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Voya Financial, Inc.
Voya Financial, Inc. announced today that Nan Ferrara, EVP of Operations and Continuous Improvement, has joined the board of directors of Ronald McDonald House Charities ® (RMHC) of Jacksonville.
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Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
The Wendy’s Wonderful Kids program is the signature program of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.
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NRG Energy
After hosting the most viewed and arguably most amazing Big Game ever played, and with Houstonians now saddling up for the annual Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, it’s easy to forget the hard work so many folks put into creating such a successful…
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Habitat for Humanity
Joining forces to create access to affordable housing, The Blue Book Building and Construction Network has signed on as a national partner with Habitat for Humanity to help families build strength, stability and self-reliance through shelter.
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Weatherford
On March 2, 2017, The Texas Appleseed Board of Directors hosted a reception to honor Weatherford for the Company’s partnership in creating the Texas Homeless Youth Handbook. In a joint pro bono effort, Weatherford, Texas Appleseed and Baker &…
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AkzoNobel
Companies that balance their economic goals with societal goals will find that they are able to achieve greater success than if they were focused on profit alone. AkzoNobel has a long history of giving back to the community – it’s just in our DNA –…
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Keep America Beautiful
Keep America Beautiful, the nation’s leading nonprofit that envisions a country in which every community is a clean, green and beautiful place to live, today announced the official launch of the 2017 Great American Cleanup.
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Weatherford
On February 23, 2016, Weatherford sponsored the Small Steps Clays Classic in support of Small Steps Nurturing Center, a Houston-based organization dedicated to the social, emotional, physical, intellectual and spiritual growth of economically at-…
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Keep America Beautiful
More than 40 dedicated AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) volunteers from the Vicksburg, Mississippi, Southern Region Campus assisted Keep The Reservoir Beautiful (KRB) volunteers Bob Stribling and Jerry Palmer in a Great American…
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Cox Enterprises
On Saturday, March 11, in partnership with Atlanta Habitat for Humanity, Cox Enterprises’ #TeamCox completed construction on their 24th and 25th homes.
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21st Century Fox
Last month, longtime 21st Century Fox partner Ghetto Film School took its students to Fox Studios to pitch their ideas for short clips promoting FOX’s hot new show, Star. The students’ pitch presentations were part of GFS’ Industry 101 project, a…
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Points of Light
Points of Light, the world’s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service, is deeply concerned over President Donald Trump’s budget blueprint and the broad impact the non-defense discretionary program cuts would have on the nonprofit sector’s…
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Arrow Electronics
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Common Impact
Mission-driven organizations face significant pressure to funnel resources directly into their client-serving programs, at the expense of investing internally to strengthen their organization’s potential for long-term impact. With uncertainty…
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The Wendy's Company
The Wendy's Company proudly supports employee volunteerism through the Community Ambassador Grant Program. Each year, Wendy's® employees are recognized for extraordinary community volunteerism and engagement with a $2,500 grant to the…
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VolunteerMatch
According to Dale Carnegie Training, companies with engaged employees outperform those without by up to 202%. Surprising?
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America's Charities
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Points of Light
Today, the third annual Make Your Mark on Hunger campaign launches nationwide to encourage kids and teens to engage in service that will help alleviate hunger and food insecurity in their communities. The campaign is powered by generationOn, the…
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PYXERA Global
Finding quality jobs for young people in Latin America, especially jobs outside of the informal sector that provide fair wages and just working conditions, is a growing socioeconomic concern. The United Nations reports that Latin America and the…
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Rebuilding Together
Lowe's Heroes employee volunteers team up with Rebuilding Together in Houston to make repairs and transform 1935 home into community welcome center.
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CITGO Petroleum Corporation
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Habitat for Humanity
In J.Z.’s home, the children ask their friends for charitable donations instead of birthday presents. The kids already get plenty of gifts from relatives, their parents say, and giving to a charity teaches compassion for those not as fortunate and…
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Benevity
A few weeks ago, I came home from a meeting at Chic Geek (a Calgary-based community to support women interested in tech) and opened my laptop to find an email from Benevity’s CEO, Bryan de Lottinville. At first, I thought it was an office-wide…
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Habitat for Humanity
People in your community and all over the world partner with Habitat for Humanity to build or improve the place they call home. In fact, Habitat is the largest privately held homebuilder and regularly ranks as one of the top 20 homebuilders in the…
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America's Charities
John Leonard, Program Manager at Optimizely, knew his co-workers were very generous, but he didn't realize just how generous until he saw the results of the company's most recent annual employee giving campaign.
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