LOS ANGELES -- In this challenging economy, indulging your fashion desires can feel a bit, well, indulgent. So why not be truly fashion conscious and buy brands that support charitable causes?
Thanks to companies that build giving back into their business plans, you can dress top to toe in trendy duds that help those in need -- from victims of violence in Africa to victims of breast cancer Read more...
A local United Way office realized that it had never received a donation from the town's most successful lawyer. The person in charge of contributions called him to persuade him to contribute.
"Our research shows that out of a yearly income of at least $500,000, you give not a penny to charity. Wouldn't you like to give back to the community in some way?"
The lawyer mulled Read more...
A plane full of retirees headed for Florida was gripped with fear when the pilot announced, "Two of our engines are on fire; we are flying through a heavy fog and it has eliminated all our visibility."
The passengers were numb with fear, except for one -- a retired minister. "Now, now, keep calm," he said. "Let's all bow our heads and pray."
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U.S. Magazine reports that Oprah makes $385 Million per year. "Though Oprah started her life in poverty she was regarded as the richest woman in entertainment by the beginning of the 1990s," the magazine editors tell us. "Later by the age of 41 Oprah had managed to replace veteran actor Bill Crosby on the Forbes 400 with her 340 million green backs. By the year 2000 her net worth had exceeded $800 million." She is now reported to be the countries first self made female billionaire. And I think she deserves to be rich.
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An article in last week’s New York Times reinforced a long-standing thought I have had about charity.
The article, by Vikas Bajaj, pointed out that some cities—Boston, Minneapolis and San Diego among them—are “buying foreclosed properties to refurbish and resell them to developers and homeowners in an effort to prevent troubled neighborhoods from sliding into urban decay.”
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Couldn’t They Donate Their Money Instead?
There is no doubt the economy is hurting, but you would never know it judging by the record number of Presidential ads you see on television.
That thought was brought home for me last night as my college-aged daughter and I watched the Yankees-Red Sox game instead of the Democratic convention.
(It is not that we are a-political. We both already know who we are going to vote for. And Shannon (a passionate Sox fan) and I (someone who has rooted for the Yankees since I discovered baseball when I was seven back in 1961) have a standing date—complete with pizza and trash talking—whenever the two teams play.)
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If your mailbox seems especially full these days with requests for donations to the local homeless shelter, environmental causes and food banks, you're not dreaming. Many charities flood the mail with their year-end holiday pitches for your charity dollars.
If you're like most Americans, you'll probably pull out your checkbook and send along some money. Every year, nearly 90 percent of Read more...
I'm finally in a place where I feel financially secure enough to start contributing to charities, but I began doing some research into various organizations, and they ALL seem SO important. How can I possibly decide which one to choose? How do you guys decide? Is there a decision-making system that works? Is it best to a give a little to lots of groups, or a lot (relatively) to on group?
