February 8th, 2010 by
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In 2004, local Auctioneer Jeff Carlson, owner of the Sarasota Auction made headlines in the New York Times Regional Press when he raised and donated almost $6,000 in a charity auction for our troops overseas. Now he’s doing it again…but this time, he’s taking on the recession.
Sarasota, Florida December 22nd, 2009 –The Sarasota Auction House
Jeff [...]
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July 23rd, 2009 by
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According to The Children’s Mutual over 5.5 million* young people in the UK are receiving financial help from their parents in order to realise their dreams and aspirations. In some cases this could lead to their parents abandoning their own dreams for the future and potentially undermining their finances.
The research by the leading Child Trust [...]
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July 2nd, 2009 by
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A group of wildlife enthusiasts from the npower graduate scheme has been giving Welsh beaches a boost in time for the British summer, donning their wellies to clean up the coastline in the Vale of Glamorgan.
Graduates from npower’s power station in Aberthaw adopted a stretch of coast and spent a day carrying out a beach [...]
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May 15th, 2009 by
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LV= insurance and investment group employees have successfully broken a Guinness World Record by collecting 952 used mobile phones in just one week and then donating them all to aid the Great Ormond Street children’s charity.
The mobile phones were collected by 3,800 LV= employees across 28 LV= sites around the UK, and will be recycled [...]
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September 15th, 2008 by
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From Digital Isolation to Global Inclusion
Jul 08, 2008, New Delhi
CyberLearning Educational Society, NGO arm of www.cyberlearningindia.com, in association with Rotary Club of New Delhi.
Successfully concluded a pilot program to bridge the digital divide amongst students from disadvantaged families. This significant pilot was aimed at schools adopted by Rotary Club of New Delhi.
In the last [...]
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August 25th, 2007 by
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In the world of Web 2.0 where new ways are being pioneered in the use of the Internet, David Olmstead has created what he calls “Donate 2.0″ to bring together people, advertisers, and charities in a new and exciting environment that benefits everyone.
People love to use search engines, social networking sites, job search sites, dating [...]
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