The Great American Shoe Drive Gives Shoes to Hillsides Children
Published on: September 9th, 2010 12:01am
Partnering with Footwear News, Sole4Souls created the Great American Shoe Drive with the goal of distributing thousands of pairs of shoes to vulnerable men, women and children in more than twenty cities.
Hillsides Children Visit Little Tokyo and Learn Japanese Culture
Published on: September 9th, 2010 12:01am
Konnichiwa Little Tokyo, a volunteer lead effort in partnership with organizations and businesses in Little Tokyo, hosted a cultural enrichment outing for vulnerable children living at Hillsides, a Pasadena foster care children’s charity.
NC Beautiful Accepting Applications for the 2010 Annual Azalea Celebration
Published on: September 1st, 2010 12:03am
Event started in 1985 has given away over 200,000 plants to over 2,500 North Carolina non-profits
Freedom from Hunger Shows How Banking and Healthcare Can Work Together for the World’s Poor
Published on: August 27th, 2010 12:02am
Freedom from Hunger has successfully completed a $6 million project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The four-year grant enabled Freedom from Hunger and five microfinance banks in Africa, Asia and Latin America to add health protection options to their financial offerings, reaching more than 1.5 million of the world’s rural poor in five countries: Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, India and the Philippines.
Friends of the Page-Walker Hotel Welcome Noted PBS Appraiser Wes Cowan & His Expert Team to Cary
Published on: August 26th, 2010 12:03am
The Friends of the Page-Walker Hotel are pleased to welcome noted PBS appraiser, Wes Cowan, to Cary in September for two exciting events.
Freedom from Hunger Announces Search for New CEO
Published on: August 25th, 2010 12:03am
Dr. Chris Dunford of Freedom from Hunger has announced that he will retire after nearly 20 years as the organization’s President and Chief Executive Officer. It is anticipated that the new President will take office on July 1, 2011, with Dr. Dunford staying on in a new role in research, communications, and advocacy for an additional two years during the transition.
Students, Businesses Donate to Clothing Drive for African AIDS Orphans Led by Help AIDS Orphans
Published on: July 16th, 2010 12:02am
Schools and colleges nationwide including participating partners like Nickelodeon Networks, the Student Global AIDS Campaign, and country singer Shane Morgan are all joining forces with Help AIDS Orphans to collect clothes for African AIDS orphans.
Community Workforce Solutions Expands Kroger Training Program
Published on: June 3rd, 2010 12:18am
Community Workforce Solutions partners with Durham, NC Kroger store to offer grocery training program to individuals with disabilities or other barriers to employment.
Executive Director Retires from Pasadena Children’s Charity
Published on: May 13th, 2010 12:13am
John Hitchcock Retires After Nearly 40 Years of Creating Safe Places
Volunteers Receive Los Angeles Children’s Charity Angel Award
Published on: May 13th, 2010 12:13am
Local jeweler and restaurateurs were honored and presented with Hillsides Community Angel Award during Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Local Interior Designer Receives Los Angeles Children’s Charity Angel Award
Published on: May 13th, 2010 12:13am
Judy Kenyon Burness was honored and presented with Hillsides Angel Award during Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Pasadena Children’s Charity’s Benefit Takes Gold at Annual Benefit
Published on: May 12th, 2010 12:03am
Hillsides, a foster care children’s charity, takes gold at its annual gala, netting $375,000 for programs and services to benefit vulnerable children and their families.
Smallbean Launches and Recruits Your Dusty iPods, Cameras and Laptops
Published on: May 6th, 2010 12:01am
Boston-based nonprofit Smallbean launches its new MobileCAP campaign, deploying mobile technology labs to extend its successful Citizen Archivist Project (CAP) to additional sites in the developing world. Smallbean’s CAP teaches technology skills and documents community life around the world, using solar power and donated personal electronics.
Nationally Renowned Motivational Speaker and Emotional Genetics
Published on: April 27th, 2010 12:02am
Nationally renowned motivational speaker and author, Judy Smith, will help women delve deeper into understanding and managing their own emotional genetics, at the 5th Annual Personal and Professional Development Retreat for Women of Color. The event will take place Monday, May 3 at the Creekside Conference and Event Center in Gahanna, Ohio.
Missing the Tax Deadline: Filing an Extension Doesn’t Postpone Payment
Published on: April 16th, 2010 12:02am
Filing an extension does not give taxpayers additional time to pay their tax liability. The extension is for filing the return, not for paying whatever is owed; that’s still due by April 15. Late payment results in an additional penalty on top of the penalty for late filing. There are new special dispensations available only to certain taxpayers from New Jersey, West Virginia, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, as well as members of the armed services serving in combat zones.
Reentry Program Achieves Promising Results
Published on: April 15th, 2010 12:03am
Participants Recognized at 4/14 Dinner Reception
8th Annual Personal And Professional Development Retreat for Women of Color at Univ. of Akron
Published on: March 29th, 2010 12:12am
Nationally renowned motivational speakers, S. Renee Smith and Judy Smith, will help women tap into their personal power at the 8th Annual Personal and Professional Development Retreat for Women of Color. The event will take place Saturday, April 10 through Monday, April 12 at the University of Akron.
Community Workforce Solutions Joins GoodSearch Network
Published on: March 25th, 2010 12:08am
Raleigh-based Community Workforce Solutions has been selected as an approved charity by social good search engine GoodSearch.com.
Full Circle Fund and Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership at Cal Launch Philanthropy Course
Published on: March 4th, 2010 12:03am
UC Berkeley undergrads are learning to be philanthropists in the new Economics of Philanthropy course taught by Dr. Nora Silver, Full Circle Fund CEO Amy Lesnick, and Darian Rodriguez Heyman, former Executive Director of Craigslist Foundation and a Full Circle Fund Fellow.
Homeland Security Foundation of America Launches RubyWATCH
Published on: February 10th, 2010 12:15am
Despite a Tough Economy HSFA's Public Safety Efforts Continue With Release of RubyWATCH, National Terrorism and Crime Prevention Database
Attorneys, CEOs, Dentists and More are Up for Bid at the 6th Annual Bachelor Bid for Charity
Published on: February 9th, 2010 12:03am
Hosted by the Wild, Wacky, Wonderful Women of the World, Charity Event Includes Auction of Raleigh's Finest Bachelorsto Benefit the Women's Center of Wake County
Pasadena Foster Care Charity Appoints New Chief Executive Officer
Published on: February 9th, 2010 12:01am
Joseph Costa Chosen to Lead Children’s Charity
The Healing Place Welcomes Author Scott Wittig for Book Signing
Published on: February 8th, 2010 12:03am
The Healing Place of Wake County is hosting author Scott Wittig for a book signing and discussion of Holy IT! on February 9 at 7 PM at the Men’s Facility in Raleigh. The event is open to the public and will be at 2151 Goode Street in Raleigh NC.
The Debatewise Global Youth Panel to Dissect Events at COP15 and Debate the Consequences of Failure
Published on: January 28th, 2010 12:10am
Over 1000 young people from 130 countries are debating their country's standpoint on issues that were raised or unresolved at COP15 to gain a worldwide understanding of the consequences of climate change.
Payless Shoes 4 Kids Donates 100 Shoes to Los Angeles Charity
Published on: January 9th, 2010 12:04am
Selected as a partner in the Payless Shoes 4 Kids program, Hillsides received one hundred $15 gift certificates for shoes to give to families living in Los Angeles County that are in crisis and have financial hardship.