How to change the world with $10
Not long after her book, “Carry On, Warrior,” started climbing to the top of The New York Times bestseller list, Glennon Doyle Melton remembers sitting at home, feeling overcome by gratitude and love,...
View ArticleThis fundraiser has already sold out-be sure to put it on your 2016 calendar!
Join Cancer Support Community-Redondo Beach (CSC-RB) in celebrating young cancer survivorship at the first annual Circle of Hope – A Masquerade Soirée. The new fundraiser will be held at Shade Hotel in...
View ArticleYarnell fire evacuees return home
Story Highlights American Red Cross reported at least 351 people stayed at least one night in their sheltersOnly Yarnell residents were allowed back into townNineteen firefighters were killed while...
View ArticleEyes on Arlington: Check out the Junior League at open house Thursday
Special to the Star-Telegram Women who want to give back to their community, grow personally and professionally and get connected to other women will want to stop by the spring open house hosted by the...
View ArticleComcast Extends Technology Support And Connects Thousands Of Evacuees...
LIVERMORE, Calif., Sept. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Thousands of Californians have been impacted by the devastating California fires including some of Comcast's customers, employees and their families....
View ArticleWedding registries for every couple
In my last article, I began the process of researching and reviewing alternatives to traditional wedding registries. I have focused my search on online options, as I was primarily interested in...
View ArticleDisaster camp Napa style: Hell's angels and dog groomers
The Red Cross knows how to run a disaster shelter. Napa Valley knows how to do it with panache. The evacuation center that evolved over a week at the Calistoga Fairgrounds for those sheltering from the...
View ArticleClever ways to give cash gifts
Download image Photo courtesy of Plumfund.com. (PRNewsFoto/Plumfund.com) SEBASTOPOL, Calif., Dec. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MS -- Whether it's for a couple on their wedding day, a youngster just...
View ArticleEyes on Arlington: Shop in style at Theatre Arlington guild’s boutique Sept. 6-7
Guilt-free shopping is the best kind of all. What’s not to like when you can release your inner desire for retail therapy while buying items up to 75 percent off retail and a portion of the sale goes...
View ArticleCalifornia residents condemn Red Cross for slow response to wildfires
Locals have formed their own volunteer corps to help victims uprooted by the Valley Fire, which by Thursday had left over 74,000 acres burned...
View ArticleIn North Bergen, fire-ravaged building's tenants cling to memories as...
— When Esther Forman moved out of her parents’ home 40 years ago to establish her independence, she signed her first — and only — lease for an apartment, at 9201 Kennedy Blvd. KEVIN R. WEXLER / STAFF...
View ArticleIndependent on Sunday's Happy List 2014 (NOT the Rich List): The full list of...
Welcome to the seventh annual Independent on Sunday Happy List – 100 people who, without thought of personal gain, give back and help others, rather than themselves. Founded as an antidote to all those...
View ArticleCrowd It Forward Victims' Fund For Chicago Shooting Featured In Huffington Post
Crowd It Forward's online fund for the victims of the tragic shooting at Chicago’s Cornell Square Park was featured in Huffington Post. The article, announcing the formation of the fund for victims of...
View Article>Crowd It Forward Victims' Fund For Chicago Shooting Featured In Huffington Post
Crowd It Forward's online fund for the victims of the tragic shooting at Chicago’s Cornell Square Park was featured in Huffington Post. The article, announcing the formation of the fund for victims of...
View Article20 years of Faces of Christmas: The list
1995 Roger Anderson, Salvation Army Esther Chacon-Castillo, Mosqueda Community Center Rev. Jim/Idaleen Conklin, helps refugees Linda Lenton, Hope for the Holidays Vince Meagher, PG&E employees who...
View ArticleWedding registries: 6 nontraditional options you didn’t know you had
Everyone knows Target, Bed, Bath, & Beyond, and Macy’s have wedding registries. Lately, it seems like you don’t even have to ask a couple where they are registered when you receive a wedding...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Nominee a real-life hero for Red Cross recognition
“Do you know a hero?” That’s the question being posed by the American Red Cross of Summit and Portage counties. “A firefighter who entered a burning house to rescue a trapped family? A passerby who...
View ArticleComcast Extends Technology Support And Connects Thousands Of Evacuees...
LIVERMORE, Calif., Sept. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Thousands of Californians have been impacted by the devastating California fires including some of Comcast's customers, employees and their families....
View ArticleThe Later-Moon: Many couples find the honeymoon can wait
NEW YORK (AP) — "Where are you going on your honeymoon?" It's one of the most common questions asked of a couple engaged to marry. Another appropriate question these days: "WHEN are you taking your...
View ArticleWashington town, still rebuilding from 2014 wildfire, welcomes evacuees --...
The call came at 3:30 a.m., a reverse 911 warning that jolted Jeff Nanamkin and Kari Barker awake. Flames from the network of fires plaguing eastern Washington were threatening their home in the tiny...
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