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Undecided what to give as a holiday gift? Give the gift of the ultimate comfort food – delicious, gourmet pizza with a gift card from Garlic Jim’s Famous Gourmet Pizza. And ask Garlic Jim’s about helping to feed the hungry.

Because 1,200 families a month in Simi Valley rely on the Care & Share food bank, the folks at Garlic Jim’s want to partner with valued customers to help the worthy cause.

826 National, a family of seven nonprofits that mobilizes volunteers to work with students ages six to eighteen on their writing skills, announces its newest chapter—826DC.

Bikes for Tykes is the 15th annual poker run event being held Sunday, December 20th to benefit the nonprofit organization supplying needy kids with bikes.

Metro Detroit, MI – Finally, some good news. Local non-profit provideInc (www.provideInc.org) is announcing its GiveTEN initiative (www.giveten.net) which has kicked in just in time for the holidays!

Planeterra’s “Project Cuzco Kids” Will Provide Volunteer Opportunities for Adventure Tour Participants Exploring Peru's Machu Picchu and Sacred Valley.

Planeterra’s “Project Cuzco Kids” Will Provide Volunteer Opportunities for Adventure Tour Participants Exploring Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley

Extreme Home Makeover Episode featuring C.O.P.S. member is scheduled to air December 6 on ABC. Check your local listing for times.

We The People is currently marked at giving over 60 million dollars to international humanitarian relief. It is projected that this one nonprofit alone will comprise half of total overseas donations from all southern-sectored 501(c)3s in 2009.

Fundraising expert and author Holly Million helps big thinkers translate their vision into practical plans with A Helluva Camp, day-long mini-conferences presented by Golden Poppy Productions.

Seventy-four GlamourGals volunteers had the opportunity to collaborate creatively as well as gain valuable insight on what it means to be a leader in a variety of fields at the 6th Annual Leadership Training Institute.

Miami Jewish Health Systems' 27th Annual Founders Gala, "The Greatest Generation," will take place Saturday, December 12, 2009, 7:00 pm at the Miami Beach Resort & Spa. Contact Joan Winograd at (305) 762-1514 or jwinograd@mjhha.org for tickets.

John Michaels Fine Jewelers has launched "Get your can in here!” a campaign to help those less fortunate. They are asking residents to donate food and/or new, wrapped toys to be entered in a drawing for a one-of-a-kind diamond pendant.

Visit www.eternalwish.org to apply for the Eternal Wish Foundation Credit Card offered through Capital One.

Professional Fund Raising Auctioneer, Karen Sorbo states that Pay It Forward trend emerging in last quarter of 2009.

The Public Is Welcome To Attend Numerous Upcoming Free Events Benefitting The Second Harvest Food Bank, Palo Alto Veterans Hospital And The Family Giving Tree

Bay Area Non-Profit Honored for Improving Lives of Low-Income Immigrant and Refugee Women

Free workshops and educational resources available at all 37 FAIRWINDS branches in Florida

This special week highlights the importance that animals play in our lives.The AZ Week for the Animals is bringing together educators, advocates, animal shelters, sanctuaries, businesses, students, artists, leaders and citizens together.

NYWF® honors visionary women leaders on 11/17 at its 15th Annual Neighborhood Dinner. We honor Laurie Cumbo, Benita Miller, and Barbara Turk, who have each demonstrated leadership & commitment to neighborhood-based work for women & families in NYC.

A Raleigh nonprofit celebrates 45th anniversary with celebrations open to the community in Raleigh and Henderson.

VolunteerSpot’s free online eBook helps families plan service activities - Family Friendly Volunteering: Ideas from A-Z

Atlanta Urban League 48th Annual EOD Dinner honors Turner Broadcasting and Congressman David Scott November 14 Entertainment provided by Grammy Award Nominated Artist Keith Washington HLN Anchor Richelle Carey will host

On Saturday, Nov. 14 from 1:30-4 p.m., President Wagner will volunteer at MedShare alongside Emory students, faculty, staff for Emory Cares International Service Day. They will sort and repackage donated surplus medical supplies to ship overseas.

Miami businessman and arts leader joins blue ribbon panel of actors, philanthropists, writers, and artists.

For the second consecutive year, the City of Cape Coral is teaming up with Goodwill Secure Shred to provide free secure document destruction. This year's Cape Coral Shred Day will be on November 18 at Cape Coral City Hall.

Sheila Shanker CPA, MBA has published her first book “Guide to Non-profits - From the Trenches - An Overview for Controllers, Treasurers, CPAs, and CFOs”. It is available at amazon.com. Management, accounting, taxes, grants are covered.

On the heels of the 2009 World Series Championship, Philadelphia and New York will meet once again in the “City of Brotherly Love” to champion a worthy cause.

The John Rex Endowment announces 13 new grants, totaling $123,559, which will be funded through an ongoing, long-term Capacity Building Initiative.

One of the Most Successful Leagues in the Bay Area Begins January 4

Despite the fact that the economy is in shambles and doom-and-gloom abounds in the publishing industry, *culture is not optional is making a foray into the fiction aisle, releasing Clutching Dust and Stars, a debut novel by Laryn Kragt Bakker.

Tri-Coastal Community Outreach in Grand Bay, AL, needs food donations and financial support to provide holiday packages for 125 families in the Gulf Coast region, including Mobile and Baldwin Counties, and Jackson, County, Mississippi.

Area Schools Invited to Apply for Moneys to Fund Initiatives for 2010

Project Access, a nonprofit onsite service provider for families living in low income housing in California, raised $215,000; netting $165,000 strictly for outreach programs, at a recent fundraising awards dinner honoring the Bascom Group.

Cincinnati’s Largest PR Firm Develops and Launches New Website for Split Rock

On November 11, 2009, ten finalists will make three‐minute “pitches” to a panel of judges and an audience of more than 300 investors, business and nonprofit leaders, and other members of Southern California's entrepreneurial community.

CURE International announces it has seen one million patients.

Nonprofits can showcase their accomplishments by entering the Philanthropy Journal Photo Contest: 2009 Year in Review.

10 Washington, DC-area organizations will each receive $10,000.

Evoluer House 2nd Annual Fashion Show Fundraiser Reaches New Heights

The Social Enterprise Alliance, a national association representing the growing number of social enterprises across the country, has named its fourth local chapter: SEA-San Francisco Bay Area.

OPM announces the rollout of “CrimeFreebies” an incentive program where youth and their families can earn free groceries by participating in its crime prevention program.

November 28, 2009, football teams GA Tech and University of Georgia will play in the 116th rivalry game nicknamed, ‘clean, old-fashioned hate.’ The game will feature one love of the two teams; H.E.R.O. for Children, a nonprofit organization.

Join TIMOTCA's Founding Circle of Angels membership campaign

Harley-Davidson/Buell of Fort Myers recently hosted a bike night and live concert aimed at raising money for the non-profit, Blessings in a Backpack. The new bi-monthly series will alternate between Fort Myers and Naples Harley-Davidson locations.

An exciting, versatile trio of award-winning musicians from Russia, these classically trained artists present a free Russian folklore concert on Sunday, Nov. 8 at 3 p.m. at the NC Museum of History as part of the Music of the Carolinas series.

National Fundraising Auctioneer, Karen Sorbo honored to help raise funds for “Opportunity Partners”

www.SingingRooster.org has launched a Coffee fundraising program for other nonprofits. Nonprofit organizations around the globe can now buy Singing Rooster’s Haitian coffee at discount pricing.

Five Texas State University Students were recognized for having been awarded a Housing Scholarship by Atlantic Housing Foundation.

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