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LEXINGTON, Ky., Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CirrusMio, a developer of cloud-based solutions for charitable giving, today unveiled CivChoice, a new online resource for businesses and individuals that's changing the way people give and impact the world around them. CivChoice offers a new digital currency that breaks down barriers for greater civic involvement. "Cloud-based banking has greatly simplified our lives," said Ed Bouryng, president of CirrusMio. "Using the same...
LONDON, December 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Brochure printing (http://www.printed.com/products/brochure-printing ) company printed.com has seen a great response to its Charity Donation Programme, with customers giving 8500 of their unspent printed points to deserving charities in the first week. The company's Reward Programme means that customers accumulate printed points for every GBP1 spent at printed.com. Now they can give to good causes this Christmas in a click by donating...
NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter and musician John Mayer has announced that he will be organizing a benefit concert to help the firefighters who battled last summer's devastating Pine Creek Fire, which destroyed more than 8500 acres of forest and farmland in and around the town of Livingston, outside of Bozeman, MT. The concert is being called "The Livingston Town Proper: A Concert to Benefit the Fighters of the Pine Creek Fire."...
The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving have been updated. Charleston, SC (PRWEB) December 05, 2012 The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving, a broad-based fundraising index that reports overall giving trends of 2,984 US-based nonprofit organizations representing $7.8 billion in yearly giving on a monthly basis, today reported that charitable giving decreased 3.8% for the three months ending October 2012 as compared to the same period in 2011. The...
DEERFIELD, Ill., Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Two hundred and twenty-one charities out of some 2,400 were ranked by Consumers Digest as "America's Top Charities." The rankings, which are published in CD's December issue (on sale Nov. 1) and are available at ConsumersDigest.com, span seven categories: development/distribution, educational/cultural, environment/wildlife, health, humanitarian, human services and religiously affiliated. The rankings are based on charities' spending...
Children and youth asked to submit designs of issues they face today OTTAWA, Nov. 7, 2012 /CNW/ - The Canada Post Community Foundation is asking for help - from kids across Canada. Budding artists 15 years old and under are invited to submit their original artwork via canadapost.ca/stampcompetition in a competition designed to raise awareness of issues faced by today's youth, and raise funds for the Foundation. Submissions of stamp designs will be accepted via the site until...
MENDHAM, N.J., Oct. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- When the YouGiveGoods website launched in September 2011, it offered a new way to help - an innovative online system for running food drives and animal shelter drives. Since then, the website has hosted hundreds of drives that have helped food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters and animal shelters throughout the country meet their mission. "It's been terrific to see all of the people and organizations using our website to run...
Custom website builds available for charities and organizations are now available, along with a range of other options. (PRWEB) September 27, 2012 SocialGO is one way you can start an online community that provides an alternative to fundraising through word of mouth or the typical bake sale. Through using websites that allow organizations to make your own charity website, fundraisers can start the conversation and spread the message to potential volunteers and donators within minutes....
OSI Medical Centers Founder and President, Dr. Steven J. Cyr, M.D., FAAOS announced that the Company Will Continue to Make a Commitment to Christian-based charities across the globe through the formation of a family foundation, dedicated to giving to others. San Antonio, Texas (PRWEB) September 15, 2012 Doctor Steven J. Cyr, M.D., FAAOS, who founded the Orthopaedic and Spine Institute Medical Centers (OSI) in 2005, announced this week that they had formed "The Steven & Le Ann Cyr...
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), among the nation's leading disaster response organizations, announced today the creation of a special Hurricane Isaac Fund to help meet the immediate and long-term human need in the aftermath of Isaac. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081008/CCUSALOGO) "While the storm continues to deliver its blow today, we know already from our communications and interaction with our Catholic...
