End Hunger: Drive, Collect, Honk or Just Show Up
NASCAR's Jeff Gordon drives. AARP state offices organize food collections. People donate food and money. Two Indiana teenagers raised $1,600 with a Hunger Honk-a-Thon......
View ArticleThe Speed of Inspiration
Sometimes inspiration travels fast. As in 150-mph fast. Pull up a bucket seat and a roll cage and I'll explain.
View ArticleIt's the Donor's Money
Have you ever noticed that when you buy a tube of toothpaste from the grocery store, that you never think the money you spend still belongs to you? Fact: you exchanged the money for the toothpaste....
View ArticleIn a Time of Enmity, the Charitable Deduction May Be Too Good to Give Up
The Federal Government is looking for money. I know, big surprise. Next target: remove the charitable gift deduction.
View Article4 More Ways to Cut Back on Your Fundraising Mail
A few weeks ago, I shared some thoughts on how to cut back on the mail/email you receive from well intentioned organizations. There were some excellent comments from readers that pointed out some...
View ArticleRetirement Community Residents Have Fun Baring All For Charity Calendar
Inspired by the 2003 Helen Mirren movie Calendar Girls, a dozen women of Riderwood Village retirement community in Maryland have bared (almost) all to raise money for fellow residents struggling...
View ArticleA Pianist Who Plays for Charity
What did you do this summer? Hit the beach? Visit the in-laws? Take the grandkids to Disney World?
View ArticleCommunity Comes Together to Build a Playground for All Ages
Judith Haskins, 70, couldn’t wait for Monday. As a teacher at the Cora Kelly School for Math, Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va., she knew her first-grade students would burst into her classroom...
View ArticleHelp Beat Hunger in Small Ways, With Love
I believe that anything you really want to do you’ll do with love. That way, it resonates with everyone.
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