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Second Annual Be Cruelty-Free Week
Source: The Humane Society of the United States The global Be Cruelty-Free campaign to end animal testing for cosmetics launches its second annual Be Cruelty-Free Week with an infographic providing the tools to take action, the support of actress, dancer and former model Jenna Dewan Tatum, a video featuring cruelty-free beauty bloggers and a special promotion with Vegan Cuts. The…
Read MoreFor More Than 400,000 Americans Living With MS, MSAA’s Programs & Services are Vital
There are over 1.5 million nonprofit organizations in the United States, each playing a crucial role in lives and social issues across the country and around the world. With so many charities, how does anyone know who to support and why? The purpose of this blog is to help you discover and connect with some…
Read More51 Million Possibilities Thanks to Federal Employees
Source: The Washington Post Express $51 million. Despite a government shutdown and furloughs in the middle of the prime giving season, federal employees donated $51,200,000 to charities during the 2013 Combined Federal Campaign of the National Capital Area. That translates into 51 million chances to educate a child, heal the sick, and save a…
Read MoreVolunteering for Engagement
Source: HumanCapitalist.com by Courtney Buchanan Companies are facing an employee engagement problem: 70 percent of the workforce is disengaged. To provide employees value and create a workplace community, turn to volunteerism as part of the solution to disengagement, suggests Charles Coy of Cornerstone OnDemand. Company culture matters to job seekers and current employees, and increasingly employees are looking at…
Read MoreCan Corporate Volunteering and Giving Actually Create Engagement at Work?
Source: Forbes by Ryan Scott You want your company culture to be one of giving back – and it would be nice if you could get back as much as you give back. That is to say, engagement in your employee giving and volunteer programs is just a starting point: you’d also like to see…
Read MoreCSR is More Deeply Embedded in Business According to New Research
Source: CSRwire When it comes to corporate citizenship, above-average industry performers are more likely to have a formal corporate citizenship department, a program led at the executive level, and higher budgets for corporate citizenship and charitable giving. These are the findings of the Profile of the Practice 2013, a biennial signature research report from the Carroll…
Read MoreTurning Employees into Sustainable Assets
Source: Charities@Work By Mary MacDonald, EarthShare What would profit and loss statements look like if they included factors like employee happiness, retention, job referrals and volunteerism? In 1999, management guru Peter Drucker predicted the shift in the importance of a company’s most valuable resources. “The most valuable assets of a 20th-century company was its production…
Read MoreJohn Wayne Cancer Institute Research Improves Melanoma Care
Source: Beverly Hills Courier The John Wayne Cancer Institute (JWCI) at Saint John’s Health Center, in partnership with organizations like the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute, confirmed last week the benefits of sentinel node biopsy in melanoma treatment. The results of the globally collaborated phase III study “Final Trial Report of Sentinel-Node…
Read MoreLove is a Right, Hate is a Crime
Source: Amnesty International USA This post is part of a series produced by The Huffington Post and Amnesty International USA in the theme of “Bringing Human Rights Home.” Read all posts in the series here. Over the weekend, Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni signed into law a bill that criminalizes being gay. Moreover, it criminalizes the “promotion of homosexuality,”…
Read MoreUnderage Drinking is Not Only a Problem for Youth; It’s an Adult Problem Too
Source: MADD Teen alcohol use kills approximately 4,700 people each year – more than all illegal drugs combined. Underage drinking is not only a problem for our youth; it’s an adult problem too. More than half of teens who drink are getting their alcohol from adults. The TODAY Show tested this in a segment featuring MADD…
Read MoreWife of Murdered Prison Guard Urges Justice For Man Convicted of Her Husband’s Murder
Source: Amnesty International The morning of 17 April 1972 will be forever etched on Leontine Rogers’ memory. The 17-year-old trainee beautician, known as Teenie, woke up early, had breakfast and drove her 23-year-old husband Brent Miller to work. He was a guard at the notorious Angola prison in the state of Louisiana. A few hours…
Read MoreWhat’s Next at Teach For America?
Source: Teach For America This week, Co-CEOs Matt Kramer and Elisa Villanueva Beard announced two new initiatives on a live webcast about what’s next at TFA. Below is a partial transcript from the webcast. Click here to read the full transcript. *** Nine years ago, I was facing one of those “two roads diverged in a…
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