Apr. 10—CHEYENNE — Meals on Wheels of Cheyenne received a $5,000 donation Wednesday from a grant initiated by a Charter Communications employee. Travis Burkett has volunteered with Meals on Wheels for more than a decade. Through the Spectrum Employee Community Grants (SECG) program, employees at Spectrum, a Charter Communications brand, may apply to provide a […]
A task force created by Gov. Kevin Stitt is calling for no limits on how much money state politicians can accept from individuals in campaign donations. The Governor’s Task Force on Campaign Finance and Election Threats reported a change is needed to combat the impact of dark money groups. “Independent expenditure entities are allowed to […]
Ozarks Food Harvest received a donation of more than 23,000 dozen eggs from local egg producer Opal Foods to help feed families facing hunger across the Ozarks and a special visit from the Easter Bunny on March 25. This year’s generous gift brings Opal Foods total donation to more than 4.6 million eggs since the […]
BUFFALO N.Y. (WIVB) – Prom is a special day for high schoolers, but the cost to attend the event does not come cheap. For the 16th year in a row Colvin Cleaners is helping students find the perfect prom dress for free. “When you can get a young person in a gown doing something where […]
Mar. 21—CUMBERLAND — The city will give $100,000 to Allegany County for the 63-69 Baltimore St. Wills Hotel renovation in the McCleave Building on Baltimore Street. The donation was approved at the mayor and City Council meeting Tuesday, which featured a variety of city actions. Work for the more than $4 million project was bid […]
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott just couldn’t decide on the 250 organizations she wanted to donate $1 million to, so she picked 361 instead. Last year, the Amazon co-founder invited nonprofits to apply for $1 million grants through her organization, Yield Giving. The open call was met with over 6,000 applications. Apparently, Scott and her team […]
Mar. 10—ASHLAND — Ashland Community and Technical College recently received a $20,000 donation to go toward the Ron and Diane Cartee Ashland Rotary Endowment Scholarship. The donation was given by Cartee during a Rotary Club meeting; the goal of the scholarship is $100,000. “We love the work of ACTC,” Cartee said. “It’s a great program […]
Kitten season is fast approaching, which means many local animal shelters will soon see an influx of cats. The SPCA of Brevard is working to get ahead of the population boom, but they need your help. So they’ve come up with a fun way for you to support their efforts. READ: See inside Central Florida’s […]
GOLDEN, Colo. (KDVR) — The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with a statewide pet pantry to honor a fallen K-9. A year ago, K-9 Graffit was shot and killed in the line of duty near the Colorado School of Mines campus. Graffit was helping sheriff’s deputies assist the Golden Police Department. The suspect was […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Records uncovered by News 4 show Oklahoma County Commissioner Myles Davidson received campaign donations from executives with the company owning land he recently voted in favor of the county purchasing to relocate the Oklahoma County Jail. Oklahoma County Assessor records show the property, located at 19001 E Grand Ave, is owned […]
A New York City medical school plans to be tuition-free for students after a $1bn donation from a wealthy donor. The Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx borough received the sizable donation from Dr Ruth Gottesman, a 93-year-old former professor at the school, the New York Times first reported on Monday. “I’m happy […]
WASHINGTON — The Teamsters’ political action committee broke decades of precedent last month when the union leadership voted to approve a $45,000 donation to the Republican National Committee’s convention fund. In recent years, Teamsters donations have been given primarily to Democrats. This year’s donation to the RNC convention fund marked the labor union’s pivot to […]