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Fast Stats About Giving in America Today
By Ryan Scott The annual Giving USA Foundation report has just been released, and the numbers tell an interesting story about corporate giving.  An alarming story, that is. Here’s what you need to know: Americans gave $335.17 billion to charity in 2013.  Which sounds good until you read the fine print and understand that we’re barely keeping up as…
Read More29 Ideas for #GivingTuesday 2014 you haven’t thought of
By George Weiner We hope you are participating in #GivingTuesday 2014 – the nonprofit sector is trying to build a herd mentality in the same way that online retailers built up Cyber Monday. This past year, Cyber Monday revenue grew 21%, with a record of approximately $2.29 billion in sales (IBM 2013). What’s more, the sector is…
Read MoreHow to garner attention for a company’s philanthropic deeds
By Michelle Gilbert Many companies place tremendous emphasis on garnering positive publicity from their philanthropic efforts. Unfortunately, news outlets don’t have the time, space or manpower to cover all of the good-for-the-community initiatives that cross their desks. Unless your announcement is on par with the Ilitch family donating $8 million for high-tech surgery research, there’s no…
Read MoreRaise Office Morale and Money for Charity
By Rachel Taninecz Looking for a fun way to do some office team building? Â Would your office like to give back to the community? There are several easy ways to achieve both at the same time! Here are some examples of how you can boost the feel-good in your office and bring comfort and…
Read MoreImpact in Action: Meet Inn Resident Julia Kain
Julia Kain of Ocala, Florida travels to The Children’s Inn for a week out of every month so that doctors can study and treat her rare, genetic, neurodegenerative disease called Niemann Pick, Type C (NPC). It took several years and a good deal of determination on her mother Tonya’s part to enroll Julia in a…
Read MoreStories from the field: New Florida law backed by SPLC helps young immigrants pursue dreams
By Eileen Espinal As a community youth advocate with the SPLC, I recently spoke with a wonderful group of young immigrants in Florida about the challenges they face. Their stories differed, but they all shared the common dream of learning, growing and giving back to their communities. But at the time, there was a large…
Read MoreRylee Finds Strength in NASCAR Favorite Kasey Kahne
Rylee has been told she can’t ride a bike because she lacks muscle tone in her legs, but she pedals down the street. Â She’s been told she can’t cartwheel and tumble with her fellow cheerleaders because of her hydrocephalous and the shunt in her brain, but she puts on her uniform, grabs her pompoms and…
Read MoreTacoma Goodwill Employee Testifies Before Congressional Subcommittee
By Laura Walling This week I had the great pleasure of working with Sandra Collins, assistant store manager from Goodwill Olympics and Rainier Region (Tacoma, WA), as she testified before a House Ways and Means subcommittee during a hearing titled Subsidized Job Programs and Their Effectiveness in Helping Families Go to Work and Escape Poverty.…
Read MoreChildren’s National Helps Baby Teresa Bounce Back from “Dive Bomb Towards Death”
For the first few days of my sweet daughter’s life, we had no idea that she was sick. Tess is my fourth child. She got a perfect score on her Apgar exam. At 4-days old, I took her to the hospital Emergency Department (ED) for dehydration. The doctors thought she had a simple jaundice problem.…
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