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Crafting Successful Charity Eligibility Guidelines for Your Corporate Matching Program

Crafting Successful Charity Eligibility Guidelines for Your Corporate Matching Program

February 6, 2024

Corporate matching programs are powerful tools for amplifying the impact of employee charitable donations. They allow employees to contribute to nonprofit organizations of their choice,…

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How to Administer an Employee Assistance Fund (EAF)

How to Administer an Employee Assistance Fund (EAF)

January 3, 2024

64% of employees cite money issues as a significant source of stress, according to the American Psychological Association. Often times that stress can be a result…

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The Business Case for Employee Volunteer & Skills Giving Programs

The Business Case for Employee Volunteer & Skills Giving Programs

September 2, 2023

What if I told you that having an employee volunteer program could potentially save you money – say $1,000 to $6,000 per employee. Would you…

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Help Make-A-Wish Deliver Hope to Children with Critical Illnesses. Celebrate World Wish Day 2024 by Creating Hope.

March 7, 2024

Every year, Make-A-Wish, the organization that grants life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses, celebrates World Wish Day® on April 29, the anniversary of the wish…

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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

August 15, 2023

Every September, childhood cancer organizations around the world come together in recognition of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, with a goal to increase awareness and raise funds for…

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Child Health Day

September 21, 2022

First celebrated in 1929, Child Health Day was enacted by Congress as a day to raise awareness about the fundamental necessity for programs to protect and…

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Help Make-A-Wish Restore Hope with a Wish

April 7, 2022

Every year, Make-A-Wish, the organization that grants life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses, celebrates World Wish Day® on April 29, the anniversary of the wish…

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Make-A-Wish Counters Misinformation: Vaccine Policy

June 29, 2021

Make-A-Wish’s recent decision regarding how to begin to lift some restrictions for wishes involving air travel and large gatherings was made to protect the health of…

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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

September 16, 2020

Every September, childhood cancer organizations around the world come together in recognition of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, with a goal to increase awareness and raise funds for…

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Wishes need stars like you!

April 29, 2020

Every child deserves a childhood. By helping to grant a wish, you can be a light of hope for a child fighting a critical illness…

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Where There’s a Wish, There’s a Way

April 3, 2019

For children battling a critical illness, a wish is not just a dream. A wish-come-true can be a turning point in their lives. It can…

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King County Celebrates 30 Years of Employee Giving

October 19, 2018

The King County Employee Giving Program (EGP) is the workplace giving program for employees of King County government in Washington state. For thirty years, employees…

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Texas State Employees Contribute $175 Million to Charity Since 1993

October 3, 2018

Make a gift today and help provide meals to hungry children, service dogs for our veterans, support for cancer survivors, and more! Click here to…

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Make-A-Wish® Challenges You to Support World Wish Day® this April

April 1, 2018

World Wish Day, April 29, celebrates the day that Chris Greicius’ wish was granted in 1980 – sparking the creation of Make-A-Wish and a global…

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One Life-Changing Moment Leads to a Wish Come True

November 2, 2017

Photo provided courtesy of Catherine Clay Photography. It was a sudden shift that left an entire family in freefall. A routine revolving around Girl Scouts,…

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