Local Charity Robbed (KTNV Las Vegas)
Police are looking for some criminals who robbed a local charity and left their office in shambles.
Charity saves 500th dancing bear (BBC News)
A charity in East Sussex which is aiming to end the trade in dancing bears in India, has rescued its 500th animal.
Literacy charity comes to Jamaica families shelter (Queens Chronicle)
Volunteers help lay out donations for residents at the Jamaica Family Assistance Center in southeast Queens. (photo by Matt Hampton) One New York City charity made a big difference last Thursday for impoverished families in the five boroughs, starting at a homeless shelter in Jamaica.
Programs get dads to volunteer in schools (The Wichita Eagle)
Programs get dads to volunteer in schools When third-grader Jennifer Ocon heard this fall about Watch Dogs -- Watch Dads of Great Students -- at Caldwell Elementary School, she knew her dad would want to come spend time with her. "It's, like, real cool. I don't get to see him every day because he works," Jennifer said as her father, Pedro Ocon, helped mop up spilled chocolate milk in the ...
JANUARY VOLUNTEER CALENDAR (The Scranton Times-Tribune)
Tomorrow’s Leaders Today volunteer calendar appears monthly and is designed to match nonprofit organizations with volunteers. Agencies needing volunteers in January include:
Lumpini Park Fun Runs in aid of the children’s charity - Right To Play (Thaipr.net)
Total Body Training - invites the city’s residents and media to support our clients, friends and family in the 5 km and 10 km charity fun runs at Lumpini Park. Total Body Training’s Director, Richard
Lynn’s Volunteer YC elects first woman commodore (The Daily Item)
LYNN - Change is in the wind at the 121-year-old Volunteer Yacht Club on the city’s waterfront. Early next month, the club’s first female commodore will take the helm, ushering in a new era for the organization’s 185 members, of which only 10 are women.
Charity group donates 410 mln yuan for reconstruction in quake zone (People's Daily)
The China Charity Federation (CCF) on Monday donated 410 million yuan (59.87 million U.S. dollars) to quake-hit Sichuan Province for construction of housing projects, schools, hospitals and other reconstruction projects. CCF President Fan Baojun said at a donation ceremony that the fund would be used to build residence for more than 8,000 quake-affected households, 28 schools, four hospitals, 28 ...
