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US Firms Give $76 Million in Aid to China Quake Relief
Despite challenges in the US economy, American corporations have heard the call and responded to the May earthquake disaster in China with cash donations,...
Foreign Donors Open Their Wallets Despite Myanmar Problems
As of Thursday, donations to Myanmar relief totaled $25 million from 28 nations, the European Union and charities, with another $25 million pledged by...
UN Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman Calls for Millions to Reduce Violence Against Women
UN Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman called for millions of people to add their name to an online petition for opposing violence against women. "I...
‘Disaster Divas’ Charity Met With Great Success (Video)
One of the smallest tornado relief charities in middle Tennessee has been met with such enthusiasm and genoristy that girls throughout a destroyed high...
Volvo Unveils Sixth Annual Hometown Hero Award Winners
Volvo yesterday announced the top three winning heroes in the 6th Annual Volvo for life Awards: After a tragic farm accident involving her son,...
Simon Cowell to Leave His Millions to Charity
Music mogul SIMON COWELL has vowed to leave the majority of his $200 million fortune to a variety of children's and animals charities upon...
Top Ten Good News Stories of 2007!
Looking back and choosing the top good news stories of the year was a happy exercise and I've concluded that 2007 was a good...
Vote for America’s Favorite Heroes
Less than one week remains to vote for your favorite hometown heroes in the 6th Annual Volvo for life Awards. The winner will receive...
Charitable Gift-Giving Growing in Popularity
Socially responsible gifts are growing popular in Canada, where people have everything they need and family members turn to charities to buy what...
Anonymous Santa Gives $100 Million to Struggling Town
In a beautiful story, an unnamed 'friend' gives $100 million to the struggling old industrial city of Erie, Pennsylvania, to be divided among its...
Kevin Bacon Uses ‘Six Degrees’ To Raise Money for Charity
Kevin Bacon launched SixDegrees.org, a new Web site that encourages the creation of charitable social networks and inspires giving to charities online.
Bacon started the...
Cheap Safe Drug Kills Most Cancers
It sounds almost too good to be true: a cheap and simple drug that kills almost all cancers by switching off their “immortality.” The...
Gratitude: Becoming Grateful Enough to Miss the Negative
Most of us live in a part of the world blessed with abundance on every level – food, water, shelter, life's frills, employment opportunities,...
Top Ten Stories of 2006: 2) Generosity Surges
2) Billionaire Warren Buffett Leading New Wave of Generosity with Largest Donation Ever Warren Buffett, the world's second richest man donated $37...
Top Ten Good News of 2006!
With casualties in Iraq reaching record numbers, the war in Lebanon punctuating the continuing crises in the Middle East and the ongoing slaughter in...
Rich People to the Rescue
The number of family foundations and nonprofits has doubled in the past five years. For the wealthy, giving money or creating charities to make...
Secret Santa Revealed
The Secret Santa from Kansas City has long brightened the hearts of hundreds each holiday season by handing out hundred-dollar bills to strangers on...
Online Video Gamers Pull Cancer Victim From Financial Fire
The World of Warcraft online forum chronicles the outpouring of generosity and goodwill by a gaming guild who came to the aid of one...
Humble Grocer Quietly Gave Away Millions
Waldemar Kaminski, who quietly ran a food stand in Broadway Market for more than 50 years, has been revealed to be a self-made millionaire...
Wedding Registries for Charity
A growing number of couples who get married later in life find they don't need wedding gifts to furnish their...