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‘Tis the Season for Workplace Giving

November 24, 2014

By Ryan Scott The holidays are here, and that means that seasonal giving campaigns are cranking into high gear.  Before you know it we’ll be…

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Make your charitable gift count with workplace giving

November 24, 2014

Every Thursday, you can find Eastside Baby Corner (EBC) core volunteer, Sandi Dong, in the nonprofit’s distribution center toy room sorting through half-dressed dolls, miss-matched puzzle pieces…

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Case Study: Embedding Human Rights Across a Global Technology Company

November 24, 2014

For Microsoft, implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights posed three main challenges: First, the technology sector can affect a number of…

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Cub Scouts Help Paralyzed Dog Get Moving Again

November 24, 2014

Noah, a 1-year-old Beagle/Dachshund mix, had just hours to live. The poor guy had likely been hit by a car and had lost the use of his…

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UM’s Diabetes Research Institute working toward cure of Type 1 diabetes

November 24, 2014

By Katie Lepri Dr. Camillo Ricordi considers himself a diabetes freedom fighter. Ricordi, the director of the Diabetes Research Institute at the University of Miami…

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Give to The Children’s Inn at NIH on #GivingTuesday

November 24, 2014

This year, on Tuesday, December 2, 2014, The Children’s Inn at NIH is celebrating a day dedicated to giving – when charities, families, businesses, community…

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Parents, children bond by volunteering together at Washington-area nonprofits

November 21, 2014

By Caitlin Gibson The family of four took more than a week to fashion turkey centerpieces out of cinnamon-scented pine cones and colorful construction paper, to…

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6 Steps to Being a Better Corporate Citizenship Partner

November 21, 2014

Creating public-private partnerships in corporate citizenship is rarely easy. Scorecards, conference calls, memoranda of understanding, and that’s before you’ve even begun the actual project. So…

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Sodexo Supports Montgomery County, MD By Taking The Community Profits Montgomery Pledge

November 20, 2014

GAITHERSBURG, Md, November 19, 2014 /3BL Media/ – Sodexo, Inc., a leader in delivering sustainable, integrated facilities management and foodservice operations which is headquartered in…

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Connecting Business Talent to Nonprofit Need, Pro Bono Style

November 20, 2014

By Robert B. Acton A year and a half ago, the two of us sat together in a diner in Queens, New York – just…

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Walden University Survey Reveals Younger Adults are Believed to be More Passionate About Positive Social Change

November 20, 2014

A young person’s passion can be powerful when it comes to positive social change, but knowledge and experience from older adults are necessary to transform…

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Drug Restores Memory Function in Alzheimer’s Model

November 20, 2014

Building on earlier work funded by BrightFocus, researchers have discovered a promising new drug compound that reverses some Alzheimer’s effects on memory in mice.  Four…

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