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CHARITY shop staff and volunteers raised a glass to toast their revamped store, which has reopened after being closed for almost a month.

Southampton Lions Club has provided tens of thousands of pounds to organisations for more than 50 years, but that lifeline for the charities looks to be vanishing unless volunteers can be found.

Three Bergen County women will be honored at a May 29 gala for their contributions in support of CarePlus NJ, an advocate and provider of mental health services.. The 15th annual Courage Awards, to be held at the Venetian in Garfield, will honor former Care Plus Foundation chairperson Mary Ann Uzzi of Paramus along with Nancy Schuring, owner of ... (more)

A charity has smashed its fundraising target and collected more than 120,000 to support homeless young women in Cambridge.

A local gym is helping two yoga teachers raise some money for Living Beyond Breast Cancer , a charity that supports breast cancer patients.

Yesterday at the May 16-20 Holiday Rambler RV Club's 49th International Rally, which attracted about 300 member units to the Elkhart County Fairgrounds in Goshen, Ind., attendees enjoyed the spectacle of a spontaneous and unusual sacrifice in the name of charity.

Air ambulance charities are to benefit from a A 32,000 donation , raised by hunts around the country last season.

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.