12 hours ago From Gauntlet  View Original Article

Ottawa, CANADA - Don't burn your hands, they might still be hot. Used Olympic torches from the 2010 torch relay have been popping up all over the Internet. Some of the torches were listed online before ever being lit, others are advertised as being covered in Olympic ...

12 hours ago From Garden City News  View Original Article

Garden City, NEW YORK - On Saturday, December 5, the Long Island Branch of the Greater NY Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will host the 37th Annual Breath of Life Gala at Chateau Briand in Carle Place to raise funds in the fight against cystic fibrosis (CF).

12 hours ago From Voxy  View Original Article

Auckland , NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) is preparing for a low cost World AIDS Day campaign which will hit the streets next Friday, 27 November 2009. Benjamin Barratt-Boyes, NZAF National Partnerships Co-ordinator and project manager for World AIDS Da ...

12 hours ago From Rockland Standard  View Original Article

Marshfield, MASSACHUSETTS - One Stop Fitness co-managers Dan Bailey and Sara Beltramini have relatives who died from cancer and Alzheimer’s disease, and that weighed heavily on what their gym is doing now, and throughout this holiday season.

They are currently ru ...

12 hours ago From Los Angeles Times  View Original Article

Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA - Only days after a federal panel scaled back on breast cancer screening recommendations for many women, another organization -- the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists -- has done the same for a screening credited with drastically redu ...

31 hours ago From Mayo Advertiser  View Original Article

Galway, IRELAND - If you are looking for a great night out at a very reasonable cost where you can support your local Mayo charity then look no further than the Beaten Path where a fantastic night awaits at a Posh and Spice Fashion and Food Extravaganza.

31 hours ago From Franchise Key  View Original Article

New York, NEW YORK - The Build-A-Bear Workshop® franchise has announced that it will raise funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) throughout the month of November as part of National Diabetes Awareness Month in an effort to support research to help fi ...

31 hours ago From HipHopRX  View Original Article

Memphis, TENNESSEE - Tila Tequila who recently did a charity for the ‘Keep A Breast Foundation’ and auctioned off a replica of her breasts to a winning bidder for $60,100.00 is back and this time in an supposed bizarre meltdown video. In a Tila Tequila’s Ustream video we ...

37 hours ago From Emirates Business 24/7  View Original Article

Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Organisers of Swim Burj Al Arab hope this will be the biggest year yet, as they aim to raise more than Dh200,000 for charity.

The 1km swim, organised by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Wild Wadi, is now in its eighth year raising mo ...

Archived  From Network Norwich 

Norwich, U K - A group of Norfolk children with disabilities will be going on an Easter pilgrimage to Lourdes thanks to the fundraising efforts of Handicapped Children's Pilgrimage Trust group leader Elly Perrott.

Elly, 22, who lives in Hempstead ne ...

Archived  From The Boot (blog) 

Washington, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - Sugarland will ring in the holidays with Mary J. Blige, Neil Diamond, Rob Thomas and Usher, when TNT airs 'Christmas In Washington' on Dec. 20 at 8:00 PM ET.

'Christmas In Washington' is a musical celebration of the holidays to benefit ...

Archived  From Deseret News 

Salt Lake City, UTAH - When her mother was diagnosed with diabetes one hot summer day, and then her grandmother died from diabetes complications a month later, 11-year-old Genevieve Ellis didn't take it sitting down.

"I'm a Scorpio, and they hold grudges. I ...

Archived  From Pahrump Valley Times 

Pahrump, NEVADA - Raising a child with autism can present parents and family members with unique daily challenges to overcome, but families of children with autism in Pahrump now have a new community resource they can employ -- the Support Group for Parents of Childre ...

Archived  From Staunton News Leader 

Staunton , VIRGINIA - Members of the Family Career and Community Leaders of America chapter at Buffalo Gap High School hosted a benefit concert for the Children's Miracle Network in Charlottesville on Nov. 8 at Augusta Expoland in Fishersville. Each year, the organization ...

Archived  From South Devon Herald Express 

London, U K - PAIGNTON Rowing Club transported their wooden gig Top Catch to the recent FISA World Coastal Rowing Championships in Plymouth to give former Leicester Tigers player Matt Poole and his fund-raising crew a trial row in a gig.

The Guinnes ...