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Attend Good Neighbors’ Holiday Crafts Party & Photobooth on Giving Tuesday
Good Neighbors is an international humanitarian NGO committed to child education, community development, and emergency relief projects in more than 30 countries. On Giving Tuesday, Good Neighbors is hosting a holiday crafts and photobooth event that’s FREE to the public! Guests can participate in free snacks and drinks, crafts and a photobooth. They will have a…
Read MoreMake Your Donation Count Twice on #GivingTuesday by Supporting Give Kids The World
Give Kids The World Village (GKTW) is a 70-acre, non-profit, storybook resort in Central Florida that provides unforgettable, cost-free vacations to children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Their goal is to provide the happiness that inspires hope to these precious children along with the opportunity to create family memories that will last a lifetime.…
Read MoreSupport the Arts on #GivingTuesday by Donating to Signature Theatre
Signature Theatre is a Tony Award®-winning, non-profit professional theater company with a mission to produce contemporary musicals and plays, reinvent classic musicals, develop new work, and reach its community through engaging educational and outreach opportunities. On #GivingTuesday, help Signature Theatre with a challenge grant. New and increased gifts will be matched. >> Learn More and…
Read MoreSupport 100 Black Men of America’s Mentoring Programs on #GivingTuesday
100 Black Men of America (The 100) is an alliance of men of African descent that are leaders in business, industry, public affairs and government. These men devote their combined skills and resources to confront the challenges facing youth. The 100 mentors youth through a worldwide network of chapters. Across the United States and Internationally,…
Read MoreCorona Queens Teen Has $10,000 Reason to Give Thanks at the Junior Achievement of New York Annual Award Dinner
[NEW YORK, NY] – A Corona, Queens student has $10,000 reasons to give thanks this coming Holiday Season. On Tuesday, November 18, Joseph Hernandez, a 12th grade student at the Academy of Finance and Enterprise high school, received a $10,000 Student of the Year Scholarship Award to support his college dreams at the 2014 Junior…
Read MoreParents, children bond by volunteering together at Washington-area nonprofits
By Caitlin Gibson The family of four took more than a week to fashion turkey centerpieces out of cinnamon-scented pine cones and colorful construction paper, to make cardboard-cutout pumpkins and paint them with inspirational words: “Compassion, sharing, community.” The family took one weekend afternoon to bring their homemade decorations to a nonprofit organization in the District…
Read More6 Steps to Being a Better Corporate Citizenship Partner
Creating public-private partnerships in corporate citizenship is rarely easy. Scorecards, conference calls, memoranda of understanding, and that’s before you’ve even begun the actual project. So why are CSR professionals seeking more partners, further collaboration, and more strategic alignment? One of the biggest reasons is because stakeholders, especially consumers, are noticing who your partners are and…
Read MoreSodexo Supports Montgomery County, MD By Taking The Community Profits Montgomery Pledge
GAITHERSBURG, Md, November 19, 2014 /3BL Media/ – Sodexo, Inc., a leader in delivering sustainable, integrated facilities management and foodservice operations which is headquartered in Gaithersburg, today joins with other local leaders in taking the Community Profits Montgomery pledge. Community Profits Montgomery is an initiative that promotes companies that give back. Launched by Bethesda Magazine…
Read MoreConnecting Business Talent to Nonprofit Need, Pro Bono Style
By Robert B. Acton A year and a half ago, the two of us sat together in a diner in Queens, New York – just across the Hudson River from Manhattan – imagining over cups of coffee what a robust and impactful pro bono and skill-based volunteer marketplace in our region would look like. What…
Read MoreWalden University Survey Reveals Younger Adults are Believed to be More Passionate About Positive Social Change
A young person’s passion can be powerful when it comes to positive social change, but knowledge and experience from older adults are necessary to transform it into action. According to Walden University’s 2014 Social Change Impact Report, a majority of adults (66%, on average) believe that younger adults are more passionate about positive social change than…
Read MoreDrug Restores Memory Function in Alzheimer’s Model
Building on earlier work funded by BrightFocus, researchers have discovered a promising new drug compound that reverses some Alzheimer’s effects on memory in mice. Four years ago, a research team led by BrightFocus grantee and Nobel Laureate Dr. Paul Greengard established the connection between increased striatal-enriched tyrosine phosphatase (STEP) levels and Alzheimer’s changes in mice,…
Read MoreRating U.S. Workplaces on LGBT Equality
Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2015 Corporate Equality Index is the national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees. In the 2015 CEI report, 366 major businesses — spanning nearly every industry and geography — earned a top score of 100 percent and the distinction of “Best Places…
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