http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/charity/ en-us Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:09:30 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045930/posts You are welcome here. That's the message that Denver officials say they hope to convey to its homeless community as the Democratic National Convention approaches. No one will be swept or bused out of the city in an effort to "clean up" Denver during the event. But some homeless advocates say that a city program makes the homeless feel particularly unwelcome in public parks, and that the city plans to empty parks of the homeless before the convention. Called Come On In, the program, which was launched in 2006, urges charities that serve outdoor meals to the homeless to move... The Colorado Independent http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045930/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:09:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2045248/posts An unnamed charity could be £5m better off today after the birth of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's twins. The bidding war has already begun for the first photos of Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline who were born on Saturday night at a French hospital. French papers have reported that an American magazine has already offered $10m (£5m) for the exclusive images of the new babies - with all the money going to a worthy cause. Daily Mail (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2045248/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:55:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035647/posts Faced with legislation that would require them to disclose their ethnic composition and detail grants awarded to minority organizations, 10 of California's largest foundations agreed Monday to a multimillion-dollar, multiyear investment in minority communities. In return, Assemblyman Joe Coto, D-San Jose, dropped a bill that opponents said was an effort to impose racial diversity on charities and threatened to drive donors out of California. Many foundations enjoy tax-exempt status. But according to a 2006 study by the Berkeley-based Greenlining Institute, which sponsored Coto's legislation, only 3.6 percent of grant dollars from the nation's top 24 private foundations went to minority-led... Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035647/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:53:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034243/posts Just six more days ’til the awesome event I told you about over Memorial Day weekend. “From the Frontlines” is a joint project of Melanie Morgan’s Move America Forward, UStream.TV, and Hot Air. On June 26, from 4pm Eastern/1pm Pacific to 12midnight Eastern/9pm Pacific, Melanie and I will be anchoring a livestreamed, 8-hour fund-raising “web-a-thon” to send the largest number of care packages to our troops overseas in U.S. history. We’ve got a star-studded line-up participating in this effort to support our military, including Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Laura Ingraham, Dr Laura Schlessinger, Ollie North, Monica Crowley, Ann... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034243/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 07:06:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032067/posts DES MOINES, Iowa - The American Red Cross said on Monday that its Disaster Relief Fund is wiped out and it's being forced to borrow money to help flood victims throughout the Midwest. Jeff Towers, the organization's chief development officer, said the balance for domestic disaster relief efforts is zero. He said the American Red Cross would borrow to keep workers and volunteers in the field helping flood victims. "The Red Cross remains committed to providing the scale of services that people expect of the Red Cross when disaster strikes, and the way that we are doing that right now... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032067/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:20:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027824/posts "You will always have the poor among you..." In those words Jesus stated a simple fact that has held true through the centuries. In every society, no matter how rich and bountiful, there have always been impoverished people. These people evoke our concern and sympathy. We want to help them, but how? No society has ever overcome poverty. In the US today, the question of how to help the poor is particularly controversial, with two partisan sides struggling vigorously to promote their own answers. The liberal camp argues that government is the best entity to help the poor at home... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027824/posts#comment Sun, 8 Jun 2008 08:27:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027583/posts Zimbabwe faces worst harvest on record as Robert Mugabe stops charity food handouts Peta Thornycroft in HarareLast Updated: 2:33PM BST 07/06/2008 Hours after Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe told foreign charities to stop distributing food, the United States warned that Zimbabwe faced its worst ever harvest. The Famine Early Warning Systems Network, an American government agency, said the crop of maize - the country's main staple - was the smallest on record, 60 per cent lower than normal. Mr Mugabe has told aid organisations to abandon their work in the country, which includes emergency distribution of food and medicines such as... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027583/posts#comment Sat, 7 Jun 2008 15:42:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027099/posts - Snip = Barack Obama ... consistently gave 1 percent of his income to charity. Al Gore has been famously stingy when it comes to actually giving his own money to charities. In 1998 he was embarrassed when his tax returns revealed that he gave just $353 to charity. - Snip - Senator John Kerry likewise has a poor record. In 1995 he gave zero to charity, but did spend $500,000 to buy a half stake in a seventeenth century painting. In 1993, he gave $175 to the needy. - Snip - [Ted] Kennedy's tax returns are obviously a closely... American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027099/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jun 2008 15:32:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026635/posts RUSH Limbaugh is much more charitable than Nancy Pelosi. According to Peter Schweizer in "Movers and Takers: Why Conservatives Work Harder, Feel Happier, Have Closer Families, Take Fewer Drugs, Give More Generously, Value Honesty More, Are Less Materialistic and Envious, Whine Less . . . And Even Hug Their Children More than Liberals" (Doubleday), the most recent tax records show Limbaugh gave money to "various individuals in need of assistance mainly due to family illnesses" ($109,716), "children's case management organizations" ($52,898) and "Alzheimer's community care" ($35,100). And Pelosi's contributions? The list includes the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ($36,500)... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026635/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 19:48:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2026536/posts Excerpt: Friends of New Orleans, a charity formed to help that city recover from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, is paying for the party, and for a concert with New Orleans-style food at the Fillmore Auditorium afterward for the 6,000 delegates and their guests on Aug. 24, the Sunday before the convention opens. Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2026536/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 16:54:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026542/posts Excerpt: Friends of New Orleans, a charity formed to help that city recover from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, is paying for the party, and for a concert with New Orleans-style food at the Fillmore Auditorium afterward for the 6,000 delegates and their guests on Aug. 24, the Sunday before the convention opens. The Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026542/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:03:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024700/posts A bill purporting to encourage diversity among nonprofits has passed the California Assembly and faces a key vote in the state senate in early June. While little attention has been paid to this bill, it poses an enormous threat to private philanthropy in this country. The Foundation Diversity and Transparency Act requires California foundations with $250 million in assets to report the composition by ethnicity and gender orientation of their boards and staffs, the boards and staffs of the charities they support, and the degree to which they are run by or support certain minorities. The bill has been rightly... the Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024700/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 11:40:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023881/posts Americans are hearing so much these days about how bad we are that we're starting to believe it. In a recent Gallup Poll, 68 percent said they are "dissatisfied with the position of the United States in the world today," and 55 percent said they think that the rest of the world views us unfavorably. However, as I page through a publication called the Index of Global Philanthropy, which is produced annually by the Center for Global Prosperity at the Hudson Institute in Washington, it becomes obvious that these American feelings of self-deprecation are misguided. This is the just released... The Abilene Reporter News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023881/posts#comment Sat, 31 May 2008 05:04:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2021229/posts Bo (woof) In Commentary: It’s always good to see humans returning the favor of our unending loyalty and support to them. This story about “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” warms my heart, much like the pacemaker she just received warms hers. (COLUMBIA, Mo. - After years of helping authorities look for murder victims and survivors of natural disasters, a search-and-rescue dog named Molly has been rescued herself. Surgeons at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine on Thursday installed a pacemaker in the 5-year-old chocolate Labrador retriever’s heart. She needed the surgery after being diagnosed with a complete electrical heart... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2021229/posts#comment Sun, 25 May 2008 23:57:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018402/posts `Disaster fatigue' leads to drop in giving NEW YORK (AP) — The numbers are almost too large to fathom, so many Americans stop trying. As bodies pile up in disaster after global disaster, even the most sympathetic souls can turn away.Charities know this as "donor fatigue," but it might be more accurately described as disaster fatigue — the sense that these events are never-ending, uncontrollable and overwhelming. Experts say it is one reason Americans have contributed relatively little so far to victims of the Myanmar cyclone and China's earthquake.Ironically, the more bad news there is, the less likely people may... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018402/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 00:43:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018381/posts But there is a third way: social entrepreneurship. We are at a stage in human development when we’ve tried varying degrees of socialism — systems that have been discredited at each degree. So why can’t we get government out of the poverty business? Why can’t we turn our concern for others to a vibrant philanthropic sector that would be as powerful and prolific as any other industry if we simply took that virtual monopoly away from the state? What I’m suggesting is not altogether new. Before the New Deal put mutual aid societies and “friendly societies” out of business, America... Fayetteville Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018381/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 00:06:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2017566/posts Chris Jardine gingerly reached out with his fingerless hands to touch the new wheelchair he was just given. He lifted his body into the new chair, but after a moment he pulled himself out and went back into his old wheelchair. “I want to wait and get up Christmas morning and have this be my Christmas gift,” Jardine said in his 10-by-10 room located in an old hospital in Mahaica, Guyana. Jardine was in dire need of a new wheelchair. His old one had loose and broken wheels, making transportation especially dangerous and difficult. The new chair would be more... lds.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2017566/posts#comment Sun, 18 May 2008 04:42:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017239/posts Being able to see properly is an important part of health. Unfortunately not everyone can afford to buy themselves proper glasses. Just like used clothes or sneakers, you can donate your used glasses. LensCrafters, Pearle Vision, Sears, Target, Sunglass Hut, and BJ's Optical all donate used glasses to Give the Gift of Sight, a program that gives glasses to underprivileged people in North America and developing countries. All you have to do is drop your old glasses off at one of the locations and the program collects, cleans, repairs, and catalogs them into a computer system so they'll be properly... Fit Sugar http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017239/posts#comment Sat, 17 May 2008 04:54:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2016915/posts All, Mission To The World, the PCA's international ministry, has issued an appeal for funds to aid in the relief of Myanmar cyclone victims. I know that most of us have heard stories about countries and large relief agencies having their hands tied, but God will provide a way for His church to break through manmade barriers. _________________________________________________________________ Horrifying and harrowing stories are emerging in the aftermath of the catastrophic tropical cyclone that devastated much of already poverty-striken Myanmar. Reuters News is reporting as many as one million people left homeless. No one really knows how high the death toll... MTW http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2016915/posts#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 16:03:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2016113/posts Feeling the need to "get out and around", I attended a Wednesday night supper,sponsored by a church I sometimes attend...and saw a modern version of the Miracle of Loaves and Fishes. Finneran Lane http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2016113/posts#comment Thu, 15 May 2008 01:06:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014970/posts Many Americans were startled to learn that the Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, whose campaign is built on an uplifting message of national unity and racial reconciliation, belongs to a church in Chicago where a very different view of America is preached by its longtime pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Mr. Wright, who just retired after decades in the pulpit, has argued that the "United States of White America" is still sharply divided between an oppressive white power structure and oppressed African-Americans, that God should "damn America for treating our citizens as less than human," and that the 2001 terrorist... The Chronicle of Philanthropy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014970/posts#comment Mon, 12 May 2008 22:51:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014925/posts Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr is known in America for heading the Mahdi Army militia, but his followers also see him as someone who can provide them with things their government can't. BAGHDAD -- When Ali Ateya was killed last month at the age of 23 -- a victim of an American airstrike on a block of concrete tenements in Baghdad's Sadr City slum, according to his family -- there was no money for his burial. Within days, two officials from Sadr City's main humanitarian organization showed up at the family home. Unsolicited, they offered to pay for Ateya's Shiite... Miami Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014925/posts#comment Mon, 12 May 2008 20:36:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2008750/posts Good evening. Tonight the scripture passages "As ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me" (Matthew 25:40) and "Remember in all things the poor and the needy" (D&C 52:40) take on special meaning as we review highlights of humanitarian endeavors during the past year. A briefing on humanitarian assistance was recently given to the General Welfare Committee of the Church. The committee chair, then President Gordon B. Hinckley, expressed profound gratitude for the generosity of members and those not of our faith who have made this outreach possible. In... The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2008750/posts#comment Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:33:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2003501/posts STUART — In an effort to bring in more donations, longtime Martin County charity Jesus House of Hope decided to drop the word Jesus from its name. Patrick Slattery, executive director of the 24-year-old nonprofit, said the change will help the organization fulfill what Jesus commanded in the Gospel of Matthew: Help the needy. Slattery said many private foundations could not donate to the charity because it includes Jesus in the name, and people are often reluctant to give to what appears to be a house of worship if they already donate to their own church. So the organization’s board... TC Palm http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2003501/posts#comment Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:35:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002251/posts The United States dollar took another pounding on German, French and British exchanges this morning, hitting the lowest point ever known in West Germany. It has declined there by 41% since 1971 and this Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous and possibly the least-appreciated people in all the world. As long as sixty years ago, when I first started to read newspapers, I read of floods on the Yellow River and the Yangtse. Well, Who rushed in with men and money to help? The Americans did, that's who. They have helped... CFRB, Toronto, Ontario http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002251/posts#comment Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:12:41 GMT