charity news stories FEBRUARY
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Robertson's CBN
reports smallest donation rise in 5 years
Posted by The Associated Press on February 23, 2007Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network has reported its smallest gain in donations in five years
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One Girl Rallies Entire School to
Donate Bears
Posted by Jeannie Blaylock on February 23, 2007Teachers say it teaches a beautiful lesson. At John Stockton Elementary one student inspired her entire school to donate bears to Buddy Bears.
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Alumni donate $25 million to
Forever LSU Campaign
Posted by Elizabeth Miller February 23, 2007University alumni Emmet and Toni Stephenson, formerly of Bastrop, La., pledged a $25 million gift to LSU today in front of the Memorial Tower.
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Elementary students
collect cans for charity
Posted by CRAIG EDWARDS on February 23, 2007Kids at one North Portland elementary school managed to collect more than 9,000 aluminum cans, all to help people they’ve never met.
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About 4% of Wall
Street Bonuses Will Go to Charity
Posted February 23, 2007A new study of more than 200 financial executives who received bonuses in 2006 of $2-million or more in cash shows that Wall Street bankers and traders are giving 4 percent of their bonuses to charity
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Charity offers
Ugandans a lifeline -- swimming lessons
Posted by Associated Press on February 23, 2007After AIDS and malaria, drowning is the biggest cause of death in our local communities here on the lake
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Companies donate to help
students succeed
Posted by Star News February 23, 2007Lots For Learning enables real estate professionals to make a volunteer donation for every closing transaction.
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Blood-Horse
Charitable Foundation to Donate Funds to Barbaro Fund
Posted by Blood-Horse on February 23, 2007The Blood-Horse Charitable Foundation will donate a minimum of $10,000 to the NTRA Charities Barbaro Memorial Fund. A new National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) established charity.
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Dale Jarrett,
NASCAR, Drivers Donate To Tornado Victims of Central Florida
Posted by Buddy Shacklette on February 21, 2007The Dale Jarrett Foundation will donate funds to Florida's Coast to Coast Chapter of the American Red Cross to support victims of the tornadoes that swept through Central Florida in early February.
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Illinois man sent
to prison for stealing $5 donation
Posted by JIM SUHR on February 21, 2007Money in the jar was meant for Belleville police Sgt. Jon Brough, 48, who was shot in the face and permanently blinded in November by a double-slaying suspect who later killed himself.
