A movie theater has been donated to a small town, after AMC opted not to renew their lease in the space. Apple Valley is a large town in southeastern California, between Barstow and San Bernardino. Until earlier this year, the town boasted a 14-screen AMC movie theater. But as the cinema franchise tightened its belt […]
Charles Feeney, a quiet hero of philanthropy and tech investments, sadly passed away at the age of 92 in San Francisco on Monday. Chuck, as he was known to friends, was the man who gave away almost his entire $8 billion fortune to charity, often without fanfare. Charles Feeney believed in low-key giving. He donated […]
Governors Point has been donated by a private owner to conserve undeveloped land on the Chuckanut Bay shoreline. Randy Bishop, a Canadian business owner living in White Rock, bought Governor’s Point in 2018 for $5.7 million. At the time, his plans for the wooded little peninsula south of Bellingham, Washington were to build a development […]
Dwayne Johnson has contributed a ‘historic’ amount to SAG-AFTRA to help provide for union actors on strike. The Screen Actors’ Guild won’t disclose the specific amount other than to say that it’s in seven figures, but they are the ones calling it historic, and the largest total contribution ever received from a single individual. Two […]
Racial bias in medicine is still an issue, and $10 million in medical grants are meant to help fight it. The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is the legacy of one of America’s wealthiest women. Doris Duke, who passed in 1993 at the age of 80, was a tobacco heiress and an active socialite. During her […]
A young author has donated copies of her own book to her local library for all to read. Ayla Anderson is ten years old, fresh out of the fourth grade at her Colorado elementary school. And for the past school year, she’s been writing, illustrating, and editing a book. Her first book, she makes sure […]
Donated SUVs are heading from Scotland to Ukraine, to help support both the war effort and the citizens trying to go on with their lives. Mark Laird, a farmer from Angus, and several other farms developed the Pickups 4 Piece program, to donate 4×4 vehicles to help out. (Pickups in Scotland aren’t trucks, they’re larger […]
An accidental donation of $15,000 has helped a fundraiser to feed the hungry rise beyond all expectations. A man who’s only given his name as Michael told his story on Reddit last month. He learned that his San Francisco neighbor, a Hindu priest, was running a charity to help support a community in poverty in […]
A Maryland teenager has overseen the donation of thousands of books to children in hospitals, to honor her father after he was diagnosed with cancer. Emily Bhatnagar was 17 in 2021 when her dad, Mike Bhatnagar, was diagnosed with stage four thyroid cancer. A life-long reader, she’s always found her comfort in books, but during […]
A gardener who donates her crops to those in need is seeking help after vandals destroyed her land with salt, ruining her harvest for years to come. Carly Burd has a garden in Harlow, England, and she grows fruits and vegetables to share. Everything she reaps from her allotment, she organizes into donation boxes. According […]