Last week, the Census Bureau released new figures showing that nearly one in six Americans lives in poverty _ a record 46.2 million people. The poverty rate, pegged at 15.1 percent, is the highest of any major industrialized nation. Nearly 50 million have no health insurance. Many are just one paycheck away from living in poverty.
Experience Community and Giving
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Piedmont Natural Gas celebrated the 2012 holiday season with its second-annual Week of Giving, beginning Monday, Dec. 3. During this weeklon...
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The Brooklyn-based nonprofit "Care for Sandy" has emerged as one of the critical grassroots groups helping residents impacted by H...
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Activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he...
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The Alliance for a Healthier Generation is a joint venture between the American Heart Association and Clinton Foundation with a mission to...
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Burlington City resident Harvey Dawkins has cerebral palsy and epilepsy. He is trying to start a nonprofit to raise money for multiple scler...
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute president Dr. Edward J. Benz, Jr., comments on the 2013 Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer. Th...
