As Volunteers’ Week 2016 begins, we take a look at what makes someone give up their time for free While the benefits of volunteering are we...
HGH EMS JOINS CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE ORGAN DONATION, TRANSPLANTATION AWARENESS
BUCKAROO NEWS When the checkered flag cames down for the Indianapolis 500 this past Sunday, it not only launched America’s most famous ca...
Gratitude heartfelt a year after transplant
Tammy Harper and her husband Gary of Palisade are trying to make the most of life since Tammy received a heart transplant a year ago. ...
Six Delco athletes to vie in transplant games
Howard Pritchard, 64, of Parkside, is one of six Delaware County residents who are part of Team Philadelphia, bound for the Donate Li...
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioural Economics
If the role of behavioural economics in fundraising intrigues you, this story gives you the background to the rise of this academic discipli...
Ask the right questions before you write, and your fundraising will work better -- and take less time
Most of the work that makes any fundraising project effective happens before you write a single word. It's the questions you ask and a...
Mo Farah Foundation reportedly to close after story appears in The Sun
The Mo Farah Foundation has reportedly closed after The Sun found that it had spent more money on marketing and events than on delivering ch...
6 ways to make your direct mail campaigns greener
It’s your biggest DM campaign of the year. Donations are on the increase and the creative is really resonating with your donor base. But the...
National Trust criticised in Sunday Times for selling off land for housing
The Sunday Times newspaper has published a critical article accusing the National Trust of “hypocrisy” over its decision to sell off parcels...
Sunday Times criticises charities for spending too much on direct mail
The Sunday Times has criticised charities for spending too much on fundraising, after a Charity Commission investigation found a small numbe...
Why are some charities spending 90 per cent of their income on direct mail?
On Sunday a Charity Commission study revealed details of ten charities which spent up to 90 per cent of their income on direct mail. Hugh Ra...
Mail on Sunday apologises to Help for Heroes over investigation claims
The Mail on Sunday has apologised for claiming that the veterans charity Help for Heroes was under investigation by the Ministry of Defence ...
Charity Commission board is unrepresentative and 'gravely compromised' says Acevo
Acevo, the infrastructure body for charity chief executives, has said the Charity Commission board has "never been less representative ...
New fundraising director for Sense
Sarah Lee has been appointed as new director of fundraising at Sense . Lee joins from Macmillan Cancer Support where she spent almost five ...
Two new charity running events for 2016
Alzheimer’s Research UK and Cancer Research UK are both launching new running challenge events this year to raise funds. Here are the detail...
Gloucester Cathedral uses Harlequin CRM to unify data and underpin major fundraising campaign
In 2014, Gloucester Cathedral was embarking on Project Pilgrim. With a phase one target of £6 million, the Cathedral recognised that its age...
#MakeVirtueViral: A Graduation Speech for Uncertain Times
"Commencement speakers are typically supposed to inspire you to make a splash in the world, be somebody, do something big and important...
Human Appeal launches 2016 Ramadan campaign
Human Appeal and the Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding ( Caabu ) launched their Ramadan campaign in London on 25 Ma...
I was warned I'd lose friends if I joined the fundraising watchdog
I was in two minds about being on the board of the new Fundraising Regulator, but I never shy away from a difficult job I was in two minds ...
The Sandwich Man
Allan Law first came across hunger and homelessness as a middle school teacher in the inner city schools of Minneapolis, Minnesota. In his r...
Outrage. We invest in fundraising!
At the weekend, The Sunday Times wrote : “90% of the donations intended to help sick and poverty-stricken children never reached them, but i...
Arts and culture sector to get their own .art domain name
The arts and culture sector will this year have its own distinctive top-level domain name, .art, to offer immediate identification with the ...
Memorial Day is especially important.
Organ and Tissue Donation _______________________________________________________________________ You have the power to SAVE Lives Plea...
Turning Tragedy Into Hope The Story Behind The Casey Williams Foundation
WAND | Meredith Hackler DECATUR – Every 10 seconds a person is added to the organ donation list. Seven years ago Casey Williams died ...
Liver transplant recipient bonds with family of teen who was his donor
FAYOBSERVER | Myron B. Pitts Before they met, the family of teenager Jonah King and the man whose life is sustained by King's donated...
How a donated organ has transformed a little girl who has battled with a disease so rare only 13 humans have it
Montana is all smiles after recovering from the transplant operation with her mother Monique. Picture: David Caird HERALD SUN | Br...
Goshen teen lives on through organ donations to several strangers
Jennifer Dolphin, who received Luke's liver, stands with her husband, Billy, and her daughter, Mackenzie, after finishing the Luke...
Abby's Angels Foundation and Abby's Closets
Abby Bacho, who Abby's Angels Foundation is named after and who's legacy it preserves. THE NEWMAN TIMES-HERALD | Haley Hen...
Indy 500, Longmont’s Justin Wilson’s family make plea for organ donors
A part careening off a crashed race car struck IndyCar driver Justin Wilson, who lives in Longmont, in the head, leading to severe inj...
Cystic fibrosis walk in Richmond Hill brings out tears, hope
Sarah Doucette, who had CF, died in January. Her parents took part in the Great Strides Walk for Cystic Fibrosis in Richmond Hill and ...
Over 10,000 Participants Expected For NJ Sharing Network's 5K Celebration of Life
TAP into BERKLEY HEIGHTS NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – Elizabeth Stamler’s life has been affected by organ and tissue donation – in more ways tha...
Community Celebrates Life-Saving Organ Donations
NBC NEBRASKA AXTELL, Neb. It's been 10 years since the Nelson family, from Axtell, lost its 21-year-old daughter, Sara. And June wil...
NC man’s life-long struggle with Cystic Fibrosis highlights need for awareness
Colin Wilson as a little boy and recently as he was hospitalized. Photos from Wilson family. WNCN | Lauren Haviland RALEIGH, N.C...
Have a great Indy 500 Stefan Wilson! #Driven2SaveLives
Indiana Donor Network Left: Stefan Wilson, Right: Justin Wilson In and off the track, IndyCar driver Justin Wilson (No. 25) was ...
The Lullaby Project: Homeless Mothers Make Music
Since 2011, the Lullaby Project, a Carnegie Hall program (part of its larger Musical Connections initiative) that takes musics transformativ...
Translating Meaning Into Life: A Taoist Parable
"During a time of great drought, a Taoist master was asked by members of a village if he could help bring rain to their dry fields. The...
Old school friend offers a kidney to save the life of Johannesburg mother
TIMES LIVE | Nivashni Nair Continents apart‚ a South African expat living in Canada and the former classmate she hasn’t seen in decades w...
Baby with rare liver ailment desperately needs lifesaving transplant
Parents Barry and Renee have moved from Perth to Sydney while Mia’s fight goes on. Picture: Sam Ruttyn HERALD SUN | Jane Hansen ...
Middletown Woman Gets Cornea Transplant from Organ Donor
MIDDLETOWN PATCH | Carly Baldwin At the age of 24, doctors told Christine Scarano she may eventually go blind due to an incurable eye dise...
Teacher and 8-Year-Old Get a Chance to See Each Other After the Transplant
CBS 58 | Christie Green The teacher who donated her kidney to an 8-year-old was able to see her on Friday at Children's Hospital. ...
Transplant survivor returns to his pasion: the outdoors
successful liver transplant means Chris Buckingham, center, can enjoy hunting trips again with sons Brett, left, and Dylan. STAR T...
Milestone kidney transplant with memorial significance
WTNH | By Jocelyn Maminta NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – A life saving organ transplant surgery two and a half weeks ago marks a significant m...
Give and take: Matched organ donation helps 2 families
Corey Hurlbut and his wife Kristin Gjerset talk about the day Corey received a new kidney. On the same day Kristin donated one of he...
Local Man Enjoying Life After Long-Awaited Heart Transplant
CBS PITTSBURGH | Brenda Waters PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It’s the end of a long journey of emotional ups and downs, and often doubt, for Moses ...
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