About three times a week, I leaf through my entire Twitter feed to see what is going on in the great wide world. In doing so, I come across a lot of great things, like blog posts that are informative and companies I’ve never heard of. I also tend to find at least two to […]
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As I was strolling through articles doing some research, I came upon an article about why Black History Month should be used to sing the praises of unsung heroes. One of the articles I read was accompanied by a picture of a woman holding up a sign that said very simply, “Reclaim the Dream.” Ever
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I think I spend as much time buying stuff for my six-pound yorkie Charlie as I do for my two kids. I shop at a Petco near my house. Whenever I swipe my credit card at the register I get a message from the Petco Foundation, which helps shelters find homes for orphaned pets, asking for
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Predominantly, it’s probably safe to say, most cause organizations concentrate on how to get people to donate to their cause. When fundraising events are going on, there is a single monetary objective. If you meet or exceed that objective, you are successful. If you don’t hit that goal, you need to go back and analyze
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A decade-old holiday tradition continued this year in Morris, Illinois when an anonymous donor dropped three gold coins into a Salvation Army red kettle. These aren’t just any coins. They’re worth $1,835. I bet you didn’t drop that much into the red kettle outside your supermarket! No matter. We all give in our own way.
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A few weeks ago, I watched a rather disturbing documentary called Dreams of a Life. The documentary was about a woman named Joyce Carol Vincent, who was found in her apartment approximately three years after she had died, apparently of natural causes. The newspaper story that was published after her remains were discovered haunted many
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It’s Thanksgiving week, and while I’m consumed with visions of turkey, cranberry sauce (canned, not homemade) and pumpkin pie, I bet you’re less focused on your appetite and more on how you can give back this week. That’s why we love our readers! Looking for ideas? Here are seven. Add your own in the comments
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Hello! We hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday for those who celebrate. This time of year is often a time when individuals focus on how to improve the world by supporting special causes. However, choosing just one or two organizations to support can be difficult. Prioritizing who needs the most help can be daunting.
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Boxes filled with Santa costumes, 4-inch high heels, and cocktail dresses landed in tsunami-affected areas. In some places, open tubes of Neosporin, Preparation H, and Viagra showed up. The aid community has coined a term for these items that get shipped from people’s closets and medicine cabinets as SWEDOW—Stuff We Don’t Want. From “Please Don’t
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As you may have heard, October has been named “National Anti-Bullying Month.” As I was doing research for this post I found an observation regarding how sad it is that we need to have a national “anti-bullying” month, but that is where we are as a society today, unfortunately. Bullying of any kind, whether it
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