Volunteerism

"More than 22 million Canadians - 85 per cent of the population over 15 - gave money to a charity or non-profit group in 2004 for a total of $8.9 billion. "

Nikes or Volpe

"This is hilarious teenagers with a spare $5400 drop it on Liberal Leadership candidate Joe Volpe instead of Ipods or Nikes. Yeah right."

Non-Ohioans pour nearly $2 million into governor's race

So far, out-of-staters have poured more money into Ohio's 2006 race than the entire cost of a gubernatorial election in other states. For the time being, this is the most important race in the USA.

Echoes of Presidential Election, Florida, Tuesday, November 7, 2000

She was there.

Florida Residents Use Holiday To Continue Relief Efforts

In South Florida, the outpouring of concern and support continues for Hurricane Katrina victims. In Miami-Dade County, some residents and city officials used the Labor Day weekend to organize a relief drive that hopes to send goods to the Gulf Coast this week.

Feed The Children: Hurricane Katrina leaves millions displaced and needing ou...

Feed The Children has more than 60 truckloads of relief supplies, including food, bottled water, cleaning supplies, paper products and other emergency essentials on their way. They are heading into Louisiana, Mississippi, and the surrounding areas that were hit by Hurricane...

Donations Pour in for Katrina Relief

Americans are responding to Hurricane Katrina with a massive outpouring of giving, at times overwhelming call centers and computer servers set up by charities to field donations. Total donations passed the $200 million mark by Friday, four days after the storm slammed into...