Charity News

Max Deans, nine, with the Great Western Air Ambulance crew that saved his life. Max was knocked over by a bus in January in Haydon Wick A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy who was hit by a bus was reunited with the air ambulance crew who saved his life as he handed over a large donation to the charity.

A NEW campaign got off to a flying start on Monday, promising a big boost for charities and community groups in the Chichester area.

FORMER internationals Tony Daley, Lee Hendrie and Mark Kinsella are all among a provisional Aston Villa Old Stars squad taking on Torbay Police in their latest annual fundraising next month.

Tuesday morning at City Hall, the city of Charles Town gave out more than $100,000 to nonprofit organizations that serve not just the city, but residents countywide.

Caring About The Strays , a Westwood-based charity which helps find homes for domestic animals and organizes low-cost spay and neuter events, currently has about 25 kittens available for adoption .

CAT trappingGayle Adams sets a trap near a spot where stray cats congregate. The Cat Action Team volunteer estimates she and her daughter helped trap more than 250 cats last year and deliver them to CAT clinics to be spayed or neutered.Submitted photo "I didn't pay too much attention and, all of a sudden I had 40," the Knutsford woman related.

Each day working dogs partner up with their human companions to get a job done. Sadly, the funding for these K-9 programs is continuously being cut due to the bad economy.

Dace Veilande, 47, has run the Scope charity shop in Bridge Street, Taunton , for two years but she is becoming increasingly concerned by shoplifters targeting the shop.

Philanthropic giving is inching its way back up, but the United States has not returned to its prerecession levels of generosity.

The former School for Boys pupil, who recently announced he will departing from the BBC's hit show at Christmas after three series, is urging riders to sign up for this year's Cycle 4 Cynthia and help its two benefitting charities - the Friends of Cynthia Spencer Hospice and Macmillan Cancer Support in the county.

A CHARITY shop volunteer has desperately appealed for a thief to return a photo of her late mother, stolen along with her handbag, while she was at work in the shop.

Nearly a fifth of Wales' charity shops could close if the Welsh government implements proposed changes to business rate relief, a charities group says.

A charity supporting LGBT people in east London was chosen as the recipient of a A 3,000 donation after pupils argued its case in a school project.

The Tampa Bay Times has recently come up with a list of America's worst charities .

A FURNITURE re-use charity has been given a grant by Swindon Council to help towards the cost of buying a new van.

Bikers from the Sunnyside Motorcycle Club will roll into the DDS-Alley Learning Center, 12th and Walnut streets, Lebanon, on Saturday, when the group holds its annual Sunnyside Charity Ride.

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Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says he will still give back some or all of the $20,000 he was paid by a New Brunswick-based charity last year even though at least one of its board members has ties to the federal Conservatives.

A children's charity distributed $375,000 among 26 agencies Monday, providing funding assistance to families who cannot afford theater tickets and for children with attention disorders whose families cannot pay for tuition.

The Spark Plug car club will hold a car show and swap meet fundraiser this Saturday at Atchison Park in New Hudson.