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Apple’s Employee Matching Gift Program Yields More Than $50 Million for Charity
By Julia Love CUPERTINO — Three years after Apple began matching employee donations, the program has yielded more than $50 million for charity. And on…
Helping Kids Feel Better Through Wish Experiences
It’s taken less than 35 years for Make-A-Wish® to become one of the most-recognized charities in the world. From our first official wish in 1980…
Happy Birthday to our Member, A Wider Circle!
Message from A Wider Circle Founder & Executive Director, Mark Bergel: Thirteen years ago, to this day, A Wider Circle was born. I remember clearly…
Doing the Right Thing
By Will Bunch A perfect storm of factors has encouraged the new age of employee-focused social responsibility. One has been the increasing number of millennials…
Internship Program Seeks to Inspire Innovation, Service
By Derek Hardin WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — An honors student/student body president, a PhD student at the University of California – Berkeley, and a…
Why Good Companies Finish First
By Sam Becker What responsibility do businesses have to their local communities? How important is that responsibility to consumers? Turns out that most people consider social responsibility…
Home Outfitted Through Good360 Becomes First Renovated Home to Receive “Zero Energy Ready” Distinction
The Department of Energy recently recognized the energy efficiency of a retrofitted 60-year-old home in Garland, Texas, which Good360 helped outfit through a partnership with…
Target, Walmart Get Behind Natural Brands in Major CSR Push
By Sheila Shayon Steadfast retailing rivals Target and Walmart came together earlier this month under one uniting topic: sustainability. The pair co-hosted the Beauty and Personal…
A Gender Lens For Giving: Women In Philanthropy Urged To Invest More In Women And Girls
By Tom Watson Women in philanthropy can – and should – commit far greater resources to advancing the cause of women and girls in the…
How Lauren Zimniski Applies Purpose to Work Through Her Role With Give Kids The World
Each year 27,000 children are diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, and more than half of those children wish to visit a Central Florida attraction or…
What You Need to Know About Workplace Giving and Why It Matters
Regardless of how small or inexperienced your company might be when it comes to social responsibility, your company and its employees have the power to…
Junior Achievement of New York Announces New Funding for 2014-2015 School Year
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jacqueline Dolly Phone: 212-907-0046 Email: jdolly@jany.org September 23, 2014 JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NEW YORK ANNOUNCES NEW FUNDING FOR THE 2014-2015…