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One Size Doesn’t Fit All When it Comes to Giving at Clorox

June 24, 2014

By Simone Strydom Given the diversity of our product portfolio, we were recently asked the following questions: How do you determine which brands are aligned…

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Kenneth Cole and HRC Partner in Celebration of Marriage Equality

June 24, 2014

Famed designer and activist Kenneth Cole once again joins the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) in raising awareness for marriage equality for everyone, everywhere. The limited-edition t-shirt…

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America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places

June 24, 2014

Since 1988, the National Trust has used its list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places to raise awareness about the threats facing some of…

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How Big Tobacco Has Made Cigarettes So Much Deadlier Than They Used To Be

June 24, 2014

By Tara Culp-Ressler Fifty years ago, the U.S. surgeon general tied tobacco to lung cancer for the first time. Since then, additional scientific research has linked…

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The Current System is Broken: Bringing Hunger Relief Home for the Summer

June 24, 2014

By Kevin Hagan It’s summertime, and with summer break comes the laughter of carefree children in many neighborhoods… But not all of them. When the…

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What’s Black, White and Endangered?

June 24, 2014

With roughly 1,600 panda bears left in the wild and fewer than 400 in captivity, these animals need help to survive. Morris Animal Foundation has…

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20 Years of AmeriCorps – Why Young People Serve

June 24, 2014

AmeriCorps turns 20 in September, and who better to talk about its beginnings than its co-founder, President Bill Clinton? Even though some of us at the…

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It’s Mission, Programs, Services For Employee Giving

June 24, 2014

Workplace giving funnels about $4 billion into nonprofit coffers each year. But as evidenced by the nearly one-fifth decline in the federal employee Combined Federal…

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The World Cup Helps Wish Kids Open New Chapters in Their Lives

June 23, 2014

The sport goes by many names. In some countries, it’s soccer. In others, it’s some variation on “football.” In Italy, they call it il calcio…

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The Drone Memo Cometh

June 23, 2014

By Jameel Jaffer In response to consolidated lawsuits filed by the ACLU and The New York Times, the Second Circuit recently ordered the Obama administration to disclose…

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Inspiration from 17-year-old Special Olympics Athlete With Tuberous Sclerosis Complex

June 23, 2014

Whitney and her family live in Lebanon, Tennessee. Because of TSC, Whitney has non-cancerous tumors in her brain, kidneys and eye, and developmental delays. No…

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Why Mid-Sized Businesses Should Prioritize Corporate Philanthropy

June 23, 2014

By Ryan Scott Mid-sized businesses – often defined as organizations with 100 to 5000 employees – comprise 26% of U.S. businesses, according to the Midmarket…

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