This year The Today Show Lend a Hand program helped five great causes.  Al Roker went on the road to help organizations around the country:

A Chance for Children Foundation, Los Angeles, California
Portland Parks Foundation, Portland, Oregon
Help4Galveston, Galveston, Texas
Arkansas Rice Depot, Little Rock, Arkansas
Community School of the Arts, Charlotte, North Carolina

On Day 3 the program helped [...]

This is such an awesome video. Reciting the familiar song lyrics, and putting them in the context of changed lives has a powerful impact.

“AHHH! What to do? Too many volunteers - Nonprofits are overwhelmed, volunteers underwhelmed!” that was the teaser Chris Jarvis posted to Twitter.  With a line like that I couldn’t help but follow the link he left.  And his blog post titled Six Reasons Why You’ll Never Volunteer Again did not disappoint.
As Chris points out so [...]

At 6:15 this morning the 5th grade students from Fuller GT Magnet Elementary hit the road for their trip to Washington DC.  The students did fundraising last fall to be able to go on this trip. They had a movie night, sold donuts, and sold coupon books among other things.
However the principal said that either [...]

The Documentary category at the Oscars doesn’t often get much attention. However for me when I heard that the film, Smile Pinki: A real-world fairy tale, profiled international charity The Smile Train my ears perked up.
Smile Pinki tells the real-world fairy tale of one young life changed forever and takes you inside one of [...]

How will Obama’s Presidency impact nonprofits and the people they serve?  Only time will tell.  This story though starts this new era on a high note. Earl Stafford, businessman and philanthropist from Virginia, helped hundreds of “ordinary people” be a part of the history making events in Washington DC this week.  The People’s Inaugural Project, [...]

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. we set aside today as a holiday. While it is a historic day, it is not a time to look back with either the extremes of sentimentality or heated debate. It’s a time for appreciation, work and looking toward the future.
There are many clips of Dr. [...]