12 hours ago From Daily News  View Original Article

Galveston , TEXAS - Volunteers in Texas City and La Marque are going to try to collect 1,200 bags of groceries Saturday for 600 low-income senior citizens.

The bags of food will be distributed to 500 seniors from across the county next month at a holiday ...

12 hours ago From Valdosta Daily Times  View Original Article

Valdosta, GEORGIA - VALDOSTA — For the 20th year, local golfers teed off in support of the United Way.

The 20th annual YMCA Golf Tournament to Benefit the United Way was held on Thursday at Kinderlou Forest Golf Club. A total of 17 teams and 68 golfers co ...

12 hours ago From Seacoastonline.com  View Original Article

Portsmouth, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Michele Saccoccia, Aimee Sundstrom and Carolyn Richard leaned over a gray tarp in their bright red Service Credit Union fleece pullovers as they placed on the floor a large pile of turkeys.

As part of their holiday giving drives, Servi ...

12 hours ago From Louisville Courier-Journal  View Original Article

Louisville, KENTUCKY - The Lilly Endowment is pumping $1million into a special economic relief fund set up a year ago to help food banks, homeless agencies and other nonprofits cope with the relentless demands for their services from people who have lost their jobs, their ...

12 hours ago From AnnArbor.com  View Original Article

Ann Arbor, MICHIGAN - Theresa Finney Dumais has a few adjectives for the adobe-style South Congress Street house before its makeover: Eyesore. Deplorable. Crumbling.

“It was in really awful shape,” she said.

The single-story, cement-block h ...

12 hours ago From Herald & Review  View Original Article

Decatur, ILLINOIS - A fresh new look, from a roller set, short cut or fade hairstyle will benefit Dove Inc. and the American Cancer Society on Saturday.

A group of local beauticians and barbers who formed the Central Illinois Hair Care Council want to see ...

12 hours ago From Rocky Mount Telegram  View Original Article

Rocky Mount , NORTH CAROLINA - Seth Muller is not sure of the exact moment he became inspired to organize a clothing sales drive to raise money for children in The Third World.

An accumulation of news stories inspired him to organize the sale, which will occur on S ...

12 hours ago From MiamiHerald.com  View Original Article

Miami, FLORIDA - Pam Neumann sat for hours in her South Miami-Dade art studio shaping lumps of clay into rainbow-colored ceramic bowls.

This weekend, Neumann and other members of the Ceramic League of Miami hope their 400 unfilled bowls will help fill ...

12 hours ago From Daily Illini  View Original Article

Champaign, ILLINOIS - From selling pancakes for poverty to promoting hunger and homelessness awareness, many University and community groups are trying to do their part as the holiday season begins. Thanksgiving has been the focus of several volunteer projects in the area ...

12 hours ago From NorthJersey.com  View Original Article

Woodland Park, NEW JERSEY - CLIFTON – In the hopes of making a dent in the nation's homelessness and pollution issues, one state assemblyman has vowed to donate a dime for every campaign sign brought to his Clifton office this month.

Thomas Giblin, (D-34th Distri ...

12 hours ago From Yale Daily News  View Original Article

New Haven, CONNECTICUT - More than $1.5 million of federal stimulus funding is going toward fighting domestic violence in Connecticut — but probably not in New Haven.

The Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence, a statewide public advocacy group, has s ...

12 hours ago From Texas A&M The Battalion  View Original Article

College Station, TEXAS - Texas A&M students Matt Oberhelman, a senior psychology major, Christopher Thomas, a senior technology management major and Robert Recer, a junior accounting major, wanted to make a difference with their music.

They started Headphones ...

12 hours ago From Monitor  View Original Article

New York, NEW YORK - The Salvation Army hopes Upper Rio Grande Valley residents will help make Christmas better for more than 5,000 area “angels.”

The charity’s annual Angel Tree program is under way from now until Dec. 13.

Each year the pro ...

12 hours ago From Bradenton Herald  View Original Article

Bradenton, FLORIDA - More than 140 guests attended the elegant fifth annual Luncheon and Fashion Show at Stoneybrook-Heritage Harbour on Nov. 14.

Sponsored by the Dining Out Club, Helping Hands and Harbour Hatties, $4,621 was raised to benefit Meals on Wh ...

12 hours ago From Ithaca Journal  View Original Article

Ithaca, NEW YORK - Angela Noble-Grange, with her 5-year-old daughter Cameron, serves pie to Steve Tamas at the annual Red Cross Thanksgiving dinner Thursday in Ithaca.

This is the eighth year the Tompkins County American Red Cross has put on the dinner a ...