Charity

Friday, May. 30, 2008

Angel Food Ministries Offering Summer Food Relief for Citizens

Soaring food prices don’t have to blow your budget this summer, a national nonprofit operating with 10 host sites locally can help. They’re offering boxes of food for just $30 dollars. »

Bill Cosby Donates Famous Sweaters For Children’s Charity

Seems like these days everyone’s selling the clothes off their back to help raise a little extra loot for the good stuff! Yesterday Ecorazzi told you that Kim Kardashian and Victoria Beckham were both giving up their threads for the sake of charity, and now it looks like Mr. Jello Pudding himself is going topless too. »

7-Year-Old Diabetic Girl Donates Hair To Locks Of Love

An East Texas girl decided that other people’s needs are greater than her own. So, she’s got a hair cut, and not just any hair cut. »

Thursday, May. 29, 2008

Little girl with long hair has big heart

Emma Benavides wanted to help people who lost their hair due to cancer treatments. This is not unusual according to the Locks of Love Web site, which states that it is an estimated 80 percent of all donations come from children who wish to help other children. »

Run benefits Shop With a Cop program

Estero High School sophomore Erick Montoya took top honors at the Cape Cops 5K Run and Walk at the Yacht Club in Cape Coral this morning. »

Friday, May. 16, 2008

Charity creates line at the pump

With motorists paying nearly $4 a gallon for gasoline, many residents are having a hard time taking care of their families and paying for gas to drive to and from work. A Wilmington church decided to provide some help for those families and others by following Jesus’ philosophy — Give and it shall be given unto you. »

Thursday, May. 15, 2008

Grandmas to the rescue – Elderly aid Jamaica’s paediatric HIV treatment

From her perch on the veranda, she kneads a lump of flour into submission. The bright red plastic bowl in which it is being pummelled is lost in the folds of her floral skirt. »

Students’ hard work pays off for charity

Grieving Children at Seasons Centre will be receiving a sizable donation thanks to the hard work of two Barrie North Collegiate students. »

Wednesday, May. 14, 2008

Police trade blue uniforms for blue jeans

Delta police officers pulled on pairs of blue jeans to raise awareness for breast cancer research. »

Girls surrender hair for Locks of Love

Deepa Patel was “freaking out” in the last few minutes of her school day at Mason Middle School May 12. »

Police officers race for a great cause

Dozens of police officers were running through the streets of Cape Coral on Saturday. »

Tuesday, May. 13, 2008

Mum’s shoe-per idea for heroes

ARMED force personnel serving far away from home and family are often without creature comforts.
The arrival of post is always a highlight, but, for some brave troops, being without a family means they don’t receive any morale boosting treats. »

Firefighters climbing for charity

A group of heroic Croydon firefighters is calling for help for a charity challenge. »

Westport girls donate their hair

When 7-year-old Michaela Leach got her second-ever haircut on Saturday, she couldn’t wait to get rid of a whole foot of hair. It was heavy, she said, and impossible to brush. Shampooing was a trial. »

Thursday, May. 8, 2008

Two-time cancer survivor bikes for a cure

Stratham locals who casually know Scott Joy are surprised to see him pedaling around the neighborhood on a touring bicycle and stunned when they discover he’s training for a 100-mile road race. They’re more accustomed to seeing Joy’s thin frame and bespectacled face on stage singing or acting in community theater. »

Wednesday, May. 7, 2008

Gift to Locks of Love

On April 27, 2008 Kayla Griego, age 10, of Eagle Point, fulfilled one of her dreams. After waiting for about a year to get her hair cut, she walked into Cost Cutters on Delta Waters Road where Carrie was waiting to give her a hair cut. »

Monday, May. 5, 2008

Shave for the Cure is shear madness

The ranks of the differently-hirsute swelled by some twenty individuals on Friday, with the realization of the Second Annual Dakota Ridge Shave for the Cure. »

Monday, Mar. 31, 2008

Ministry helps families stretch food dollar

Angel Food Ministries has made a difference for Deanna Woodworth and her disabled husband. »

Churches help save money on grocery bills

With rising prices of just about everything these days getting any kind of break is a blessing. Now some in Connecticut can get a huge savings on their groceries with the help of the Angel Food Ministries. »

Girls give up their locks for kids in need

Last year, when health teacher Maura Kerkezis challenged her students at the Martha Brown Middle School in Fairport to do something for the community, she had a definite idea in mind. »

Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008

Tampa Bay Woman Makes Aid Happen For Baby Miracle

For Kristin Taylor, it wasn’t a matter of whether she would help the baby, it was how soon. »

Monday, Feb. 25, 2008

Program offers food at a discount to anyone

Nothing stops the volunteers at Fabion United Methodist Church. »

Mystery donor sticks neck out to help care charity

A MYSTERIOUS statue of a giraffe which turned up on the doorstep of a Golders Green organisation in the UK has raised hundreds of dollars for charity. »

Cops unite in hairless solidarity

When Officer Eric Schultz started losing his hair from chemo treatment a few weeks ago, he never imagined it would result in the unity he saw Saturday. »

Friday, Dec. 14, 2007

Angel Food program helps hundreds of families save

Members of Richland Road Church of Christ heard about Angel Food ministries by word of mouth from a church member whose mother participates in the low-cost food program in Alabama. »