It’s hard to believe that the holiday season is coming up so soon. It’s my favorite time of year; when I can stop, put work on hold and celebrate the important people in my life. As usual, I have plenty of gifts to buy for close friends and family. But this year I’m rethinking my holiday shopping list.
Read ArticleIt's “Cyber-Monday” and everybody wants a piece of your wallet. As the holiday shopping season gets into full swing, the sales pitches will increase in number and volume. At Left in Alabama, we've been searching for ways to cut through the chatter and buy gifts that reflect our values.
Read ArticleThe Award: The Nonprofit Public-Relations Award for Best Fund-Raising Campaign
Who Gives the Award: PR News
The Winners: The United Nations Foundation’s Nothing but Nets
Read ArticleTournament organizers highlight the need for malaria prevention and treatment and sustained support from the football world, the private sector and policy makers.
Read ArticleAnyone who crossed the stock exchange yesterday morning could perceive Bull and Bear in a different way - the symbols of the Bull's were covered with mosquito nets.
Read ArticleThe man who gives WOAI listeners, “It’s a Manu tres!”, is about to give them a CD of gospel, folk and ballads with the title track, “Second Chance.” The idea for this guitar-playing, singer-songwriter is not to develop a second career. It’s to raise money to prevent malaria in Africa through Nothing But Nets, a global campaign supported by numerous non-profits, including NBA Cares.
Read ArticleImagine waking up one morning to the news that 2,000 children had been killed in a series of planned bombings of schools all around the world. There would be mass panic- TV stations and newspapers would rush to cover the story, trying to figure out what was going on and why.
Read ArticleJudging by the finalists of PR News’ 2010 Nonprofit PR Awards, this has been a banner year for nonprofit communicators. Never mind the slimming of some budgets-that’s just an added incentive for creative PR professionals to find new ways to connect with target audiences.
Read ArticleUnited States singer-songwriter and actress Mandy Moore helped hand out thousands of long-lasting, insecticide-treated nets in the Central African Republic (CAR) today as part of a United Nations-backed effort to curb malaria, a preventable disease which claims more than one million lives every year.
Read ArticleIt might be called a match made in heaven. The United Nations is partnering with faith based organizations and their vast network of donors, development groups, and grass roots organizers to bring aid to developing countries around the world.
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