Sunday, September 7, 2008

Andre Muran - Name Dropping: Farr is top Alzheimer's Association volunteer (Santa Cruz Sentinel)

Name Dropping: Farr is top Alzheimer's Association volunteer (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
JACK FARR was honored by the Alzheimer's Association for his 15 years of volunteer leadership of the Monterey Bay Memory Walk.

RI company to fix problem with Mass. charity bins (FOX Providence)
A Cranston company that isn’t registered as a charity in Massachusetts, even though it sells donated clothing it collects there, says it will fix the problem quickly.

Glanbia golf tourney raises $103,000 for charity (AG Weekly)
TWIN FALLS, Idaho - Glanbia Foods hosted its 15th Annual Charity Challenge Golf Tournament Aug. 18 at Blue Lakes Country Club and raised $103,000 for local charities. Over 190 golfers from around the country played in the tournament, fully underwritten by Glanbia Foods.

Council To Revisit Volunteer Rules (KMBC-TV Kansas City)
A proposal to keep the Kansas City mayor and council members from having their close family members volunteer in their offices at City Hall will get another look.

Volunteer Briefs: My Possibilities, MPAC, Memory Walk (McKinney Courier-Gazette)
The Volunteer Center of North Texas receives thousands of volunteer opportunities from more than 1,700 area nonprofit groups. For more information, visit www.volunteernorthtexas.org or e-mail vcnorthtexas@volunteernorthtexas.org .

Charity woman to fly with crack display team (Calcutta News)
A British woman has paid 1.5 million pounds in a charity auction to fly with the Royal Air Force's aerobatic Red Arrows display jets.

Policeman's charity cycling bid (BBC News)
A police officer is planning to cycle to every police station across the Avon and Somerset force area for charity.