanta GA February 22 2009 The Georgia Center for Nonprofits is proud to announce that Ingrid Saunders Jones and Usher Raymond IV will be recipients of the annual Revolutions Philanthropic Awards. Taking place...]]>>>As the U.S. military speeds up its withdrawal of troops from Iraq more then a fourth of all soldiers will return suffering not from bad battle wounds but from bad backs. It's estimated that more than 150000 active and inactive Iraqi servicemen struggle with back pain. In Afghanistan American soldiers are reporting similar problems. The pain is often caused by lifting supplies carrying heavy backpacks...]]>>>All American Homes www.allamericanhomes.com has donated a class C motorhome valued at over 83000 to the quotA Century of Valuesquot team who will soon begin a cross country journey in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. As a former scout I am proud that our company was able to support the Century of Values Tour and the heritage of scoutingquot said Rick Lavers CEO of Coachmen...]]>>>Geographic information system GIS industry leader ESRI has joined forces with the Microsoft Corporation to support the longtime efforts of the Kenyanbased Green Belt Movement.Helping the world reforest and using technology to improve the effectiveness of strategies for helping heal our planet are essential in helping people and nations improve their local and the world's environmentquot says Rob Bernard...]]>>>Bupa Australia today announced it would provide a 100000 cash donation to the Red Cross bushfires appeal as well as matching employee donations and initiating a relief fund in support of the many thousands of Australians who have been affected by the Victorian bushfires. Bupa has also made a commitment to all HBA Health Insurance http://www.hba.com.au/publicinsurancesales/vic/home/index.htm MBF and...]]>>>Future Tech Enterprise Inc. is making another donation on behalf of the company's Change for Change initiative an effort to help local charities continue their good work by collecting spare change. A coffee table collection bin sits in Future Tech's main lobby where visitors and employees can drop in their spare change which is then donated to a charity at the end of the month. Recently Future Tech...]]>>>Charities need to embrace the internet to beat the downturn.Charities are being offered a lifeline to boost their revenue by an internet company based in the UK. Much Loved People has built solutions to be white labelled into a Charity's own website which will secure new contacts and help fund raisers engage their sponsors and raise more sponsorship.Having suffered with breast cancer founder of Much...]]>>>The Church of Scientology http://www.scientology.org in Pasadena California responded to President Barack Obama's quotDay of Servicequot challenge for Martin Luther King Day by honoring Pasadena Fire Department Station 31 with a check for almost 1200. The money will help fund the Pasadena Emergency Response Training program P.E.R.T..Scientology Volunteer Ministers the Church's Boys Scout troop stationed...]]>>>Located at http://www.easyfundraisingideas.com/ on the web Easy Fundraising Ideas servicing fundraising groups nationwide announced this week that they have no association with Peanut Corporation of America PCA and have never used any of their peanuts in any of its facilities or products.Moreover the announced peanut recalls do not include any products currently carried by Easy Fundraising ideas. While...]]>1234685099>>Eurolearn a student study abroad program announces the launch of their new website. Eurolearn is an educational program of GlobaLinks. With main offices located in Westminster Colorado Eurolearn provides college students from around the U.S. and Canada with opportunities to study abroad in England http://www.eurolearn.org/destinations/england/ Ireland Italy Netherlands Scotland and Wales. Director...]]>1233821380>>Soldiers' Angels www.soldiersangels.org founder Patti PattonBader spent a recent day at the Fisher House on the Brooke Army Medical Center BAMC campus with Walt Fricke of Veterans Airlift Command www.veteransairlift.org. Fricke was learning more about the needs of the wounded warriors he assists through by flying them around the country so that they can stay connected to family throughout their recoveries....]]>1233662383>>Some of London's most renowned professionals in the field of special needs believe we should be doing more to help children succeed. Psychologist Dirk Flower and Occupational Therapist Mel Randall along with a host of high flying educators from London's top schools believe there is much more that can be done to help children with special needs overcome their difficulties both at school and in the...]]>1233659158>>On Sunday March 29th 5 Long Island blues bands will participate in a fundraiser for ContractorsForKids.Org. The music for the afternoon includes the quotBrothers 38 Sisters In Blues Touring Groupquot artists such as Killer Joe 38 The Lido Soul Review TBone 38 Franny Mae BigDaddy 38 The Bulldogs Brother Dave 38 The East River Blues Band. The event is produced by Act1Entertanment Inc 38 Allan Spielman...]]>1233303290>>The Cystinosis Research Network a nonprofit organization aimed at supporting and funding research for the rare genetic disorder cystinosis has launched a new brand and enhanced website at www.cystinosis.org. The project included the creation of a new logo and tagline website design and development and the creation of an email marketing strategy which will improve the organization's efficacy as the...]]>1232796531>>The President of a women's startup company takes time off from raising funds for her social network and travels to Haiti the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere to work in a medical clinic. Leigh Behrens who leads the Personal News Network www.pnn.com is volunteering for the Friends of the Children of Haiti www.fotcoh.org a grassroots nonprofit.Behrens has been presenting her firm which she describes...]]>1232790787>>Art 38 Creativity for Healing Inc. http://www.art4healing.org a nonprofit organization that facilitates fine art classes and workshops for children teens and adults suffering from abuse illness grief or stress today announced that the Employee Community Fund of Boeing California has awarded the organization 50000 as part of the 2008 Crystal Vision Awards Program.We feel very blessed that the Employee...]]>1232525234>>Ten years after the deadliest high school shooting in American history Colorado citizens on Thursday will have a chance to tell lawmakers whether or not they want their schools to conduct lockdown drills School Safety Partners http://www.schoolsafetypartners.org announced today.A newly introduced Colorado bill HB091009 requiring schools to conduct special safety drills in addition to traditional fire...]]>1232274805>>his award winning documentary details the efforts of thousands of volunteers who saved the lives of thousands of house pets immediately following the disastrous Hurricane Katrina./p PAnn Arbor Mich. Vocus January 13 2009 Man Smiling Moving Pictures in association with Cave Studio invites the public to a special benefit premiere of An American Opera at the Michigan Theater...]]>1232270943>>Sundance Vacations www.sundancevacations.com was selected as a finalist for the Charity Contribution Award by the Downers Grove Chamber of Commerce. The award will be judged by the company's unique or innovative approaches community involvement employee empowerment and the vision and mission of the selected company. Sundance VacationsDowners Grove participates in numerous charities throughout the Chicagoland...]]>1232267672>>As a hungry public awaits the start of Thin Mint season Girl Scouts are unleashing a new sales tool to supplement gaptoothed smiles VolunteerSpot.com a new webbased signup service simplifying volunteer coordination. Before the cases of cookies arrive from the bakery and are offloaded into a convoy of minivans troop Cookie Coordinators have been busy scheduling thousands of Girl Scouts to staff cookie...]]>1232267315>>galabingo.com part of Gala Coral Group announces that Barack Obama's step mother Kezia Obama is launching a new online charity bingo game to help raise money for Sue Ryder Care. The bingo fan who is from Bracknell Berkshire is to have her own dedicated online bingo game http://www.galabingo.com/obamabingo/ called 'Mrs Obama's Bingo' which will feature on leading gaming site galabingo.com http://www.galabingo.com/...]]>1232006861>>On December 3 the Texas A38M Corps of Cadets honored four cadets with the Distinguished Humanitarian Award for their participation in the Hurricane Ike relieve effort. Lt. Gen. Ret. John Van Alstyne Commandant of the Corps presented the service medal with distinctive ribbon and certificate to Cadet Colonel of the Corps Jordan Reid '09 Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Syed Hussain '09 Cadet Captain Matthew...]]>1231834148>>The award winning EdmondsWoodway High School Drill and Pom Team hosts its fourth annual competition Saturday January 17th from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the EWHS gym. This year's competition will be one of the largest in Western Washington with teams traveling from Bellingham to Vancouver to participate. Participants will compete in several categories including drill pom hiphop kick dance flag and prop....]]>1231689548>>Bill Dube www.billdubehyundai.com and the American Red Cross are asking people to come out and give blood as the recent ice 38 snow storms that hit New England have canceled blood drives. Susan Parmer of the Northern New England Region of the Red Cross' blood services says more than 500 units of blood expected this month have been lost and additional losses are anticipated. Potential donors must be...]]>1231687698>>For the second year in a row Soldiers' Angels volunteers in Louisiana are sending Mardi Gras to deployed soldiers. This year the supported unit will be the 244th Louisiana Guard out of Hammond which is currently deployed to Iraq. If enough items are gathered an additional Guard unit will be added.Last year Louisiana Soldiers' Angels leader Greta Perry led a smallscale support effort sending decorations...]]>1231490243>>Located at http://www.easyfundraisingideas.com/ on the web Easy Fundraising Ideas' announced the implementation of their new customer management and service system. Rapid growth and growing product lines were the driving factors in the decision to add new systems and processes that would ensure that their customer's experience would surpass their current reputation for excellence.Customer satisfaction...]]>1230885996>>Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty Met Council unveiled its online winter campaign this month combining stark visuals and language with enhanced online capabilities to depict wintertime poverty and compel New Yorkers to give.The goal is to raise 50000 over the next three months which will primarily go towards food emergency cash warm clothing and career services for the increasing numbers of New...]]>1230281107>>The Auction Network is conducting an open casting call and looking for two enthusiastic Battlestar Galactica fans to be onair commentators. The open casting call will take place December 30 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Universal CityWalk in Universal City California. Registration will begin at 10:00 a.m. on the patio outside of CityWalk's quotTu Tu Tangoquot restaurant.Propworx and the NBC Universal...]]>1229761023>>Extending their giving culture employees of Cydcor the leading provider of outsourced facetoface sales teams opened their hearts and wallets to help more than 500 Sylmar families who lost their homes in the Sayre fire this November. As wild fires engulfed areas throughout Southern California Cydcor team http://www.cydcor.com/whoweare/executiveteam/ members originally assembled to collect donations...]]>1229760853>>The sales team of Pittsburghbased Chromalox a leading manufacturer of electric heat and control products is quotbearing downquot on cancer by donating 2000 customized teddy bears to children struggling with cancer throughout the United States. As part of a special service event at the firm's annual sales team meeting more than 100 Chromalox staff members dressed and prepared ageandgenderappropriate...]]>1229760537>>Converge is a highly competitive workplace and hundreds of underprivileged kids on the North Shore couldn't be happier about it. This year the hardworking employees of Converge are not only donating Christmas gifts to Gloucesterbased Project Uplift but are actually competing in teams to generate more gifts than ever.It's becoming known as the Mittens Programquot explained Converge's CEO Frank Cavallaro....]]>1229684546>>rks the 18th Anniversary of the Support Systems Homes Network of Treatment Resources./p PCampbell CA December 16 2008 Support Systems Homes Inc. provides programs that offer hope to men women and their families suffering from the devastating consequences of chemical dependency. The Support Systems Homes website http://www.DrugRehabilitation.com helps addicts and others...]]>1229679096>>LoveToBeCatholic.com today announced that nominations are now being accepted for the first annual Catholic New Media and Innovation Awards.Who is the best in Catholic New Media Where are the innovators in Catholic evangelization Tom Hall Founder of www.LoveToBeCatholic.com asked these questions. Not finding definitive answers Mr. Hall decided to launch the first annual Catholic New Media and Innovation...]]>1229676776>>Williams Kherkher Hart Boundas LLP announced today that Houston attorney and philanthropist John Eddie Williams Jr. and his wife Sheridan donated 200000 to the Houston Chronicle's Goodfellows Fund. Every year during the holiday season Goodfellows provides new toys for over 100000 needy children ages 2 to 10. The Houston Chronicle assumes all costs for administering the program allowing donations to...]]>1229501656>>One area of the real estate market that is still building is senior housing. However as with any housing type senior housing development must be well planned. Aging services provider Ecumen http://www.ecumen.org one of the country's largest nonprofit senior housing http://www.ecumen.org/housingsenior.html companies is providing tips for making projects successful with the release of its newest whitepaper...]]>1229242674>>Classic Foods North American Snack Food Manufacturer has donated their All Natural Kettle Classics174 Potato Chips to the John R. Wooden Classic Golf Tournament which will be held on December 11th at Monarch Beach Golf Links.The Wooden Classic is a threeday festivity established by legendary UCLA college basketball coach John Wooden. The Classic kicks off with the charity Golf Tournament followed by...]]>1229242423>>As the holidays approach Mary McCarthy the owner of At Home Pet Sitting San Francisco invites everyone to join in her Animal Wishes and Dreams Pet Food Pet Toys and Pet Supplies collection drive benefiting the pets at Pets Unlimited Adoption Center in San Francisco and providing items to help the animals be comfortable safe and happy till each one finds a loving forever home. Every pet wishes and dreams...]]>1229069260>>This October Cydcor the leading provider of outsourced facetoface sales teams hosted Business Building Blocks a weekend filled with philanthropic and training activities for soontobe office owners. Cydcor elected to sponsor the Boys 38 Girls Club of Venice to support the ongoing efforts of one of its local independent sales offices heavily involved in the organization.As part of the weekend Cydcor...]]>1228983088>>Langosta Lounge an oceanfront bar and restaurant in Asbury Park NJ announced today it will open its doors on Christmas Day to anyone and everyone in need of a free holiday meal. While most restaurants have been busy planning prixfixe menus and taking holiday reservations Langosta Lounge's Marilyn Schlossbach has teamed up with her community ally Pat Sherman and Asbury Park's Trinity Church to plan...]]>1228896394>>If you want to donate to a charitable organization while also providing a deduction for your 2008 tax bill charitable giving expert and philanthropic consultant Lisa M. Dietlin suggests now is the time to make a final decision about which nonprofit organizations to donate to so you don't miss the yearend deadline. This season is traditionally the busiest time for charitable giving this year because...]]>1228809962>>Blackbaud Europe Ltd. a division of Blackbaud Inc. Nasdaq: BLKB http://finance.google.com/financeclientob38qNASDAQ:BLKB announced today that Oxford University http://www.ox.ac.uk/ has selected Blackbaud Enterprise CRM http://www.blackbaud.com/products/crm/bbec/bbecoverview.aspx8482 to support its global fundraising operations.We selected Blackbaud as our partner and Enterprise CRM as the database system...]]>1228723527>>Unitus Inc. an international nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing global poverty by accelerating access to microfinance and Whole Planet Foundation a Whole Foods Market foundation that funds microlending projects in communities where the Company sources products today announced plans to fuel the growth of microfinance in the coffeegrowing regions of Kenya. The partnership will leverage the...]]>1228551382>>LoveToKnow Inc. announced a new online campaign that will allow users of the LoveToKnow.com online community to choose a nonprofit organization to receive a donation from the company. This is the first time LoveToKnow has involved users in their decisionmaking when it comes to charitable giving.Beginning December 1 LoveToKnow will ask users to vote on one of four organizations Susan G. Komen for the...]]>1228464371>>Orlando Florida. One MATHCOUNTS Club coach and four students will win an allexpenses paid trip to watch the 2009 Raytheon MATHCOUNTS National Competition at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando./p PAlexandria VA December 8 2008 The deadline to register for the 2009 MATHCOUNTS174 Competition Program is drawing near: December 12. There is still time...]]>1228209340>>Seven noted authors have stepped up to support Project ValourIT www.soldierangels.org/valour by donating autographed books for auction and more are anticipated to join them. The books are being auctioned on eBay to raise money to help Soldiers' Angels provide adaptive laptops to wounded or disabled service members. David Weber David Drake John Ringo David J. Williams Dean Ing Mark L. Van Name and...]]>1228206437>>Entrepreneurs Alex Mandossian and Linda M. Lopeke cofounders of SmartStart Giving team up with billionaire Bill Bartmann for the SmartStart Giving http://smartstartgiving.org monthly microfundraising call November 28 at 11:00 am Eastern. The trio will end the call by announcing the final three winners in Mandossian's 5.4 million dollar campaign to support homegrown economic change launched last month....]]>1228129120>>Horseshoe Gift Packaging174 LLC www.horseshoepkg.com is very pleased to announce that it's Lucky You Ribbon a part of the Blue Ribbon Blue174 Collection has been selected by the Mighty Mallard Mustangs Youth Club a Saddlebred Riding Club located in Georgetown Kentucky to help raise funds for several national charities including the American Cancer Society.The idea to use the Lucky You Ribbon a bright...]]>1228128862>>Since 2003 in the Darfur region of Sudan over 400000 people have been killed and over 2 million have been displaced many of them children. In Oman the fine for using child labor is only 1300. It is estimated that approximately one out of every ten children die before they reach age five in Djibouti. In the Second Lebanon War over 1/3 of the casualties were children. The average murder rate in Jamaica...]]>1228128680>>Located at http://www.easyfundraisingideas.com/ on the web Easy Fundraising Ideas announced this week that the large increases in web site traffic catalog requests fundraiser bookings and sales it is seeing are the direct result of customer service web site and process enhancements that the company has focused on over the past 12 months. In addition it attributes added product lines and increased marketing...]]>1228128353>>ITLE nbspnbsp PCalling all South Florida Students Make a Difference in Your Community by Participating in Global Youth Services Day which is being Held on January 19 2009/P pThe OppGuide is seeking volunteers to help us serve our community for GYSD. Youth simply need to perform...]]>1228128319>>Parkson Corporation a wholly owned subsidiary of Axel Johnson Inc. takes its role as an environmental company a step further and is launching a quotGiving Campaignquot amongst its employees.For more than 40 years Parkson has been designing engineering solutions to treat water and wastewater fundamental to maintaining quality of life and securing the environment. In addition to Parkson's contributions...]]>1228128093>>Blackbaud Inc. Nasdaq: BLKB concluded its ninth annual Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits today. With more than 1200 nonprofit leaders from around the world the threeday conference featured 120 sessions focused on Internet strategy fundraising technology financial management prospecting and analysis marketing and leadership. My colleagues from the Florida State University Foundation and I found...]]>1228128075>>This holiday season Right Start a national specialty retailer of juvenile products for infants and young children in collaboration with The Help Group National Autism Foundation will conduct a toy drive www.thehelpgroup.org in all of its 36 store locations throughout the United States. This wonderful program will brighten the holiday season for children with autism and other special needs ages 5 and...]]>1228127654>>With the approaching holiday season families are getting creative when it comes to giving and spending time together. In fact thousands are planning to give the gift of their time by volunteering as a family and many are starting this weekend on Family Volunteer Day.On November 22 families throughout the world will unite in service as part of Family Volunteer Day a signature program of HandsOn Network...]]>1228127465>>Rainy Day Memories a provider of personalized announcement cards launched a series of cards in support of The Orphan Foundation. The announcements include birth announcements invitations holiday greeting cards photo montages calendars and general photography. The various offerings can be customized to each client's tasks and message and include photos of themselves children families or pets. To see...]]>1228127353>>TDS Telecommunications Corp. is inviting its 2600 fulltime employees to volunteer and they are backing up the challenge with 16 hours of paid time off per year to make it happen. In total the volunteerism time adds up to more than 40000 hours that employees could be volunteering in communities across the nation. The 2009 TDS Telecommunications Corp. volunteer program recognizes the importance of...]]>1228127335>>In keeping with the company's philosophy towards philanthropic efforts HiiFinance Corporation www.hiifinance.com Principals Mr. A. Huda Farouki and Mrs. Samia Farouki were Sponsors of the American Red Cross Humanitarian Prize. Presented by the American Red Cross and the Atlantic publication the inaugural prizes were awarded to Mr. Younis Al Khatib President Palestine Red Crescent Society and Dr. Noam...]]>1228127202>>A local Korean woman and the Wolf Pack Airman whose blood donation saved her life met for the first time when she visited Kunsan Air Base Nov. 21 2008. Airman Tamarias Pope 8th Security Forces Squadron met up with 22yearold You Jin Pak allowing the 19yearold Airman to put a face to the person his lifesaving donation reached. Meeting her was a really good experiencequot said Airman Pope. quotMost people...]]>1228126854>>Business Solutions International http://www.bsiboston.com/whoweare.phpBSI Boston a leading outsourced sales and marketing company in the Boston area recently organized a BowlAThon to raise money for quotOperation Smile.quot The event held at the Boston Bowl raised a total of 7200 for Operation Smile a worldwide medical charity that helps needy children get lifealtering surgeries to fix their facial...]]>1228126661>>With hurricane season in the rearview mirror and storms Ike and Gustav long since passed ResortQuest still hasn't closed its doors to storm evacuees. On Monday just a few days before Thanksgiving ResortQuest of Northwest Florida www.resortquestnwfl.compresented the Red Cross with a check for 10000 for hurricane relief efforts in areas where the storms hit. This past fall during tropical storms Gustav...]]>1228126559>>Clements International turned a typical day at work into an opportunity to give back to the community yesterday when over 40 staff members volunteered at So Others Might Eat S.O.M.E. a local nonprofit providing food clothing and other services to the area's homeless.S.O.M.E. is completely reliant on volunteers to carry out its mission. For the past several years Clements International has held food...]]>1228124290>>6S Marketing http://www.6smarketing.com announces that it will lend a hand to Vancouverbased charity imagine1day to assist in the official launch and marketing of their new website. 6S will be donating its expertise in Search Engine Optimization and has extended access to their valuable partnership with Google to increase awareness of imagine1day which provides quality primary education to children...]]>1219562283>>The holidays are marked by sharing time with the people we love. But for many of our nations heroes December is just another month abroad fighting to preserve our freedom. Now Soldiers Angels and BakeMeAWish are offering the Freedom Cake a unique opportunity to send a cake to family members friends or clients while also showing a soldier that he or she is in our thoughts too. For only 75 you can send...]]>1219389396>>All the comforts of home. For the families of ill and injured children utilizing Ronald McDonald House Charities http://www.rmhc.com RMHC facilities the comforts of home bring a sense of normalcy during a time thats anything but normal. And as the new official furniture http://www.lazboy.com provider for RMHC LaZBoy will help provide a homeawayfromhome to families when they need it most. RMHC and...]]>1219217483>>Faced with a growing backlog of families that need financial help to adopt 52 children The Orphan Foundation is trying to lure in donations by creating a raffle http://www.theorphanfoundation.org/freegasraffle.htm to win 10years of free gas. The projected value of the prize is based on US gas prices averaging 4 per gallon this year and then rising 10 per year to an average of 9.43 per gallon by the...]]>1218784738>>Todd and Debbie ArgelBastians world came crashing in three years ago when they received word that their son Derek Argel an Air Force special operations combat controller had been killed in action while serving in Iraq. Argel who graduated of the Air Force Academy left behind a legacy of dedication motivation and perseverance as well as a leaving behind his wife Wendy and young son Logan. This weekend...]]>1218179563>>UltimateBet today announced the sponsorship of the first annual Tony and Eva Parker Celebrity Casino Night benefiting Evas Heroes. Founded by Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria Evas Heroes is dedicated to enriching the lives of those with developmental challenges and helping children and young adults with special needs to integrate and flourish in society.Im incredibly excited that the popularity...]]>1218007036>>Photojournalist and Hollywood producer Edward Nachtrieb will donate a portion of DVD sales of his powerful new documentary film All the Way Home to nonprofit Soldiers Angels. The film follows a group of recovering wounded veterans many of whom have been assisted by Soldiers Angels as they take a trip down Montanas remote Smith River. Surrounded by the quiet beauty of one of Americas great fishing...]]>1217833772>>Reforestation to fix carbon is the environmental policy priority of the Nobel Prize and president of Costa Rica Dr. Oscar Arias S. It is intended that the country is Carbon Neutral that is to remove carbon from the atmosphere as much as its added with the emissions of gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect. Along with control of such emissions of harmful gases from different sources it is aimed...]]>1217662129>>Alley Cat Allies the national advocate for stray and feral cats announced the relaunch of www.alleycat.org the official Internet resource for people who care about outdoor cats and want to put an end to animal control and shelter policies that kill them.The new web site features resources for feral cat colony caregivers veterinarians policymakers journalists and the general public including comprehensive...]]>1217402143>>SimplePath Inc. http://www.simplepath.org will present Mr. Leving a national litigator and consultant and the founder and leader of The Illinois Council on Responsible Fatherhood the Council with the Presidents Volunteer Service Award. The award will be presented tomorrow July 30th at 3p.m. at the law office of Mr. Leving 19 S. LaSalle St. Suite 450 Chicago IL.Mr. Leving is accepting the award on behalf...]]>1217279625>>For years our tag line for Brambleton has been Connect with Life comments Kim Adams the developments Director of Sales and Marketing. Time and time again our residents prove that this isnt an advertising line but a statement of fact.Putting weight behind Adams proud endorsement ten members of Brambletons staff and a host of enthusiastic community residents turned out May 31 to participate in the Arthritis...]]>1217143145>>WHAT: Red Cross Blood Drive Blood Mobile WHEN: Friday August 8 2008 Event Hours: 11 am 5 pmWHERE: 710 Fair Oaks Ave. South Pasadena CA 91030 Next to Bristol Farms and the Coffee Bean The Blood Mobile will be in the Mammas Parking LotWHO: You. We need your help to save lives. Donors 16 17 years of age please bring your parents for authorizationWHY:...]]>