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Make your charitable gift count with workplace giving
Every Thursday, you can find Eastside Baby Corner (EBC) core volunteer, Sandi Dong, in the nonprofit’s distribution center toy room sorting through half-dressed dolls, miss-matched puzzle pieces…
Case Study: Embedding Human Rights Across a Global Technology Company
For Microsoft, implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights posed three main challenges: First, the technology sector can affect a number of…
Parents, 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…
6 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…
Sodexo 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…
Connecting 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…
Walden 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…
Drug 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…
Rating 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…
A State’s Marriage Ban Means Lack of Security for Family of Parent With Terminal Diagnosis
In a marriage ceremony 16 years ago, Susan and Sally pledged “til death do us part” in front of God, their family and their friends.…
I Am Thankful
By Alex Otte, a member of MADD’s National Teen Influencer Group In my life, I have been greatly affected by other people’s decisions regarding alcohol. When…
Maria’s Journey
From a young age, Maria had struggled with her weight. She unsuccessfully tried diet and exercise programs. By the time she was 9, she weighed…