Americans gave more to charity in 2011
According to a report released last week by Atlas of Giving, during 2011, Americans gave a total of nearly $347 billion to charity. This total is a a 7.5% increase comparing to 2010.
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Archive for the ‘Charity’ Category
75 guitars donated by Van Halen to L.A schools
75 electric guitars were donated by Eddie Van Halen to music programs in various L.A public schools. The guitars are part of his personal collection.
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Diamond ring goes to charity
An anonymous donor in Miami dropped a $2000 worth diamond ring into a Salvation Army kettle last week. At noon a woman, who wishes to stay anonymous, called the office and said she had left something special in the kettle in front of Kmart.
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Baseball Player Donates $1.2 Million To Local Schools
Ryan Howard, a baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies is donating Adidas sportswear valued at more than $1 million to the cash-strapped Philadelphia school district.
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Secret Santa at Reading
A secret Santa handed $100 bills to people he thought needed some extra help at Christmastime. The secret Santa is estimated to give away $20,000 of his own money.
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Over 300 Thanksgiving meals
Jill Smokler from Maryland is running a parenting blog on which she was asking her readers to donate through her site to help families in need, she helped raise over $18,000. This money was going towards supermarket gift cards and helped providing dinner for 378 families who couldn’t afford it otherwise.
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12 years old girl builds 27 homes in Haiti
Rachel Wheeler from Florida heard about the earthquake victims in a meeting she went with her mother 3 years ago and decided to help building houses for families who lost their homes. 3 years later Rachel raised over $250,000 and used most of it to open a new earthquake-proof cement structures that shelter 27 families.
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LA for free medical care
Once a year, About 800 doctors and medical workers donate their time for a once-a-year free health clinic organized by the non-profit CareNow.
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Coffee for charity
On his 43rd birthday, Hugh Jackman announced the launch of a new coffee business , which sells coffee, tea and chocolates and
which will give all its profits to charity.
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Education for all by university of the people
In Haiti, after most of higher education infrastructure was destroyed by the earthquake, the university of the people had set up 3 computer centers, offering free lessons for English-speaking students.
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