Charity Uses Technology to Shop for Volunteers
Volunteer vancouver is hoping that people who want to donate their time will no longer show up at the group’s front door. The Canadian charity has installed a touch-activated computer kiosk in the Bentall Centre, a popular downtown mall. Shoppers there can find out about the volunteer needs of more…
By Paul Demko
Contributor
Non-Profit Group Wins Internet Trademark Dispute
The Planned Parenthood Federation of America has persuaded a federal court to block an antiabortion activist from using the charity’s name in the address of his World-Wide Web site. The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York declined to overturn a March 1997 ruling that…
By Paul Demko
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Charities turn slain deer -- and sometimes road kill -- into food for the needy, but critics say programs are a publicity ploy Big Island, Va. Sharon L. Cash, director of the Lynchburg Area Food Bank in Virginia, recalls the day her daughter called her at work, distraught from what she had…
By Paul Demko
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Pay of Chief College Fund Raisers Is Up 2.5%
The median pay for chief development officers at colleges and universities rose 2.5 per cent last year, to $80,000, according to a new report by the College and University Personnel Association. But for those who served as both chief development and public-relations officers at undergraduate…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
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Flocks of Pink Plastic Flamingos Raise Money for Small-Town Church
The First Baptist Church in Ashland, Va., has found a way to benefit from bad taste. Last summer, it planted pink plastic flamingos in the yards of its members -- and refused to take them away until the members agreed to make a gift to help send a child to summer camp. Church volunteers bought 75…
California Schools Use Shopping Campaign to Attract Gifts and Business Support
The Berkeley (Cal.) Public Education Foundation used to have problems persuading businesses to give. Then the organization found a way to appeal to businesses by sending them customers. The foundation, which raises money for 15 schools in the Berkeley school district, started a campaign in which…
At a Glance: Pine Crest Community Foundation
History: Established in 1994 by Rebecca Brogan, then a freshman at Pine Crest School, a private institution in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. It is run by students. Purpose and areas of support: To inspire Pine Crest School students to be aware of and help needy infants, children, and teen-agers in Broward…
Students at a Florida high school raise money and distribute grants at community foundation they run FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA On first impression, Rebecca Brogan and her friends resemble the youthful cast of the television show Beverly Hills 90210 more than they do philanthropists. Driving a silver BMW…
By Susan Gray
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Volunteers Honored as ‘Points of Light’
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Clinton’s daily “Points of Light” award. The awards, which are given to those who have done exemplary volunteer work, take their name from President Bush’s description of people who do community…
NBC, Kaiser Tackle Teen-Age Pregnancy
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation has teamed up with NBC and the Advertising Council in a campaign to educate teen-agers on ways to avoid pregnancy. The campaign includes public-service announcements to be aired on NBC televsion stations, a contest among teen-agers in high school and junior…