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Americans have been bombarded by charitable requests as a result of the record-breaking number of devastating disasters which have affected families across the globe. While it is important that women secure their financial future for themselves and their families at home, it's also important for women to actively participate as members of our local and global families.

They're taking away charitable resources that might be used to help other people.

Our customers know that lending a hand to community efforts is a very important part of who we are. By giving customers the power to direct donations, we help them become more involved in the donation process and we learn more about what charitable organizations are important to them.

There's a general sense that the charitable sector has the touch needed, a better feel for the communities affected.

There's no denying that Christy Turlington looks good in everything, but it's especially great when she uses her supermodel looks and charitable spirit to support the organization she founded, Every Mother Counts.

The PGA Tour is very dedicated to charitable giving. That is the hallmark of the tour. The players' wives, when they are at a tournament, try to get into the community effort somewhere.

This year, State Street further strengthened its commitment to the communities where it does business through hundreds of grants to charitable organizations. We maintained our strategic focus on improving the lives of the less advantaged, but were also able to provide prompt relief assistance to the victims of several major natural disasters.

The U.N.'s humanitarian agencies rely on charitable donations from the public as well as the generosity of governments to continue their lifesaving work in response to natural disasters, armed conflicts and other emergencies.

This committee stresses the significance of being connected within the community in business. Many of today's businesses have community relations departments and do charitable work. This is great preparation for students planning to work in business, as it helps them to realize other business activities.

This is a big giving time of the year when a lot of donors are making decisions about where their charitable donations will go, and now they might wonder whether their contributions were well-used.

You're donating your time, which in itself is something very valuable which you can't deduct. But attending the meetings and functions of that qualifying organization can be considered part of your charitable contribution.

This is not simply a competitive scrum for who can scarf up the most charitable donations, but where should the money go to make the rebuilding of that region possible.

Individual donations and grants from charitable organizations helped us and pay for the observatory's operation. They have been the main source of support.

I'm concerned that we're seeing more and more charities used in the best interests of lobbyists, not of the public. Recent reports about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and their charitable foundations have raised serious questions.

I'll be using my charitable funds taking care of these individuals nobody disputes are in need. But will there be resources available in six months, not only for them, but the regular members of our community?

If there has been a focus, though, it's been trying to be involved and give to those charitable groups that affect our employees personally and probably our communities a little more. Cancer's been a big one because it affects just about every family, and we've had some employees pass away in the last few years from cancer. Heart disease is another big issue that affects most families.

I'm just not really interested in doing a lot of that. Not to say I wouldn't, but if I did, it would be probably to help a charitable organization, or something like that.

I'm satisfied, I really am. I leave this game with so much. I've taken so much. Now it's my time to try to give something back to somebody else, to give some time to my family and give some time to some charitable organizations in my community.

Immediately after 11 September, the U.S. closed down the Somali charitable network Al-Barakaat on grounds that it was financing terror. This achievement was hailed one of the great successes of the 'war on terror.' In contrast, Washington's withdrawal of its charges as without merit a year later aroused little notice.

In our outreach efforts and charitable endeavors, the Rays place a great emphasis on helping improve the lives of our area's youths. We are pleased to be able to partner with the education foundations and provide a new element to help our educators motivate their students and make education fun.

If you're doing any charitable giving do it with appreciated securities.

At a time when the Internet is playing an increasingly vital role in facilitating charitable contributions, we want to make it as simple as possible for our users to donate to their favorite charities. The Internet facilitates a real-time sense of gratification and also allows people to quickly and efficiently maximize their annual tax breaks in this last week of eligibility. We're proud to offer resources and access to charities to make giving even easier during this crucial period.

Anyone receiving tax advice should verify the motives and qualifications of those giving it, even those claiming to be charitable organizations.

Not only are you helping the environment when you recycle a wireless device, charger or accessory, but you can also help numerous charitable causes. These programs can put the value of retired wireless products to work for a good cause, and help you with your spring cleaning.

About seven years ago we decided to have our charitable event benefit the Marshall Fountain Clinic, ... It serves our entire county ... and our members thought it would be a good place for the money to go.

does not pose any security threat to any government and that he has broken all ties that have linked him to his charitable groups when he was operating out of the Philippines.

Dan's plan is unique in that it provides taxpayers who do not currently itemize their deductions a $1,000 deduction for contributions to charitable organizations that help the victims of Katrina and Rita. Seventy percent of taxpayers would be entitled to their regular standard deduction plus the amount they contributed to organizations that assist hurricane victims.

Shauna and I had no office yet. We had to find the equipment for the office, we had to find furniture, start writing grants, contact the IRS about our public charitable status, and get with the state about our tax-exempt status. We ended up going around Methodist Hospital to offices that were vacant at the time to make phone calls.

The Internet is quite possibly the future of charitable giving, ... compared to the amount given to charities by individuals, it is still very little.

They couldn't get their funds, couldn't complete their funding. So we focused on another charitable event, which was the Bob Hope Classic.

It will be used by Palestinian investors abroad and any Palestinian who wishes to move to the Gaza Strip. The departure of Israel from the border crossing would allow mayors and directors of charitable organizations to travel abroad freely.

CIDA will put aside the same amount that individual Canadians give to registered Canadian charitable organizations between Oct. 8 and Oct. 26, matching these contributions dollar for dollar.

I haven't put a number goal (on the campaign), but our goal is to just provide support charitable support to various projects and programs that help distinguish St. Luke's from any other hospital.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Charitable involvement, social impact, and global responsibility have always been important at Bain Capital.

Charity does require sacrifice, even from big spending politicians using other people's money for charitable purposes.

For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, to foreign nations, and to the next ages.

It's charitable to use the word 'dismal,' ... It's a reflection both of the weather and the contraction of the economy, and it really seems to have hit everybody.

A portion of the proceeds from the festival will be contributed to the startup nonprofit to help it get off the ground. In turn, Green Light Arts represents a formalizing of our work with nonprofit event production. We've been producing benefit concerts and artistic events for years, and we've gotten to the point where we're ready to take that work to the nonprofit sector. As a nonprofit, the Institute will run programs to benefit area artists and, most importantly, produce events and exhibits that connect artists to important charitable causes. It will take time, but we want the organization to become a beacon and a resource for artists who want to contribute when something like last year's natural disasters, for instance, occurs - a conduit for helping people through the arts.

The Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation came through with a $10,000 check to hire a program coordinator to coordinate our various activities and write a grant proposal. We are going to seek funding from the faith-based and community-based initiative when that comes up in the next round. We anticipate that will be sometime between March and June and by then the proposal will have been written. Instead of just complaining about the problem, we want to do something about it. Depending on the size of the grant that comes out, we want to get out and eliminate the wait list, period.

The goal of what I have done with my charitable contributions is the same as it is in my public life: to try and make the world a little bit better,

The charitable give out the door and God puts it back through the window.

The emphasis here is on 'unsolicited,' things that come in that you didn't -- you have never made contact with this particular charitable organization,

The Distribution Center encourages our associates to volunteer their time to charitable organizations. We believe in reaching out to help our community and encourage our associates to look for those opportunities to make a positive difference.

It stretches back throughout the history of the church. They have always been involved in charitable events.

It's extremely important for charitable organizations to make sure lawmakers have all the facts before them.

It was charitable work and he was driving about 80 miles each way.

Today more than 1300 small, traditional and independent breweries operate in the U.S. and because of them Americans have plenty to celebrate. Brewers provide jobs, pay taxes and contribute to tens of thousands of community, charitable and service organizations each year.

We might possibly try to support charitable organizations on the ground in Sudan.

We certainly appreciate everyone's right to an opinion. Colonel Sanders was one of Kentucky's most distinguished citizens, a great entrepreneur and a fine charitable man of faith, and he certainly has a place in Kentucky history. We believe he warrants appropriate recognition as such.

According to our records he's still getting a paycheck. He says he gives to charitable donations. We checked with seven around the county, none of them could say they were getting money from him.

I believe my office's efforts to educate the public are having a positive effect. We are seeing a larger percentage of charitable donations raised going to support charitable programs.

Colonel Sanders was one of Kentucky's most distinguished citizens, a great entrepreneur and a fine charitable man of faith, and he certainly has a place in Kentucky history. We believe he warrants appropriate recognition as such.

I decided to leave most of my wealth to my charitable foundation, which is not to be confused with my charity. My charity helps children directly. The charitable foundation will receive most of my legacy when I die.

Ice Bowl. The concept began about 15 years ago when disc golfers deciding to play for charitable causes.

I definitely got my philanthropic genes from my mom and dad. They taught me from a very early age to always lend a helping hand to anyone in need, and I hope to raise my daughter to be a very kind and charitable person.

Governments of rich countries spend some $6bn of tax money a year on disaster relief and development aid overseas, while each new earthquake, famine or tidal wave can attract 1,000 aid organisations, from the United Nations Children's Fund and Oxfam to the 'Jesus Brigades' of the American south and other charitable adventurers.

He can go to work, he can do charitable work, he can go to the doctor, go to the grocery store but he's got to basically stay home other than that.

Being charitable provides a boost to your psyche that is tough to replicate in any other way. But note that although any charity will happily take your money, you can give in other ways and still reap the same happiness reward. Volunteering and donating your old or unused belongings have the same result.

The Trump Foundation is a private-family foundation. They give virtually every cent in the Trump Foundation to charitable causes.

My strengths make me contemptuous. My weaknesses make me charitable.

Let us be charitable, and call it a misleading feature

The LPGA is extremely proud to support the Special Olympics Golf National Invitational Tournament, ... Our players are as committed to giving back to charitable causes when away from the golf course as they are to their performances on the course. The Special Olympics Golf NIT is such an incredible event, and I am sure that our four teaching and club Professional members, as well as honorary chairperson Beth Bader, will find it a rewarding and inspiring experience.

The long-standing partnership between the Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust and the American Theatre Critics Association has recognized some of today's greatest writers, and helped identify the great playwrights of tomorrow. We're delighted to help support the unique telling of tales on the American stage.

You can be a very charitable capitalist. Like [Nicola] Sarkozy was saying, we have to 'moralise capitalism', which for me is a contradiction in terms.

How shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves?

Religious organisations have an automatic tax-free charitable status.

Against the charitable gesture there is no defence.

There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot do because our charitable expenditures excludes them.

I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.

Be loyal to yourself, charitable to neighbours, nothing more.

Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven.