Training for a 3-Day Walk is, in many ways, similar to training for a marathon. While you’ll be walking, rather than running, you’ll also be covering a staggering 60 miles over three days, all in the name of breast cancer research and awareness. Whether you’re a breast cancer survivor, love someone who is or have lost someone to this devastating disease, there are a variety of reasons why you may want to walk in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day. If you’re determined to make that 60 mile walk for … [Read more...]
Scriberia, 100 Words or less Charity Contest, What’s your story? UK
February 11, 2013 by
February 2013 Enter our competition and win a promotional video for your charity. Tell us your charity's impact story and its vision for the future in 100 words or fewer for a chance to win a bespoke animated video produced by Scriberia, one of Europe's leading visual communications companies. It's free to enter, all you have to do is tell us your charity's story in 100 words or fewer and the top five stories will win a video, produced for them by Scriberia . The top five most … [Read more...]
FEB is Raynaud’s and Scleroderma Awareness Month – U.K.
February 9, 2013 by
Raynaud's Awareness Month - February 2013 We need your support to raise awareness of Raynaud's during this special Awareness Campaign Raynaud's is a common condition in which blood is prevented from reaching the extremities of the body, mainly the fingers and toes, on exposure to the cold or any slight change in temperature. A small number of people who have Raynaud's also develop scleroderma, a disease which affects the connective tissue. Scleroderma means hard skin but the hardness … [Read more...]
US federal government, grant & loans directory 2013
February 5, 2013 by
The American Grants and Loans Catalog is now available. Our new and revised 2013 edition contains more than 2800 financial programs, subsidies, scholarships, grants and loans offered by the US federal government. In addition, you will also have access to over 2400 programs funded by private corporations and foundations. That is over 5200 programs available through various sources of financial providing organizations. NEW: You will also have access to our live Database that is … [Read more...]
FEBRUARY celebrates Heart & Stroke Awareness Month
February 2, 2013 by
Heart Month is a national campaign that mobilizes Canadians to rally together in raising awareness and funds that have an enormous impact on the lives of all Canadians. Through the generosity and compassion of volunteers, the Heart and Stroke Foundation is able to apply life-saving knowledge, education and advocacy that generate real results and give us more of the moments that we all live for. WHAT IS HEART MONTH? Heart Month is the Heart and Stroke Foundation's key opportunity to reach … [Read more...]
Want to Be a Change Maker?
January 18, 2013 by
Get the Tools to be a Changemaker in Your Community Every day people are taking small steps to create big change in communities all over the country. Care2 has partnered with TakePart and the film Promised Land to offer you even more resources for making a difference in your own community. From the director of Good Will Hunting and starring Matt Damon and Frances McDormand, Promised Land explores America at the crossroads where big business and the strength of small-town community … [Read more...]
CharityVillage LIVE with Kori Brus from Good Works, Wednesday, January 16
January 14, 2013 by
Deconstructing Philanthropy: Writing - the least important, most important thing As a writer I've seen all of the frustration that comes part and parcel with the copywriting process. I've seen it as a client after receiving work that wouldn't pass a grade 10 English class. I've felt it while rewriting the work of paid professionals. And I've experienced it as a writer watching quality work wither under the weight of infinite edits because people valued having their say above the success of … [Read more...]
Partner for Change, HaitiPartners educate children
January 12, 2013 by
January 12 marks the 3-year anniversary of Haiti's tragic earthquake. Since then Haiti's need has turned from emergency relief to enduring development. Education is key to this long-term change. Haiti Partners supports quality, sustainable education that helps Haitians build a brighter future for themselves and their country. This month you can help Haitians change Haiti through education. Haiti Partners helps Haitians change Haiti through education. Three years after the earthquake, … [Read more...]
Jensine Larsen — Give To Unlock Women’s Collective Genius!
December 28, 2012 by
Genius is awaiting and you can unleash it. Millions of potential Nobel Peace Laureates, Heads of State, young Malalas, and Gandhis are making waves, but their voices are yet to be discovered. Give to World Pulse because unlocking women's potential through the rapid power of technology will lift us all. Donate today and every dollar you give will be doubled. She used to hide the scar on her throat with a scarf----a painful reminder of surviving attempted infanticide as an unwanted girl … [Read more...]
