Category — Charity

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Charlie Annenberg Weingarten wants you to fall in love – with the world.

February 14, 2012 Comments

Charity Lap

A Chicago strip club is offering free lap dances to customers who donate toys for poor children.

December 14, 2011 Comments

Sloping Santas

Hundreds of skiers and snowboarders took to the slopes dressed as Father Christmas for a charity event in the US.

December 8, 2011 Comments

Dumpster Diver

Professor is dumpster-diving urban Robin Hood.

December 5, 2011 Comments

Words Spreader

Books flow from an American teen to African schools.

November 7, 2011 Comments

Gates Giving

With vaccines, Bill Gates changes the world again.

November 4, 2011 Comments

Pink Bentley

Pink Bentley auctioned to benefit breast cancer research.

October 25, 2011 Comments

Bon Jovi Soul

Rocker Jon Bon Jovi opens charity restaurant.

October 24, 2011 Comments

Planet Pink

Breast cancer campaign turns planet pink: Too much?

October 18, 2011 Comments

Starbucks Nonprofits

Starbucks is doing something distinctive and noteworthy—partnering with advocacy-oriented social change nonprofits.

October 7, 2011 Comments

Starbucks Bucks

Starbucks hopes customers will be willing to shell out another five bucks when they stop in for their morning cup of Joe.

October 4, 2011 Comments

Ford & Mills

Ford, General Mills team for ‘Box Tops for Education’.

October 4, 2011 Comments

Shanty Sounds

Youngsters repair guitars for Brazil’s favelas.

September 28, 2011 Comments

Genius Grant

Twenty-two Americans get $500,000 “genius grants”.

September 20, 2011 Comments

Fashion Push

Designers, celebrities woo shoppers around world.

September 12, 2011 Comments

LinkedIn Causes

LinkedIn now lets you include volunteer experience in your profile.

September 8, 2011 Comments

Broadway Experiment

Families of autistic children have a new place to engage their sons and daughters — Broadway.

August 17, 2011 Comments

Madoff’s Clothes

IPad covers made from Madoff’s clothes are hot items.

August 15, 2011 Comments

Ribbon Questions

Komen’s pink ribbons raise green, and questions.

July 19, 2011 Comments

Charity Connections

Consumers are drawn to products with a charitable connection.

July 19, 2011 Comments

Gates’ Toilet

Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft who has morphed into the world’s best-known philanthropist, wants to reinvent the toilet.

July 14, 2011 Comments

Cause Conundrum

Do T-shirts and iPods really help charities raise funds?

July 14, 2011 Comments

Fertility Lottery

UK’s new “win a baby” game draws fire.

July 7, 2011 Comments

Gates vs. Viruses

Bill Gates pledge $2.3 billion for vaccines.

June 14, 2011 Comments

Cupcake Wagon

Cupcake wagon becoming a neighborhood tradition.

May 31, 2011 Comments

Anheuser Water

Anheuser-Busch donates water to Joplin.

May 25, 2011 Comments

Mothers for Mothers

Pregnant women all over the Netherlands donate their urine to the organisation Mothers for Mothers.

May 25, 2011 Comments

Blind Treatment

Blind children of India helping scientists see into the brain.

May 24, 2011 Comments

Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding sites enable artists to raise real money.

May 24, 2011 Comments

50 Back Beer

Every time they sell a beer, they give half of the profits to groups supporting veterans, active service members, and their families.

May 23, 2011 Comments