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Rebuilding the Amazon Rainforest One Tree at a Time

What is Amazing Forest Yes, the Amazon rainforest is being cut down as you read this. 17% is already gone. The world's lungs - as it's referred to - is decreasing in size. Yes, everyone knows this. But what can we really do about it? The Amazing Forest is a ...

Outdoor Chic Sponsors Fashion Kicks, A Star Studded Charity Gala Evening

Fashion Kicks raised over a million pounds with a star studded evening attended by 900 lucky guests. Super model Lily Cole opened the evening's entertainment with a stunning catwalk fashion show hosted by Selfridges. The best of this summer’s high fashion was on show, from some of the biggest design brands The ...

The National Trust Announces Partnership with Garmin

The National Trust is offering visitors an exciting new way to explore its great outdoor places by partnering with GPS experts Garmin this summer. Geocaching, a family friendly 'digital' treasure hunt, will be taking place at over 40 National Trust places across the country*. Visitors will be able to borrow a ...

Wellspring Academies Hosts ‘Jog for Japan: A Race for Relief’ Fund-Raiser

Wellspring Academies, home of the Style Network television series Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back, is hosting “Jog for Japan : A Race for Relief,” a fundraiser to assist the youngest victims of Japan's recent earthquake and tsunami disasters. The fundraising event is set to take place on Saturday, April 23 ...

Individuals from Chem-Dry raised over £8,000 in aid of the Asthma UK

Individuals from carpet cleaners, upholstery cleaning and damage restoration business Chem-Dry® have raised in excess of £8,000 following a successful climb to the summit of Kilimanjaro, the world’s tallest freestanding mountain, in aid of the Chem-Dry’s Charity of the Year - Asthma UK. The group of 15, made up of employees, franchisees ...

Guinness World Record BBQ Attempt in Aid of WellChild

Would you sponsor a Guinness World Record Attempt for the longest ever barbecue? That’s exactly what BBQBarbecues are doing to help raise funds for WellChild, an amazing charity that helps and support’s sick children and their families across the UK. When asked if they would be interested in helping WellChild supporter ...

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity announces Mara Galezazzi Charity Gala

Great Ormond Street Hospital has announced it will be holding another Charity Gala as part of its Theatres for Theatres Appeal. February 2011 saw Great Ormond Street Hospital holding the Andrew Lloyd Webber Wizard of Oz Charity Gala, and April 2011 will see the Royal Ballet Principal's Mara Galezzi's Charity Gala. For one ...

The National Trust Announces Return Of Famous Beetle Wing Dress

The National Trust has announced that a Victorian dress decorated with 1,000 real beetle wings is set to go back on display following 1,300 hours of painstaking conservation. A stage costume worn by Ellen Terry, one of the most celebrated and glamorous actresses of the Victorian age, has returned to her ...

Soap Stars Signal The Start Of The Co-operative’s Support For Mencap And Enable Scotland

Soap stars Natalie Cassidy and Alan Halsall joined forces to cheer on staff from acrossThe Co-operative Group, as it started its year of fundraising for new Charity of the Year partner, Mencap and sister charity, ENABLE Scotland. Natalie, a Mencap ambassador who plays Sonia Fowler Eastenders, is a two times winner ...

Fullcircle Innovations Announces Partnership with 1% for the Planet

Fullcircle Innovations joined 1% for the Planet (1%), pledging a portion of its sales to support non-profit organizations focused on sustainability. Fullcircle Innovations is a great addition to the network. By signing on to 1%, it shows they’re really walking the walk in their sustainability efforts,” says Terry Kellogg, 1% ...

Vancouver Intranet Software Company Runs a Charity Campaign

Intranet Connections provider of the popular intranet CMS software, turned to Social Media tools to organize and run a charity campaign in conjunction with the recent holiday season. During the month of December, CEO Carolyn Douglas and Online Marketing Manager Rachel Lai connected with Intranet Connections clients over Twitter, LinkedIn ...

The Co-operative Gets Ready, Steady, Go-Ho-Ho?

The frosty weather added the finishing touches to arrangements as hundreds of festive fundraisers dressed as Father Christmas to take part in The Co-operative Santa Dashes in Manchester and London - on Sunday (28 November) - raising almost £40,000 for learning disability charity, Mencap. In Manchester’s Platt Fields Park, Coronation Street ...

Britain’s Young Are Misunderstood, Says The Co-Operative

An alarming disconnect between the generations is highlighted by a new survey which dispels the widely held myth that young people just want to be famous. The research released on 11 November by The Co-operative as part of its 'Inspiring Young People’ campaign, shows that more than half of adults (58 ...

The National Trust Scoops Award For Best Use Of Social Media

The National Trust's recruitment team had started searching for a new addition to their digital media team but their approach was not achieving the desired results. The team, along with their advertising partner ThirtyThree, hit on the idea of using a microsite dedicated to this vacancy. The National Trust used this ...

The World Music And Food Festival, Atlanta 2010

GIVE A HAND FOUNDATION INC has arranged to host the largest World Music and Food Festival ever produced in the South! The FREE Festival will run from October 22-24, 2010 at Piedmont Park in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. “Good music is a language understood all over the world,” says Edi Okri, president of ...

Jesse Willms Launches Site To Document His Transition From Internet Entrepreneur To Philanthropist

This summer, Internet entrepreneur Jesse Willms made an important decision – he was going to focus less of his time and energy on making money, and more on giving back to the community. Since then, he has partnered with a wide variety of charities to fight poverty and make the world a ...

If You Donate A Dollar, You Can Produce A Scholar–PUT KIDS 1ST

We've launched a campaign called "If You Donate A Dollar, You Can Produce a Scholar." While we understand times are hard financially for everyone, we are asking for your contribution of a dollar for our youth service programs. The Washington Chiefs Inc (WCI) supports and services include mentorship, social activities, and vocational training. ...

Co-operative Awarded For Charity Partnerships

The UK’s largest community retailer, The Co-operative Group has been honoured with two prestigious awards for its pioneering charity partnership work, which focuses on young people, in this year’s Business Charity Awards. The Group scooped both the Employment Award and Best UK Project Award at London’s Grosvenor House last week. The ...

National Trust Opens Wild Child Competition

The National Trust has opened a competition that will see the winner go on a money-can't-buy experience with a National Trust Ranger. To enter the competition, contestants simply need to send in details of their experiences of going wild outdoors at one of the National Trust's summer events. Competition judges are looking ...

Hispaniola’s Best Supports USO and Street Children of Haiti

Our children and our soldiers are among our most precious resources. Premier coffee manufacturer Hispaniola's Best is supporting both with generous donations from the sale of their organic coffee. “We work with farming communities in Haiti and the Dominican Republic to provide…the best coffee in the Caribbean while supporting agricultural programs in ...

Child Sexual Abuse Aftermath

The trauma of childhood sexual abuse doesn't stop after the act itself. The effects of sexual abuse can linger for years, debilitating victims throughout their lives and well into adulthood, according to experts. The anti-sexual violence organization RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) and the Let Go…Let Peace Come In ...

FCA Helps Heroes At Local Spring Jamboree

FCA, the UK's leading Independent Fostering Agency, held a spring event at its North East regional office in Chester-le-Street at the end of March to raise money for the Help for Heroes charity which was set up in 2007 to assist persons who are currently serving or who have served ...

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