Holiday Watch: Texting ‘The Nutcracker’
Holiday Watch: Texting ‘The Nutcracker’
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Holiday Watch: Hanukkah Gift Cards and Penguin Philanthropy
Holiday Watch: Hanukkah gift cards and charitable penguins
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Holiday Watch: Send Your Mother-in-Law to Darfur
Holiday Watch: A provocative pitch
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Two Very Different Groups, One Fund-Raising Event
Two groups experiment with a joint fund-raising event
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Causes has removed from MySpace its popular application that allows people on social-networking sites to raise money for charities. The company cited a lack of activity on the site and a desire to focus its efforts on its Facebook application as reasons for the decision. The John D. and Catherine…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Fortified-Rice Program Wins Award
The Tech Museum of Innovation, in San Jose, Calif., has presented its annual awards honoring the creative use of technology to benefit societies around the world. PATH, an international-aid organization in Seattle, won the health award for Ultra Rice, manufactured rice grains it developed that are…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Housing Groups Get Software Help
Outdated technology is holding back housing organizations as they try to help borrowers caught in the foreclosure crisis apply for loan modifications, say officials at NeighborWorks America, a national network of more than 240 community-development groups. Some organizations lack simple technology,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Facebook Votes Sought in Giveaway
The charitable-giving arm of JPMorgan Chase plans to donate $5-million to small and local nonprofit organizations chosen through the Facebook social-networking site. Through December 11, visitors to the site can vote for charities with operating budgets of $10-million or less that work in the areas…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Using the Power of Art to Bring Back Memories and Spark Ideas for Alzheimer’s Patients
Museum program gives patients an opportunity to express themselves and tap into long-term memories.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Capturing Images of Struggle and Charity
(Photograph courtesy of International Medical Corps) International Medical Corps always knew that the photographs taken to capture the organization’s humanitarian work were important. For more than 20 years, the Santa Monica, Calif., organization stored a jumble of prints, negatives, slides, and…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor