Illinois Students Offer Free Dance Classes For Can Donations
Viktoria Rekasius takes three quick steps ahead of a group of kids watching, and then leaps into the air, landing lightly and with balance back on her...
Viktoria Rekasius takes three quick steps ahead of a group of kids watching, and then leaps into the air, landing lightly and with balance back on her...
Posted 03.13.2012
Charlie Futhey beat cancer when he was 5 years old for the first time. Two years later, it returned. Now 9 years old and undergoing aggressive chem...
Posted 03.05.2012
After Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries earned an estimated $17 million on their big day, the reality TV star has reportedly done some good with her g...
Posted 03.02.2012
Mike Buentello is about to start chemotherapy for his third battle with cancer. The 36-year-old father doesn't like to talk about his stage four d...
Posted 02.16.2012
When Katy Perry sings about how she wants to share "Part of me" with others, she means it. After her performance at the Grammys, Katy Perry's new s...
Lisa M. Dietlin | Posted 04.15.2012
Many of us only think about our hearts on Valentine's Day or when we fall in love. But according to the American Heart Association we should think about our hearts all year long!
Posted 02.14.2012
eBay's good deals just got a little better. The auction site enabled its users to give a record $63 million, or $120 a minute to charitable causes ...
Somerville Patch | Posted 02.09.2012
Charlotte Schofield, a Somerville High School student, recently held a huge bash at The Center for Arts at the Armory, a local venue that looks like a...
AP | Posted 02.08.2012
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Twins are cutting ties with the Kardashians, too. Well, sort of....
Posted 02.07.2012
We've all seen it: the appeal for donations from Jimmy Wales at the top of a Wikipedia page. So just who exactly contributes to the online editable en...
Posted 02.03.2012
As the founder of Share Your Soles, a nonprofit that delivers shoes to impoverished children in third world countries, Mona Purdy has committed her li...
Posted 01.31.2012
After overcoming a rare eye disease, Cassy Rivera is seeing things more clearly. Grateful to have had her eyesight restored, Rivera, a Brooklyn mot...
Roswell Patch | Posted 01.30.2012
Maria Walden-Sullivan was on vacation in New Mexico two summers ago when it hit her; she knew how she could raise money for charity, even in a dismal ...
Posted 03.27.2012
When it comes to bidding on charity auction items, Facebook users won't have to leave the comforts of their favorite social networking site to do so a...
Posted 01.18.2012
After a thief stole the cars he offered to fix for Sandy Parker and her paralyzed son, Jonathon, last October, the family was devastated. So were o...
ProPublica | Posted 01.30.2012
Robert Redford is a noted civic activist, social entrepreneur and film maker. But he remains best known as an actor -- and to those in our business, investigative reporting, especially so for his role in All the President's Men.
Vicki B. Escarra | Posted 01.21.2012
At a time when most Americans are celebrating abundance, one in six of us is not getting enough to eat. Right now, do something to ensure that everyone has enough to eat this holiday season and throughout the year.
HuffingtonPost.com | Anna Bahr | Posted 11.19.2011
Last April, artist Ryan Wollard was fed up. Programs for the arts and teaching programs were being cut left and right, and labor unions were under att...
Posted 01.07.2012
Native New Yorker Anthony Tedesco has become an overnight Youtube sensation with the release of his single "Long Until Gone." The video, filmed in...
Posted 01.02.2012
If you've ever spent a night in a hospital room, you know that the bare-walled, drab rooms can be enough to make you feel sick in themselves. Lucky...
Posted 12.25.2011
The deadly 7.2 magnitude earthquake in eastern Turkey -- one of the country's poorest regions -- has left hundreds dead and thousands injured. The cat...
The Chronicle of Philanthropy | Posted 07.29.2011
I couldn't resist opening an appeal that landed in my mailbox the other day from Smile Train, a charity that provides surgery to correct cleft palate ...
Michelle Javian | Posted 07.05.2011
As Spring kicks off, and we celebrate this rejuvenating season, I want to share some ideas of how anyone can help a non-profit, charity, or foundation that they care about.
Jim Gibbons | Posted 06.20.2011
When it comes to clothes consumption, our culture's collective mantra is more shop 'til you drop than reduce, reuse, recycle.
Posted 05.25.2011
Whether it's an earthquake in New Zealand or massive school closings, people around the world need your help right now. We've rounded up the biggest s...
Orland Park Patch | Posted 04.02.2012