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  • Why Giving Poor Kids Laptops...

    Professor Fisman's extrapolations are based on one study in Romania. He uses the findings from Romania to imply that none of the mentioned programs will work. A few facts from the post need to be considered. first it is only one study. Earlier studies have shown that computers had BOTH negative and positive effect on ''scholastic ...
    Posted to The Dismal Science by djbec08 on June 5, 2008

  • Cyrus

    I am a mother of 2 boys-2girls and grandmother of 5 girls-5 boys. I can honestly say that never at age 6-15 did any of my children read Vanity Fair. My Grandchildren love Miley and I can tell you, I don't think any of my children or grandchildren would have seen or heard of these pics that have our ADULTS all tied up in moral uproars, If the MEDIA ...
    Posted to XX Factor by ajsmurf2 on April 28, 2008

  • Six Degrees of Fundraising Separation

    I read Noah's review of Ayers' memoir and found it articulate and insightful. But I have to disagree with Noah's characterization of Obama's and Ayers' connections. Why should Ayers' money and influence be any less suspect than K Street, Wall Street, oil companies or mortgage brokers? Or, for that matter, Norman Hsu. I don't think it should, ...
    Posted to Chatterbox by mabelle55 on April 18, 2008

  • callls for donations

    I've been receiving calls for about 10 months (several times a day) from a strange and threatening man who seems to be working out of a call center in Westchester, NY (recognize the background sounds because I once worked in collections). He wants money for some police benevolent group--can't get the full name ever. He hangs up if questioned. ...
    Posted to Flatfoot by Calcott on March 27, 2008

  • FINDING DONATIONS

    HOW DO WE FIND THIS PEOPLE THAT DONATE , THEIR NAMES ADDRESS EMAILS PHONE NO. HOW DO WE GET IN CONTACT WITH ALL OF THEM, LAST YEAR I WAS ABLE TO HELP CURE 3 OUT OF 4 PEOPLE WITH CANCER, I HELPED THEM WITH MANY ILLNESS, OVER A HUNDRED IN ALL LAST YEAR ALONE . BUT IT TAKES MONEY AND WE NEED DONATIONS ,WE DONT HAVE ANY MONEY THIS YEAR TO WORK ...
    Posted to The Chat Room by followingjesus777 on February 17, 2008

  • super seniors

    There are some super seniors. They stayed on their jobs until retirement, and just before it was due they were let go. But all the taxes and service they gave was erased. Some stayed on their jobs and when they or their family member needed serious medical it ran out. Of course they have lost their homes.Most super seniors wear many hats =over ...
    Posted to Philanthropy by Earmy J. Boyd on February 11, 2008

  • a new social network for social good

    i just discovered a new site called goodcircle.org . it has a different angle in that you can either create a circle or join an existing one and earn money for your cause through on-line shopping. i will always shop iTunes and Shutterfly now through my goodcircle because a portion of my sale will be directed to my charities ie my good circle. i ...
    Posted to Philanthropy by joan o on February 11, 2008

  • Silly

    It sounds like google is engaged in trying to do the impossible. If I were a shareholder, I'd be unhappy that they want to pour my money down the drain. It's interesting that Google.org has the use of google engineers, but what expertise do their engineers have in renewable energy or electric cars? What expectation is there that they will make ...
    Posted to Philanthropy by HowardRoark on February 11, 2008

  • The Facebook challenge

    As someone who participated in the Facebook Causes challenge (I recruited about 30 donors to Love Without Boundaries), I can say I think these things absolutely work, and here's why: 1. Cost. An online challenge costs the charity nothing. LWB heard about the challenge and signed up. That's all -- every other bit of the fundraising was done by ...
    Posted to Philanthropy by Science on February 11, 2008

  • why on earth...?

    As a supposedly impartial news organization...why on earth is there a fund raiser for Hillary on it's political page? It's unfair and smarmy. Whoever is in charge of this mess sincerely needs to rethink this disaster. I really was trying to give that Network the benefit of the doubt since the last debate...however; this just proves how bias they ...
    Posted to Trailhead by Wildcatdiva on February 8, 2008
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