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Teens Collect 1 Million Jeans For Homeless

Teens Collect 1 Million Jeans For Homeless

Emily Heinz  03. 6.2012
Teens across the country collected a record-breaking 1 million jeans for homeless youth in just one month. For the fifth year running,...
Charity And Compassion: A Purim Lesson In Giving

Charity And Compassion: A Purim Lesson In Giving

Gavriel Brown  03. 6.2012
One of the major mitzvot of Purim is giving gifts to the poor. We must respond to poverty through solidarity, identification, understanding...
100-Year-Old Volunteer Still Going Strong!

100-Year-Old Volunteer Still Going Strong!

Emily Heinz  03. 6.2012
Martha Bandy, a Stanwood, Wa., resident, doesn't view her recent birthday as any reason to slow down. The 100-year-old volunteer is still...
How You Can Honor Women For Women's History Month

How You Can Honor Women For Women's History Month

Lisa M. Dietlin  03. 6.2012
With Women's History Month upon us, many organizations and entities including are paying attention and plan to honor and pay tribute to...
Choosing Justice: We Can't Consume Our Way To A Better World

Choosing Justice: We Can't Consume Our Way To A Better World

Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster  03. 5.2012
We must make ethical buying choices because it is the right thing to do. But we can't end there. We must raise our voices and tell the...

WATCH: Ending Poverty In Our Time

Derek Flood  03. 5.2012
It will only happen if we all get involved. If we use our intelligence, our money and our influence to make a difference. It will only...
Kim Kardashian's Surprising Gift

Kim Kardashian's Surprising Gift

Emily Heinz  03. 5.2012
After Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries earned an estimated $17 million on their big day, the reality TV star has reportedly done some...
PHOTOS: Novice Attempts Trip From Miami To New York -- In A Rowboat

PHOTOS: Novice Attempts Trip From Miami To New York -- In A Rowboat

Janie Campbell  03. 4.2012
He has no prior rowing experience, his boat is not designed for ocean travel, and his great-great uncle nearly died off the coast of Fort...
The Great Charitable Myth

The Great Charitable Myth

Heather Higgins  03. 2.2012
Soup kitchens over art and music programs? Social justice over inner city education? Homeless shelters over medical research? ACORN over...
'Everyone Gives,' Donation Website, Makes Charity Multiply

'Everyone Gives,' Donation Website, Makes Charity Multiply

Emily Heinz  03. 1.2012
A new donation site is giving way to viral generosity -- while also yielding more bang for your charitable buck. Everyone Gives enables...
Pippa Middleton To Ski 56-Mile Race To Fight Child Hunger

Pippa Middleton To Ski 56-Mile Race To Fight Child Hunger

02.29.2012
STOCKHOLM -- Pippa Middleton will be strapping on the skis for charity. The sister of Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, is tackling Sweden's...
How Linsanity Is Inspiring Generosity

How Linsanity Is Inspiring Generosity

Diana Mao  02.29.2012
Susan Lee was so inspired by Lin's humble beginnings and by his family who is now living the classic American dream, that she decided to...
How Far Can Your $1 Go To Provide Jobs For Poor Through Microloans?

How Far Can Your $1 Go To Provide Jobs For Poor Through Microloans?

Eleanor Goldberg  02.29.2012
When Matt Jones tells an auditorium full of students that he's rich, they usually laugh. The 32-year-old doesn't quite give off the millionaire...
NFL Star Adrian Peterson Gets Active Online to Help At-Risk Youth

NFL Star Adrian Peterson Gets Active Online to Help At-Risk Youth

Jason Pollock  02.28.2012
We always see celebs asking their social media fans to donate money to causes, but the Football For Good browser app is a free and easy...