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Candy and Junk Food in the Classroom: the Other 'Competitive Food'

Bettina Elias Siegel | Posted 06.12.2013 | Parents
Bettina Elias Siegel

Kids spend the vast majority of their waking life at school and the food they encounter there does matter. It matters on a purely nutritional level, of course, but it also matters on an educational level.

Money: It's an Underachiever

Ari Nessel | Posted 03.13.2013 | Impact
Ari Nessel

We've all seen ways that money is used for societal and personal harm, or for benefit. It can be wasted or used effectively toward a stated goal. Ultimately, money is nothing more than a product of what you choose to do or create with it.

WATCH: Nick Offerman Strips For Charity

Posted 12.18.2012 | Comedy

Comedy Central's Night of Too Many Stars may have created some memorable moments, but at the end of the day the event is still about charity. To do...

Poor Students Who Can't Afford Graduation Fun Get Help From Friends, Neighbors

Posted 06.19.2012 | Home

Family financial struggles prevent many students from going to school dances and participating in other festivities that accompany the end of eighth g...

Chefs Love Democrats: The Top 15 Chef Political Donations

The Braiser | Posted 07.21.2012 | Home
The Braiser

How do celebrity chefs support political candidates? With fancy dinners? With non-connected joint expenditure committees? With hundred dollar bills baked into pies?

Double Amputee Skydives For Justice

Posted 02.08.2012 | Impact

Malcolm Lambert relied on his legs to carry him through races to raise awareness and aid for missing persons cases. But after he lost his legs to gang...

Advice to Fundraisers: Go West (and East and South)

Michael Kaiser | Posted 04.07.2012 | Arts
Michael Kaiser

As country after country announces substantial cuts in government arts funding -- and the economic challenges the EU is now facing should only hasten this trend there -- the need to develop more sophisticated knowledge of fundraising techniques is only going to grow.

Occupy DC Targets Romney Fundraiser, GOP 'Cool Kids'

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.14.2011 | DC

WASHINGTON -- Occupy DC protesters plan to crash a Mitt Romney presidential fundraiser at an Abraham Lincoln-themed restaurant that boasts an Occupy-f...

Blondes vs. Brunettes Face Off For Football Fundraiser (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.11.2012 | DC

WASHINGTON -- It's time again for women of varying hair colors to play Powder Puff football and raise money for a worthy cause. This Saturday marks...

WAMU Celebrates 50 Years On The Air (PHOTOS)

Posted 12.28.2011 | DC

WASHINGTON -- WAMU 88.5-FM, D.C.'s much-loved public radio station, is turning 50. A black-tie gala featuring past and current WAMU voices will be...

Washington, D.C.'s Glamorous Gala List

Washington Life Magazine | Posted 11.15.2011 | DC
Washington Life Magazine

The start of the 2011-2012 social season in Washington D.C. has officially begun. It's a when politicos, philanthropists, socialites, celebrities and our local movers and shakers step out in Black Tie to support their favorite worthy causes.

Sport-Themed Fundraisers: Popular, Yet Costly

The Chronicle of Philanthropy | Posted 08.18.2011 | Impact

As "fun runs," walkathons, and other athletic fundraising events proliferate, The Wall Street Journal notes that such efforts are among the most expe...

Books You Can Eat

masslive.com | Posted 06.04.2011 | Books

Charles Frazier's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Cold Mountain" is a fiddle made of fruitcake and pecans. At least that's how Marianne Moriarty of N...

To Do's In Colorado This Weekend (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

There should be plenty to do this weekend as Colorado continued to thaw down. Comedian Aziz Ansari is in town on his new stand-up tour and the Nationa...

Cyclist Raising Money For BP Spill Killed In Crash

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact

GULF BREEZE, Fla. — A Florida man on a cross-country bicycle ride to raise awareness and money for victims of this year's massive Gulf oil spill...

Sam Stein

New Lawmakers Hit Fundraising Circuit 'Before They Even Find The Bathrooms'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Well before they cast their first votes, attend their first committee hearings or settle into their new offices, the newly-elected membe...

Arthur Delaney

John McCain Raises Money From Chamber Of Commerce During Wall Street Reform Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Sen. John McCain stepped away from the Senate debate on Wall Street reform Thursday to raise a little campaign cash at the Chamber of Commerce's townh...

Jason Linkins

Washington Post Article Critical Of Lobbying Somehow Makes The Front Page

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Today's Washington Post has a story entitled "Nearly two dozen congressional fundraisers held at D.C. Springsteen shows last year", which reports righ...

Lucia Graves

Progressive Groups Protest Washington's Pay-To-Play Culture

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Two dozen protesters gathered outside Rep. Gregg Harper's (R-Miss.) annual "Mississippi Fish Fry" fundraiser at a Capitol Hill townhouse on Thursday, ...

This Week In Questionably Scheduled Fundraisers

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

LIQUIDITY LUNCH: According to an invitation obtained by the nonpartisan Sunlight Foundation, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) scheduled a noon fundraiser...

Fabulous Fundraisers Use Fashion For a Good Cause

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Marissa Bronfman

Fashionphiles flocked to the first annual Frocktail Party on November 12th, eager to bid on a bevy of designer dresses up for auction in support of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Arthur Delaney

No Recession Special On The D.C. Power Lunch Menu

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

There's no recession special on the menu at D.C.'s hottest power lunch spots. At a time of double-digit unemployment, when one in eight Americans is o...

Smoke a Cigar or Watch Boulder 'Stars' Dancing on Oct. 15 to Support Charities

Jerry Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Jerry Lewis

Sometimes, it's best to get out of Boulder for a bit, and smoking a cigar is one of those things often frowned upon in a city that prides itself on sm...

Cowboys And Redskins: This Week In Political Fundraisers

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Tickets to this Sunday's grudge match between the NFL's Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys can be had on Craigslist for less than $200. But for $2...

Toronto's Elite Comes Together To Support HIV/AIDS Research

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Marissa Bronfman

Toronto was alight as the city's style mavens, business doyens, and philanthropic supporters dined and danced at the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research's premiere fundraising event.