PLANBUREAU studio designs a metallic piggy bank made of paper, which can encourage people to save up money and donate from a young age. The project is created for the Hungarian branch of Red Noses International, an organization that supports clown doctors who work with children in hospitals. The group needed a product for their charity shop that could help children learn how to save money and how to donate it.
What's even better is that an anonymous donor will match the amount up to $1 million. Actor and Wrexham AFC co-owner Ryan Reynolds is a spokesperson and ambassador for the organization. His involvement goes back over a decade, and he always stops by to visit with the brave children whenever he is in Toronto. He calls the organization his "second family".
Local News The community has raised over $240,000 for Hadley Boucher's medical expenses. The city of Leominster held a Christmas parade for a first grader with inoperable brain cancer on Sunday. Hadley Boucher, 6, of Lunenberg, was diagnosed with the inoperable tumor on her brain stem in April, according to a GoFundMe page created for her family. Residents were asked to decorate their cars, dress up, and drive past the Boucher's house for "Haddie's Holly Jolly Christmas Parade," an event organizer posted on Facebook.
That's in addition to a program where people adopt families to shop for with their own resources during the holiday season. This is a great tradition. Near St. Nicholas Day, we get all the magnificent young people who are devoted to Catholic Charities and the Archdiocese of New York and they go shopping, Cardinal Timothy Dolan said in the store. And the great thing about it is we know the names, the ages, their sizes and what they needed, so it's very personal.
Registration isn't just a chance to bond with fellow theater lovers and running enthusiasts; it's an opportunity to turn that energy into real support. The race benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, which will again offer limited fundraising spots for participants. Anyone wishing to participate must commit to raising a minimum of $250, which will provide 25 HIV tests at a clinic or 100 healthy meals for those living with HIV/AIDS and other debilitating illnesses.
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Americans gave $4 billion to nonprofits on GivingTuesday in 2025, an increase from the $3.6 billion they gave in 2024, according to estimates from the nonprofit GivingTuesday. More people also volunteered their time on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving this year, which fell on Dec. 2 and has become a major fundraising day for nonprofits. This year, 11.1 million people in the U.S. volunteered, up from, 9.2 million last year.
This isn't because they don't want it. In our conversations with nonprofits, we've heard a consistent story: small teams know AI could help, but learning to use it sits at the bottom of an endless to-do list. And when they do consider adoption, the stakes feel high-these organizations serve vulnerable populations and handle sensitive data. They can't afford to get it wrong.
This holiday season, many families are feeling stretched. Budgets are tight and life feels heavy. But there is a quiet evolution happening across the country. More Americans are discovering that generosity speaks many languages. According to the Johnson Center for Philanthropy's 2025 Trends Report, nonprofits are creating new pathways for people to give through service, mentorship and in-kind support. These opportunities complement traditional philanthropy and together they are making giving more accessible than ever.
Dear Reader, there are no algorithms at 3QD-just six human editors trying to keep a human-curated corner of the internet alive. But recent changes in Google search and other AI-driven shifts have cut our already modest advertising revenue to less than half of what it was just last year. 3QD remains mainly a labor of love, but we do need enough income to cover basic costs.
With the opening of the new Campbell Library pushed out until next winter, the Friends of the Campbell Library have more time to fundraise. While the major funding from Measure O and several grants will cover the rebuilding costs, additional funds are needed for enhancements, including items for the planned state-of-the-art community room, study spaces and children's and teens' areas. To achieve this, the Friends of the Campbell Library has an ongoing Love Our Library campaign, with a goal of raising $250,000.
Today, Scott's net worth is around $34 billion, according to Forbes. In October, Scott wrote that Tarkenton's act is among the many personal kindnesses she has considered as she has donated more than $19 billion of the wealth she amassed mostly through Amazon shares as part of her 2019 divorce from company founder Jeff Bezos. And when Tarkenton started Funding U, a lending company that offers last-gap, merit-based loans to low-income students without co-signers, Scott said she jumped at the chance to help.
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Your presence helps sustain the critical work of SFAWS-while celebrating the creativity and generosity of our local women-owned small businesses and partners. We will be featuring readings from Karen Wang Diggs, author of the Book of Awesome Asian Women and authors/poets from the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. You will also have the opportunity to shop artwork from local Asian women and non-binary artists and enter to win raffle prizes donated in kind from local Asian women-owned businesses!
The Rainbow World Fund (RWF) World Tree of Hope® is the largest origami-decorated holiday tree in the world, traditionally standing over 22 feet tall and adorned with over 20,000 origami cranes and stars, each hand-folded and inscribed with wishes for the future of the world. The RWF World Tree of Hope is created each year as a symbol of global unity, promoting peace, love, and humanitarianism. The Tree is a gift from the LGBTQ+ and friends community to the world.
Mundy is one of the more than 450 seniors across Broward receiving these weekly meals as part of his restaurant's Hand-Off Meals program, a non-profit venture to help homebound elderly. The idea is to nourish them with more than just food, too. Friends. Laughs. A new community. That's the idea here, and something Offerdahl wants to talk to you about, as you'll soon see.
It might not take all too long before public market investors can finally punch a ticket to Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Holdings, as it looks to IPO potentially in the early quarters (perhaps as soon as Q1) of next year, at least according to FT. Undoubtedly, Pershing Square is far more than just a hedge fund run by one of Wall Street's greats.
Ms Boobier was supported by Day One Trauma Support, which said it helped 2,400 people last year, with demand still increasing. Day One Trauma Ms Boobier now works as a physiotherapist with people who have had amputations at Charing Cross Hospital in London. She said she had recommended Day One to her patients in Reading but took advantage of its help after the accident.
After the catastrophic damage brought by Hurricane Melissa, Grand Market 2025 will be a relief effort mobilizing aid for on-the-ground efforts to Western Jamaica, it added. We'll have donation barrels as part of our relief drive available at the event. Feel free to bring non-perishable food for the emergency drive or help us clear out our Amazon Relief Registry on-site, Braata Productions added. Every seat filled helps send aid to recovering families, and all proceeds will directly fund relief efforts.
When confronted with specific toys, like a Baby Alive Snuggle Sophia, she doesn't bother to Google what they are, just opts not to buy them and sticks to the more generic baby dolls and clothes from Target's store brand. The comments were so rough that she deleted her original video (and later her entire TikTok account), but the creator made a follow-up video... in which she doubled down.
Baboo Gelato, the award-winning artisan ice cream brand founded on the Dorset coast, has launched a £300,000 crowdfunding campaign as it prepares to scale from a regional favourite to a national name. The business, known for its small-batch gelato, fruit sorbets and its hugely popular dog-friendly frozen treat Doggy Doggy Yum Yum, has opened its campaign on Crowdcube. The raise will remain live for three weeks, with investments starting from just £10.
The Thanksgiving food distribution began last week and continues this week, but the event at St. Patrick's is a traditional ceremony designed to draw attention to the effort and inspire others to join in helping meet the need. We filled a food truck with food to feed those without, Cardinal Dolan said near a truck with the words Feeding our Neighbors as well as Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of New York and 100 years providing help, creating hope. People are in a generous, charitable mood. Catholic Charities does this all year, every day, all the time.
With the Trump administration cutting funds to arts and culture - a survey by the American Alliance of Museums found that one-third of U.S. museums have lost government grants or contracts since President Donald Trump took office - the Brooklyn Museum on Eastern Parkway in Prospect Heights received a significant financial boost. At a Nov. 20 press conference in the museum's pavilion and lobby, Assembly Member Robert Carroll and state Sen. Zellnor Myrie presented the 200-year-old institution with a $10 million check
Every parent wants to give their child a holiday that makes them feel special. Yet, many New Yorkers simply cannot afford to get the toys, clothes, and meals they want when they are struggling to make ends meet. This year, there are many ways to help those in need around the NYC metro area, and get your kids involved, too. Take a look at our guide to find out how you and your kids can help make a difference this holiday season.
Private wealth - which refers to money held on platforms run by the private banking divisions of places like Goldman as well as wealth advice giants like Merrill Lynch, independent advisors, and family offices - is eager to invest in hedge funds and has plenty of capital to put to work. Goldman's report estimates that less than $500 billion of the $50.7 trillion of private wealth assets are in hedge funds.
