All Posts Tagged With: "charity"
Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT)Donating $2 Billion in Food and Money
Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) is too often painted as a cold, almost cut-throat business. It may be an unfair portrait of the company, especially since they pledged 2 billion dollars towards various charities that would mostly benefit America over the next 5 years. So how cut-throat can they be? Over 1 billion pounds of food are [...]
Give The Gift Of Charity This Holiday Season
This year many people are thankful for the smaller things in life. It appears the recession and subsequent financial difficulties many families are facing has had one positive result. When you no longer focus on the materialistic aspect of the holiday season the true meaning of the holidays become more clear. For this reason, more [...]
Creative Fundraising Ideas for Your Non-Profit
As the economy slows down, many non-profits are having a harder time getting the donations they need to maintain their current levels of service. People are bombarded from all different directions when it comes to requests for vehicle donations and other donations, it can become overwhelming for them and then they just end up not [...]
The Frugal Duchess offers The Carnival of Personal Finance #183
It’s Monday and that means it’s Carnival of Personal Finance Day! The Frugal Duchess published the latest edition, and it was overflowing with holiday, career, economy, frugality and investing tips. A few of our favorites included: Empowering Mom presents Overwhelming Workload – YES You Can Do it! Money Smart Life presents TurboTax Review – 2008 [...]
Charity on a Budget
With the holiday spirit already starting to flow and it is just now Halloween, many people will feel a bit put out that their strict budgeting does not allow for making charitable donations to the Santas at the mall or on the corner. Passing up a Salvation Army bucket seems scrooge-like and you feel bad [...]
Need a Fundraiser? Card Games Bring in the Cash!
Lately there’s been a new trend in fundraising activities, that seems to generate a sizeable amount of cash in a short amount of time. It doesn’t involve going door to door with overpriced candy or wrapping paper, and instead of getting a few trinkets in exchange for your purchase; participants have a chance to win [...]
Support Your Favorite Cause By Chatting on MSN’s Instant Messenger
As Microsoft cleverly labeled their new program, “I’m making a difference”, allows people to support one of their favorite causes simply by using their Windows Live Messenger (IM) program. Basically, Microsoft is donating a portion of ad-revenue with the social cause of your choice. It doesn’t require you to pay anything; and you don’t even [...]
4 Reasons to Become a Generous Giver
The United States as a whole is one of the most generous in the world, not because of large corporate checks or government sponsored aid, but rather because individuals take some of their hard earned money and contribute it to a worthy cause, whether it be helping those in need, working to cure a disease [...]
Donate Shares of Stock and Get Double Tax Savings!
December is the single biggest month for charities and other non-profit organizations. People are looking for ways to lower some of their taxes and the spirit of Christmas is upon us—and that means donations, lots of them. Some charities estimate that they make 20% of their annual income in the month of December alone. If [...]
How to Raise Money for a Mission Trip or Other Philanthropic Adventure
Having the opportunity to be a missionary or serve those who are less fortunate in another part of the world can be one of the most rewarding things one can do with some of the time in their lives. It doesn’t mean you have to travel to Africa for years on end, it could be [...]
How the Government is Ruining the Lives of Families Blessed by Extreme Makeover Home Edition
ABC was onto something when they developed the idea for Extreme Makeover Home Edition. It was a dramatic change from the typical serial-dramas and sitcoms that we see on prime-time television these days. Millions of Americans watch the show each week, and now state and federal government are coming in and messing with the lives [...]
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