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How to Celebrate Food Allergy Action Month This May With FARE
This year FARE is expanding Food Allergy Awareness Week by declaring the entire month of May as Food Allergy Action Month – a time to take action and make an impact on behalf of the 15 million Americans with food allergies. Our goal in expanding to a month-long initiative is to go beyond raising awareness…
Read MoreUnite to Fight Pet Cancer With Morris Animal Foundation’s Pet Cancer Information Kit
Do you know what the top 10 warning signs of cancer in dogs is? How about for cats? Every pet deserves a long, healthy life. Unfortunately, cancer ends the lives of more dogs and cats than any other disease, and too many families have lived through this heartache and loss. With more than 30 active cancer…
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Employee Development Through CSR Programs
Employees are increasingly demanding that their workplaces not only provide opportunities for them to develop within the business, but outside of it too. With CSR remaining high on the agenda and workers craving the challenges and learning that come via volunteering and community-based initiatives, organisations must master the world of ‘intelligent volunteering’ that not only…
Read MoreEmpowering Movements for Global Education Reform
By Wendy Kopp Some time ago, I attended a gathering of social entrepreneurs who went around and around debating whether attaining significant scale was important, or whether social entrepreneurs would be better off staying small and working instead for system-level change. The answer really depends on your theory of change. For the social enterprises around the world that…
Read MoreWhat Do Corporations Want and Expect From Nonprofit Partnerships?
What do corporations want and expect out of their relationships with nonprofits? In the video clip above, Emily Simone, Director of Community Relations for Lockheed Martin, draws on her experiences to answer this question at America’s Charities’ April 24th Giving Under The Influence Symposium in Washington, D.C. The discussion was geared to an audience of…
Read MoreChildren’s Miracle Network Hospitals Earns Top Honors for Best-in-Class Cause Marketing
>> Watch This Video The Cause Marketing Golden Halo Award (Nonprofit), the highest honor for companies and causes that collaborate to produce business and social dividends, will be bestowed on Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals at the2014 Cause Marketing Forum conference. The award will be accepted by John Lauck, CEO at Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, at…
Read MoreHow to Make Money from CSR Activities
Good product performance pays while good environmental performance doesn’t, research published in Strategic Management Journal says. Earlier studies show mixed results on the financial benefits of corporate social responsibility activities; in this one, researchers from the University of South Carolina and the University of Nebraska examined the profitability of two CSR components: product social performance and environmental social performance. Lauren Turner…
Read MoreBook Shelf: Dress for Success’ “Threads”
We usually reserve the Dress for Success Blog to tout the accomplishments, advice and stories of others, but we are so incredibly proud about our latest project that we just would shout it from the mountain tops if, you know, there were mountain tops in New York City! We are amazed every day by the…
Read MoreThe Faces of Diabetes: Chris Fraker, Ph.D.’s Personal Connection to T1D
Curing diabetes is not just a job for the DRI’s Dr. Chris Fraker…it’s personal! Dr. Fraker was recently featured on The Faces of Diabetes — where he discusses his work, personal connection to T1D and commitment to finding a cure: >> Continue Reading
Read MoreFinding Hope Together: In Celebration of World Autism Day
How many of us are raising or know a child with autism? Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is a brain disorder that is characterized by difficulties in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviors. It is estimated by the Centers for Disease Control that 1 out of every 68 children worldwide is affected. Though…
Read MoreAYA Fertility Results: Knowledge Leads to Action
Did you know, based on a 2012 study by The LIVESTRONG Foundation, 76% of survivors do not preserve their fertility before they are treated for cancer. LIVESTRONG has been responsive to this need among cancer patients and survivors through LIVESTRONG Fertility, a program that helps individuals diagnosed with cancer become informed about reproductive risks and…
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