charity

Austin's 'Christmas Affair' brings together shopping, charity

KEYE - CBS 42  Fri, 11/21/2008 - 9:27am

If you haven't started your Christmas shopping yet, this weekend may be the time to do it. The annual Christmas Affair holiday market is underway in Downtown Austin.



 

Brown Santa begins collections, hopes to overcome economy

KEYE - CBS 42  Mon, 11/17/2008 - 8:47am

The Brown Santa charity, run by the Travis County Sheriff’s Department, is counting on donations of toys and books as well as cash to help 1,500 families in need.



 

Cancer drug success 'on the rise'

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Sat, 11/15/2008 - 6:00pm

Cancer drug research is entering a new era which will mean more successful drugs for patients, says a charity.



 

Premature births 'are increasing'

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Thu, 11/06/2008 - 6:01pm

There has been a dramatic rise in the number of babies being born prematurely in England, a charity has warned.



 

Larry Brilliant outlines Google’s giving strategies [video]

ZDNET - Between the Lines  Wed, 11/05/2008 - 3:07pm

At the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, Larry Brilliant, executive director of Google.org, declares that Google ripped off Salesforce’s 1/1/1 model–and the company is proud of it.

The model calls for a company to give 1 percent of its time, 1 percent of its equity, and 1 percent of its product to charity.



 

Dwight Schrute from "The Office" in Austin

Austin Metablog  Sat, 10/25/2008 - 10:40pm

Rainn Wilson, aka "Dwight Schrute" from "The Office" stops by Austin to talk charity, spirituality, and spatulas. (via That Austin Girl)



 

Repossession 'is mental threat'

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Thu, 10/09/2008 - 7:20pm

House repossession poses the greatest threat to people's mental health, a charity has warned.



 

Down's test miscarriage warning

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Wed, 09/17/2008 - 5:13am

The number of healthy babies lost as a result of Down's syndrome testing is "unjustifiable", a charity has claimed.



 

Climate inaction 'costing lives'

BBC News | Science/Nature | World Edition  Tue, 09/09/2008 - 6:28am

Failure to curb climate change is violating the human rights of people in the poorest nations, says a UK-based aid charity.



 

Hearing risk for festival goers

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Fri, 09/05/2008 - 4:37am

Festival goers could be seriously damaging their hearing, a leading charity has warned.