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#fundraising

A colossal 100-tonne fatberg has been successfully cleared from a west London sewer, Thames Water has revealed. The utility firm confirmed a specialist team spent over a month removing the massive obstruction, located more than 10m below street level in Feltham. This solid mass was primarily composed of wet wipes, solidified by fat, oil, and grease. Its immense weight was equivalent to eight double-decker buses, the company stated.

The second annual Star Chefs food and beverage pairing event to benefit Momentum for Health, held on Sept 21 at the Glass House in downtown San Jose, was anchored by the amazing talent of 17 local chefs from San Jose to Palo Alto. They teamed up with local beverage providers to create an afternoon of convivial culinary competition all to benefit the 65-year-old organization that provides mental health services for Santa Clara County residents.

The evening will spotlight individuals and organizations whose dedication, advocacy, and leadership have strengthened workers' rights and opportunities across the NY Metro region. Guests will enjoy an evening of networking, international cuisine, a Bushmills whiskey tasting and celebration, all while honoring the power of labor to uplift lives and transform communities. Adding to the spirit of giving, 100% of the evening's raffle proceeds will go to Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW), an organization that helps women access high-wage, nontraditional careers in the skilled trades.

GBH announced a $225 million fundraising campaign Wednesday, as the public broadcaster attempts to weather major funding cuts from the federal government. The " Fund the Future " campaign launch was timed to coincide with the start of the government's new fiscal year and the expiration of federal funding. GBH is hoping to raise the money over the next three years.

The Elton John Aids Foundation has joined forces with the UK's only LGBTQ+ national lottery to help fund HIV-prevention programmes. The world's leading independent HIV prevention organisation announced on Thursday (25 September) its plans to partner with the national Rainbow Lottery, which is dedicated to supporting the LGBTQ+ community. The UK lottery organisation holds a national raffle each week, with cash prizes of up to £25,000 (close to $34,000).

Debuting in 1973, the Kips Bay Decorator Show House benefits the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club, a nonprofit that serves more than 11,000 children in the Bronx with afterschool and enrichment programs. The Show House sees some 15,000 visitors every year, and since its inception, the event has raised more than $30 million for the group. In recent years, it's even expanded outside of New York, with editions in both Palm Beach and Dallas.

Sex Education's Asa Butterfield, who grew up in Hackney, is helping raise money for Hackney Foodbank by leading a charity auction at the Mildmay Club this October. Prizes up for grabs include limited edition artwork by Sam Winston, Eva Rothschild and Heretic Studios; dinners at Papi, Behind and Brat; cushions from House of Hackney; Eurostar tickets; gig tickets for EartH and Rough Trade; and a hotel stay at One Hundred Shoreditch.

Donning their best Stetson hats and cowboy boots, wine industry insiders and supporters gathered for the annual Harvest STOMP auction, raising more than $2.7 million to benefit the Napa Valley Grapegrowers and the Napa Valley Farmworker Foundation. Executive Director Caleb Mosley called the fundraiser "an incredible event that brings together supporters, wine lovers, industry folks, everyone that really cares about this valley." He said the proceeds fuel education and advocacy for grape growers and farmworkers,

The San Francisco AIDS Foundation's (SFAF) Tribute Gala 2025 was held on Saturday, September 20, at The Four Seasons Hotel. The event is held annually to celebrate the fight against HIV/AIDS and the journey to health justice for all. ABC7's Reggie Aqui served as emcee for the evening, and SFAF CEO Dr. Tyler TerMeer welcomed and thanked supporters and friends for attending. Co-chairs of the event were Larkin R. Callaghan, MD, of Gilead Sciences, and Dan Bernal, Vice Chancellor at UCSF.

Not long after, he met Sahil Mehta, a South Bay teen who had also lost his brother to the same brain cancer. Their parents began talking about launching a foundation, and the boy's paths kept crossing - at each other's homes, on ski trips, at fundraising events. Over time, their friendship deepened, rooted in the kind of loss few others their age could understand.

The dogs, rescued six weeks ago, "were being kept in deplorable conditions by a so-called backyard breeder," Second Chances Animal Services wrote in an Instagram post. On the fundraising page for the dogs' expenses, Second Chances wrote, "The [three] mothers had been confined in very poor conditions, subjected to repeated breeding, and had likely never even been out-of-doors prior to their rescue." The adult dogs were covered in caked-on feces and some had to be shaved to remove the feces, Doray said.

In a classroom in the Sherman Fairchild Laboratory Building, 6-year-old Marianne Cullen was starting to get the jitters. She was about to meet her favorite scientist, regenerative biologist and axolotl researcher Jessica Whited. "You might have to hold me up, in case I faint," the Springfield first-grader told her parents, Kat Demetrion and Robert Cullen, as she clutched her pink axolotl stuffie tightly in her lap.

Local leaders are launching the Stand Together Bay Area Fund, which will provide living expenses to families of local immigrants who've been deported or detained by ICE. Applicants can sign up through the SF-based Mission Asset Fund. As the Chronicle reports, San Francisco Mayor Lurie, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, and dozens of other Bay Area leaders announced the launch of the fund on Friday, which will be overseen by the nonprofit, San Francisco Foundation.

This Builder Stage session brings together Katie Stanton ( Moxxie Ventures), Thomas Krane ( Insight Partners), and Sangeen Zeb ( GV). They've seen thousands of decks, led major rounds, and helped steer startups from scrappy beginnings to breakout scale. You'll hear what actually moves a pitch from "maybe" to "we're in," including the metrics that matter, how to tell your growth story, and what causes investors to walk away.

Ryan Reynolds. / Cameron Smith/GettyImages Wrexham co-owner Ryan Reynolds has donated 10,000 to a fundraising campaign for 13-year-old Lexi, a brave girl from Wrexham, who is fighting a rare and aggressive form of heart cancer. Lexi Collins was diagnosed with the disease in June and has already undergone two open-heart surgeries, had a pacemaker fitted, and is currently receiving intensive chemotherapy. Despite the challenges, Lexi's dream is to visit New York City this Christmas a wish that is now closer to becoming a reality thanks to the support from the community.

If life was fair, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America would owe Nate Bargatze a lot of money right now. The Emmys host kicked off the 77th annual TV awards ceremony on Sunday night with a contest for the charity; it aimed to prevent the live broadcast from running into overtime due to long-winded acceptance speeches. He started with a pledge of $100,000 to the nonprofit after-school group,

"He is overwhelmed by the fundraising and how much we have raised so far and we as a family are really hoping for as much as we can to raise for such a good cause," Kayleigh told the BBC.

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The blaze destroyed nearly everything they owned and displaced them from their home with just a few belongings in a matter of several hours, Evans told Hyperallergic in a phone call from a hotel where she is currently living. "There's a lot of things that went wrong," Evans said. "It was not like the movies where it's very clear it's an emergency," she added, recalling how the building's smoke alarms had not even gone off when she and her neighbors cleared their homes.

We have got one event at the Grosvenor Hotel on the 18th, said Stack. We will then go to Liverpool or Manchester in June. We will have 10 northern-based fighters there, who have probably played for more northern-based clubs. It will be exactly the same format, exactly the same kind of structure, exactly the same kind of entertainment with a Q&A in the ring.

Cohere, the Toronto-based startup building large language models for business customers, has long had a lot in common with its hometown hockey team, the Maple Leafs. They are a solid franchise and a big deal in Canada, but they've not made a Stanley Cup Final since 1967. Similarly, Cohere has built a string of solid, if not spectacular, LLMs and has established itself as the AI national champion of Canada.

More than 50 Prospect High School students will be playing at a band and orchestra festival at Carnegie Hall in New York City next spring. The Prospect High School Band and Orchestra were invited to perform at the National Band & Orchestra Festival. The Saratoga students will be traveling with Prospect's music director AJ Gonzales. He has been teaching for four years, and this is his first trip to Carnegie Hall with WorldStrides, a student travel company.

Great Tom, St Paul's largest clock bell, will toll 253 times, representing the number of young lives lost to cancer every year in the UK. This will be accompanied by an artwork trail of 253 intricate, colourful butterfly sculptures on Millennium Bridge, leading the way to St Paul's Cathedral. The tribute is part of Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity's (GOSH Charity) appeal to build a world-leading children's cancer centre.

What happened yesterday was extraordinary - people of all ages and backgrounds came together to walk, run, cheer, donate and volunteer. It was beyond anything we could have imagined. It shows that even when the situation feels overwhelming, hope can grow when a community comes together and that each of us has the power to step forward and make a meaningful difference.

I thought, okay, I'm going to go through the doors of Princess Margaret with all my heart. I remember that day so well. And I walked through the doors and a feeling of comfort overcame me. And I started thinking, you know what, I'm going to look at this place as my temple of healing. If you can't change the situation, change your mind. I've always believed that.

One would think that donors who identify as Democrats or even consider themselves friendly to the party would recognize that defeating Collins is essential—particularly since Maine, where Kamala Harris defeated Donald Trump by 7 percent in 2024, gives Democrats a rare chance to flip a Republican Senate seat in 2026. Collins's Democratic fans would probably say that they think it's important to support "moderates" like her, no matter what party they come from.