Posts Tagged ‘giving’

December

28th

2012

10 Ways to Get a Jump on Giving in the New Year

December 28th, 2012 by joewaters
Photo by cogdogblog

Are you trying to cultivate a greater commitment to charity and generosity in the New Year? Me too. Here are ten ways you can get off on the right foot in January. 10) Call now to volunteer. Everyone wants to volunteer over the holidays–me included. But what about January when it’s cold, and snowy, and…

December

26th

2012

Give Nonprofits What They Need (Not Teddy Bears)

December 26th, 2012 by kenmueller
Photo by JunCTionS

The other day I read something on my Facebook wall from a friend who is a television reporter in Nebraska. His station was doing stories related to the school shooting in Newtown, CT, and how people are reaching to help out. In his comment, he noted that they had spoken to one woman who had…

November

20th

2012

Thanksgiving: The Lancaster Way of Giving

November 20th, 2012 by kenmueller
Meghan and Jose, Founders of Character's Pub

Meghan Young grew up in Lancaster County and attended schools in the city of Lancaster. Despite leaving the area to attend culinary school in Baltimore, then working as a chef in London and New York City, Lancaster was always home. So when she returned to the area in 2011 with her business partner Jose Fuentes…

April

30th

2012

Money Can Buy Happiness

April 30th, 2012 by ifdy
Photo by ^@^ina (Irina Patrascu)

A colleague recently sent this video from Michael Norton’s TEDxCambridge talk whether or not people can buy happiness. See what Michael had to say. It’s interesting to see that people were happier when they were social with their money, and that wasn’t about the amount of money they spent, just the fact that they spent…

April

24th

2012

Interview: What Inspired Cultures of Giving?

April 24th, 2012 by geofflivingston
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The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is concluding the Cultures of Giving Donor Challenge this week on Razoo. The Cultures of Giving Donor Challenge is a 10-day online giving campaign to support nonprofits that address high-priority issues in communities of color across the country. Our goal is to get thousands of community donors to support the projects…