As we honor the lives of those who have served our country today on Memorial Day, it seems fitting to share some information about the Fisher House Foundation. The Fisher House Foundation provides houses/rooms free for qualifying members of the […]
Here is an inventive service that some are willing to pay for—a personal signature designer. Does your signature look like an elementary school student wrote it? You may want to consider hiring a signature designer to help! Within the past […]
As we approach the end of the school year for students all across America, many of us will be celebrating with a graduate this spring. For a high school graduate, the next several years will be quite an adjustment in […]
The world’s oldest living land animal celebrated his 190th birthday recently! Jonathan, a giant tortoise celebrated on the South Atlantic island of St. Helena. He is believed to have hatched around 1832. As a mature tortoise, he was sent as […]
On March 30, 2023, Take Stock in Children welcomed close to 100 mentors from two counties to a very special event. This was a “Mentor Celebration” to honor and show appreciation to the people who mentor the high school students […]
As we pass the one year mark of the Ukrainian invasion, we have learned this past year of the devastation that the people in Ukraine have experienced. The displacement has forced millions of Ukrainians to flee to other countries or […]
After three years of postponement because of Covid, Camp Boggy Creek in Eustis, Florida, is welcoming back horses and horse volunteers for the family weekends this spring. Camp Boggy Creek makes it possible for children with serious illnesses to enjoy […]
To honor his 60th birthday, Michael Jordan made the largest-ever donation to the Make-A-Wish organization this week. According to the Associated Press, Jordan donated $10 million to Make-A-Wish, which will create an endowment to provide funding to make future wishes […]
One of the highest paid YouTube creators, Jimmy Donaldson, funded 1000 ten-minute surgeries last week that restored the vision via a MSICS procedure (manual small incision cataract surgery.) This procedure “vacuums” off cataracts that are causing cloudiness in the patient’s […]
The Fundraising Effectiveness Project recently released the 2022 third quarter results and the bottom line summary is that individual donors’ numbers are decreasing, but the amounts that are being donated are increasing. That means that the concern is how to […]