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Good360 Teams-up With Home Depot Foundation to Donate Mattresses to Omaha’s Homeless Veterans
OMAHA, Neb. —The Home Depot Foundation and Good360 donated 40 mattresses to New Visions Homeless Services to help homeless veterans in Omaha. “They get a…
Your Employees are the Key to Your Cause Marketing Strategy
By Angela Parker Today I’m in Chicago for the annual Cause Marketing Forum. While the content of this event’s sessions never fail to provide new information and…
Arby’s Foundation Commits to Provide More Than 10 Million Meals to Children in Need This Summer Through “School’s Out, Food’s In” Program
ATLANTA, May 28, 2015 /3BL Media/ – As the final bell nears at schools across America, millions of children await the joys of summer. But for millions…
Creating Transformative versus Transactional Volunteer Experiences
As a nonprofit, what kind of volunteer experience are you providing? Are you going through the motions, handing volunteers a paint brush or pointing them…
CSR World Congress & Charities@Work Reinforce Sustainable Business for Fostering Social Change
“I am the biggest believer in responsibility—social and otherwise.” Many responsibly-minded leaders and their organizations the world over endorse this view. Increasingly, conferences and gatherings…
State Farm Announces Canine Assist Team Starting Five
Earlier this year, Cliff Paul made the State Farm® National Bureau of Assists starting five. We are now pleased to announce the State Farm Canine Assist…
A Wider Circle Makes Big Step Towards Helping More People
Yesterday was a big day for America’s Charities member, A Wider Circle. They are now proud owners of a building, which will empower them to dramatically…
Should the Government Mandate Corporate Volunteering?
By Corey Diamond You may not have heard, but there’s a controversy brewing across the pond, as the re-elected Conservative UK government has mandated that all companies must provide…
Time to Rethink Your Approach to Employee Giving
How happy are you with your company’s workplace giving fundraising results and employee participation rates? Could be happier? Then maybe it’s time to rethink…
Study Suggests New Way of Preventing Diabetes-Associated Blindness
Reporting on their study with lab-grown human cells, researchers at The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland say that blocking a second blood…
The Day When Three Words Change Your Life
By Maret Seitz I’m Maret Seitz. This is the second installment in our series for LIVESTRONG, so if you missed the first, click here and here to see where…
Why Don’t We Take Tanning as Seriously as Tobacco?
By Sherry Pagoto, PhD In 2009, upon review of the science on tanning beds and cancer, the International Agency for Research on Cancer assigned tanning…