Community development is the process by which civic leaders, activists, local citizens, and professionals improve various aspects of local communities. It empowers individuals with the skills needed to effect change, including building political power and working for a common agenda based on values of fairness, opportunity, and social justice.
SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 22 /CSRwire/ - Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH) is pleased to support Rebuilding Together's 2009 Make a Difference Day on October 24th. Make a Difference Day is an encompassing national day of helping others -- a celebration of...
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 21 /CSRwire/ - Conscious consumers can support social and environmental efforts through economic action with a new VISA(R) credit card benefiting the combined missions of the nonprofit Green America (formerly Co-op America) and ShoreBank Pacific. With competitive rates, the new...
ACCRA, Oct. 19 /CSRwire/ - At a ceremony held in Accra, the World Cocoa Foundation today announced the launch of the Cocoa Livelihoods Program (CLP) in Ghana. The program, first announced in February 2009, is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation...
WASHINGTON D.C., Oct. 15 /CSRwire/ - Today Reading Is Fundamental announced a $51,000 donation from The Sallie Mae Fund to support RIF's work in motivating young children to read. The grant provides support for programs to help make reading a fun and beneficial...
WASHINGTON, DC., Oct. 15 /CSRwire/ - As the international community prepares to celebrate World Food Day, Grameen Foundation today announced that it will expand its Community Knowledge Worker (CKW) initiative in Uganda, supported by a $4.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda...
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Oct. 14 /CSRwire/ - Richland School District Two, through its school nutrition provider Sodexo, became the first school district in South Carolina to earn the coveted Certified S.C. Grown - Nothing's Finer designation from the state's agricultural department for sourcing more...
STAMFORD, Ct., Oct. 14 /CSRwire/ - Keep America Beautiful, Inc. today announced the Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe, Calif.; Crime Prevention & Control Commission, Denver, Colo.; City of Milwaukee (Wis.) Dept. of Neighborhood Services; and Keep San Antonio (Texas) Beautiful are...
NEW YORK, Oct. 14 /CSRwire/ - Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking became a key corporate sponsor this week of Cents Ability, a grass roots charitable organization dedicated to providing under-privileged high school students with the necessary tools to take responsibility for their...
NEW YORK, Oct. 09 /CSRwire/ - MetLife Foundation and Theatre Communications Group (TCG) announce the second round of recipients for the A-ha! Program: Think it, Do It, which encourages TCG members to think and act creatively. Five theatres were awarded grants, totaling $150,000,...
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