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Tracesmart Employees Are Preparing Themselves For The Forthcoming Welsh 3 Peaks Challenge As Part Of A Charity Fund-Raising Campaign

A team of employees from Tracesmart, the online people search providers, are preparing themselves for the forthcoming Welsh 3 Peaks challenge where they aim to climb three of the most challenging summits in Wales within a 24 hour period as part of a charity fund-raising campaign. The Welsh 3 Peaks Challenge involves ...

Kids’ Meals is Stomping Out Hunger in Houston

"Texas ranks 3rd in the nation for food insecurity, meaning one in five adults and one in four children in our state are hungry," says Texas Department of Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples. "That is simply unacceptable." A plummeting economy and spiraling unemployment have left hundreds of Houston families struggling with the ...

A New £6 Million Charity Funding Initiative Was Announced On The 27th Of May, With The Aim Of Stimulating Giving In The Economic Downturn

theBigGive.org.uk will create a £3m matched fund over the summer to attract a further £3m from charity supporters this December. theBigGive.org.uk has raised £2.4m through online matched funding in the last 6 months, and the new £6m challenge will create the largest ever online matched fund. The Reed Foundation are sponsoring ...

First Nations Launches Native Asset Building Partnership Project

First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) released the names of the advisory committee members for its new Native Asset-Building Partnership. Members include Anita Fineday, Chief Judge of the White Earth Tribal Nation; Tadd Johnson, Special Counsel for Government Affairs for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe; Susan White, Director of ...

Refund Anticipation Loans Cost EITC Filers In Native Communities Over $9,100,000 In 2005

Tax day has come and gone, and this year many people opted to get their tax refund a quick but expensive way: they took out a Refund Anticipation Loan. A Refund Anticipation Loan (or RAL) is a one to two week loan made by banks on behalf of filers, facilitated ...

Century Models And Talent Agency Has Recently Conducted A Charity Fashion Show To Benefit The Cancer Society

Century Models and Talent Agency has recently conducted a Charity Fashion Show to benefit the Cancer Society, IN COLLABORATION with a local designer, Jonathan Price. They made sure all the name brand models they represent should be on the ramp for a probable cause. Century Models and Talent Agency always believes ...

npower Sponsored Basketball Team, Worcester Wolves, Will Be Making Their Opponents Green With Envy As They Revamp Their Warm-Up Strip And Shoot For Macmillan In A Charity Fundraiser Match

The team has joined with club sponsors npower in becoming a lean, green, fighting machine, raising awareness and vital funds for Macmillan Cancer Support when they meet the Sheffield Sharks at their last home game of the season on 19th April. The game tips at 4pm at the Wolves' home ...

The Npower Midlands Disability Sports Awards 2009 Were Well Attended As Twenty Of The Region’s Paralympians Were At Aston Villa FC To Celebrate The Achievements Of Disabled Athletes From Across The West Midlands

The npower Midlands Disability Sports Awards 2009 were well attended as twenty of the region's paralympians, along with Sports Minister, Gerry Sutcliffe MP, were at Aston Villa FC to celebrate the achievements of disabled athletes from across the West Midlands. Warwickshire Cricket Club won the npower Partnership Award for its development work extending ...

Tracesmart Sponsors Adoption Agency

In line with Tracesmart's corporate social responsibility charter, the company has aligned itself with leading adoption agency and charity, AAA-Norcap. The synergy that exists between the two organisations made the charity an obvious recipient for Tracesmart's sponsorship and support. AAA-Norcap is a specialist adoption support agency, offering those involved in ...

Npower Declares The Sixways Kit Amnesty A Soaring Success

The npower-sponsored Sixways Kit Amnesty saw local mums working hard on Mother's Day, as they joined family and friends at the local derby rugby match between Worcester Warriors and Gloucester where spectators pegged out shirts, shorts and boots, all in the name of charity. With tensions on the pitch rising, Warriors ...

LV= Insurance And Investment Group Employees Donating Used Mobile Phones To Aid The Great Ormond Street Children’s Charity

LV= insurance and investment group employees have successfully broken a Guinness World Record by collecting 952 used mobile phones in just one week and then donating them all to aid the Great Ormond Street children's charity. The mobile phones were collected by 3,800 LV= employees across 28 LV= sites around the UK, and will ...

Jumeirah Emirates Towers Takes Charity To New Heights

The Big Apple at Jumeirah Emirates Towers has announced it will organise the sixth annual Vertical Marathon in association with Médecins Sans Frontières and the Red Crescent Society. All 1334 stairs of the iconic Jumeirah Emirates Towers will spring into action on May 29th as participants take part in this novel charity marathon. The ...

Npower To Support Sixways Kit Amnesty On Derby Day

npower, official club sponsor and community partner of the Worcester Warriors, is supporting the Sixways Kit Amnesty which will take place on derby day when Worcester takes on Gloucester on Sunday, March 22. npower and the Worcester Warriors have teamed up with SOS/iRB Kit Aid to launch the first ever Sixways Kit ...

Upcoming Forum To Highlight Parkinson’s Advocacy

The Parkinson’s Action Network (PAN) will host its annual Research & Public Policy Forum on March 15-17 in Washington, D.C. It’s a chance for one of PAN’s state coordinators to continue an advocacy she bolstered with her wildly successful book. Kay Mixson Jenkins is the south Georgia state coordinator for PAN ...

Bringing The Sierra To The State Capital: Sierra Nevada Leaders Honored With Vision 2020 Award In Sacramento

Some of the greatest things happen under conditions of adversity and at Sierra Business Council we’re committed to approaches that create opportunity from those exact circumstances. Community members, organizations, and businesses are still doing great work, doubling their efforts, and calling for change despite the economic downturn and the uncertainty ...

Npower’s Generosity Helps Kids At Cedars School Get Around

npower’s donation of £17,000 towards a brand new mini bus has meant that students at Cedars School Sports College in Low Fell can, once again, take part in extra-curricular activities including trips to the swimming baths, leisure centre, parks and theatres. The school caters for the needs of children with physical ...

npower Staff Offer Stoneferry Primary A Helping Hand

Eight volunteers from npower’s Hull offices on Clough Road were given the opportunity to offer a helping hand to Stoneferry Primary School this week. The staff took time out of their working day to help tackle a gardening project with the head teacher in order to improve the school environment ...

Tracesmart Sponsors Adoption Agency

In line with Tracesmart's corporate social responsibility charter, the company has aligned itself with leading adoption agency and charity, AAA-Norcap. The synergy that exists between the two organisations made the charity an obvious recipient for Tracesmart's sponsorship and support. AAA-Norcap is a specialist adoption support agency, offering those involved in ...

Iran Heritage Foundation Presents Remaking Of Iran Exhibition At The British Museum

Iran Heritage Foundation in association with the British Museum opens the 'Shah 'Abbas: the remaking of Iran' exhibition. The exhibition documents and illustrates the work of 17th century artists and craftsmen under the patronage of Shah 'Abbas I and his wider contribution to Persian culture, architecture and language. Displays include artefacts ...

Comic Relief has released three different Red Noses – with each of the trio set to rally the nation to Do Something Funny for Money on Friday 13 March

A host of famous faces gathered in central London last month as three very special Red Nose Day stars were given the red carpet treatment Gavin and Stacey's Ruth Jones, Rob Brydon and Joanna Page were joined by Steve Jones, Alex Zane, Jo Brand, Hugh Dennis and the Saturdays for the ...

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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