Charity News

In what is being billed as one of the most important art sales of the year in Dublin, Dungannon artist and photographer Marty Cullen has produced a large portrait of Irish literary giant Samuel Beckett.

Orrin Hudson to celebrate birthday bash with Charity Chess event. Ever wanted to learn how to play chess? Now's your chance to get in the game, says Orrin "Checkmate" Hudson.

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South Florida Mayors Set to Fight MMA Bout for Charity Posted by Jeffrey Harris on 05.15.2013 It started as a joke over dinner... Mayors Carlos Hernandez and Michael Pizzi, neighboring mayors of South Florida cities, are reportedly set to face off in a mixed martial arts bout for charity.

THE sun came out for hundreds of walkers as record sums were raised at the annual 10 kilometre sponsored walk in Guildford last Sunday .

Jackie Benstead's birthday charity bash managed to raise 1,179 after she invited all her family and friends to a village fair at The Old School, in Cornmill Lane, Tutbury, to celebrate her 50 years.

Big Kahuna's VIP Day will be held June 9 with 100 percent of proceeds to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northwest Florida.

The PACT Phoenix Animal Sanctuary Charity Superstore re-opens on Norwich Street in Dereham - Chris Rockingham and Dereham Mayor Linda Monument, in front of the new store.

Approximately 25,000 rubber ducks will be dropped from I-526 into the Wando River for the seventh annual Rotary Charity Duck race.

On Friday, Assemblywoman Jane Corwin, in an effort to help restock the shelves of many local charities that have run bare, delivered food to local Western New York food banks as part of her "Annual Food Drive to Combat Hunger." Over the past month, residents of Erie and Niagara County have donated more than 750 pounds of food, which will feed more ... (more)

THE FINISH line is in sight thanks to a remarkable A 3,000 pledge to the Gazette's campaign to spare the Thornbury Citizens Advice Bureau from imminent closure - the largest donation to date.

For Greg Bryan, life is good. He hasn't been on a swing in almost 30 years. "That was like outer space, flying in an airplane," Bryan said.

ONE of Stoke-on-Trent's most-iconic buildings is set to be brought back to life after capturing the imagination of Prince Charles.

MORE than 6,000 tickets have been sold for the annual Calne duck race, which is expected to raise thousands for pounds for charity this Saturday.

WAM SHARJAH, May 16th, 2013 --Friends of Cancer Patients , the cancer specific charitable society, is paving the way for charities' - the key recipients of CSR efforts - to be heard at corporate social responsibility forums, as it prepares to participate as official charity at the prestigious 10th CSR Summit.

Bags of clothes, toys and bric-a-brac left by well-wishers overnight are targeted and volunteers have also reported stealing inside the shops and burglaries.

Revelations that the Internal Revenue Service targeted some conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status for extra scrutiny have put a spotlight on a part of the tax code increasingly popular with political groups: section 501 .

Today 34 A-grade university students, recipients of Freemasons scholarships, received nearly a quarter of a million dollars from one of their own.

Look out for brightly dressed cyclists later this month as an Oxfordshire couple ride through Worksop raising vital funds for Haiti.

A CHARITY which helps people with learning disabilities has been overwhelmed with offers of support after it was raided by thieves.