Philanthropy

Like many teenagers, 14-year-old Belle has long dreamed of having a pet. But when a cancer diagnosis made it impossible for her to have an animal companion, she set her sights on something bigger – a pet dragon.

With the help of partner brands, customers and fans that joined in to #GiveThanksNotPranks this April Fools’, T-Mobile raised $1,038,950 through the nonprofit education platform DonorsChoose to purchase much-needed supplies for students and teachers!

With the goal of positively impacting the communities in which we operate, ON Semiconductor prioritizes supporting organizations across the globe that promote good health and well-being.

“What we're really talking about is the mental health of our future generations. Who we're going to be ten years from now depends on how we treat these people now," Rob Thomas said on Thursday evening. "I think the Trevor Project and RADical Hope are pinpointing a very, very huge group that we might lose, if we don't let them know how special they are and how normal they are. And so I just really, really think it's great to be a part of being able to have a voice to that."

The $32 billion pledge included mortgage lending, small business lending, and community development loans and investments.

On Friday, March 26, Georgia experienced the strongest tornado it had seen in almost a decade. An EF-4 tornado hit Coweta County with 170-mph winds and severely impacted the city of Newnan.

According to the World Health Organization, an estimated one in 10 babies, or 50 million worldwide, are born prematurely every year before 37 weeks of pregnancy are completed.

This Global Volunteer Month, Common Impact is spotlighting talented skills-based volunteers like Melissa Myers of Berkshire Bank who participated in Skills for Cities, a day of service dedicated to promoting racial justice and equity.

ASSETS, the Lancaster-based nonprofit that works with businesses to help transform the community, will now have its own sustainable transportation for its social enterprise employment agency, Lancaster Works.

A program in Jamestown. NY that has long helped people living with disabilities use art for expressing will grow further, thanks to a $200,000 grant from KeyBank, in partnership with the First Niagara Foundation.