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Charity

‘Tis the Season to Embrace Corporate Giving

November 20, 2013

A 2013 charitable-giving trends report offers ideas for building support for your employee-participation rate. Tweet The holidays are nearly upon us, and you might be…

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Using Corporate Giving Programs to Increase Employee Engagement

November 19, 2013

Philanthropy has become a core value of many corporations in America today. CEOs and corporate leaders see this as part of their commitment to society,…

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Workplace Giving: A Holistic Approach, Not a Piecemeal

November 14, 2013

New US research reveals a workplace giving culture transformed by technology, branding and the arrival of millennials in the workforce. Margaret Smith from the Australian…

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World Diabetes Day 2013

November 14, 2013

If “diabetes” was a country, it would be the third largest in the world, behind China and India. More than 370 million people are now…

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A Wider Circle Provides “A New Life”

November 14, 2013

A Message from A Wider Circle Founder, Mark Bergel, Ph.D.: On Tuesday evening, a woman came to A Wider Circle.  It was after 6:00 p.m.…

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Faces of Austerity Report: How Budget Cuts Have Made Us Sicker, Poorer, and Less Safe

November 14, 2013

This week, NDD United – an alliance of more than 3,200 national, state and local organizations advocating against sequestration – released “Faces of Austerity: How…

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Measuring the Impact of Corporate Volunteering on a Company’s Performance

November 14, 2013

Is it possible to measure the cause-and-effect relationships between employee volunteering and a company’s performance? Realized Worth is inviting companies from all over the world…

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Research Measures Impact of Financial Literacy Skills

November 8, 2013

New research, released by SiMPACT Strategy Group, examined the social return on investment (SROI) for Money Matters, a financial literacy and education savings program developed…

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Cut in Food Stamps Forces Hard Choices on Poor

November 8, 2013

For many, a $10 or $20 cut in the monthly food budget would be absorbed with little notice. But for millions of poor Americans who…

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Report: Nearly Half of Teens Surveyed are Interested in Careers in the STEM and Medical Fields

November 7, 2013

Today’s teens want to pursue careers that will provide both financial rewards and job satisfaction. To gauge teens’ perspectives on their ideal careers and what…

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Historic ENDA Bill Passes in the Senate!

November 7, 2013

  Today, the U.S. Senate voted 64 to 32 to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) for the first time in the legislation’s two-decade history. All Senate…

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Girl Traveled Over 7,000 Miles to Tell Her Story, Only 5 Members of Congress Showed Up

November 7, 2013

It was just after midnight on the East Coast when the first news story came out. I’d been sitting on another edge of another bed…

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