Nora Roberts has donated $50,000 to support the library of Jamestown Township after its community voted to defund it over LGBT books. In August, Jamestown Township voters rejected a vote which would have continued most of the Patmos Library’s funding, because the library refused to cull LGBT books from their collection. According to the library […]
Shaq the basketball legend is donating $50 thousand to the family of Aaron Salter Jr., a hero who died in the Buffalo shooting in May. Shaquille O’Neal, 50, is one of the biggest men, and biggest hearts, in sports. Seven-foot-one and with an estimated net worth of $400 million, he likes to spread his money […]
Custom caskets are a grim gift for nineteen families in Uvalde, from one man and his family business. Trey Ganem was contacted by the Texas Funeral Director’s Association on Tuesday, only hours after the shooting of 21 victims – 19 children and 2 teachers – in Robb Elementary School. The association proposed the project – […]
Ken Griffin won two seats on a Blue Origin spaceflight, and donated them both to New York City teachers. Ken Griffin is the founder and CEO of multinational hedge fund company Citadel. At 53, he’s worth an estimated $19 billion, making him the 45th richest person in the United States. On Monday, he placed the […]
Bismack Biyombo is donating $1.3 million of his NBA salary to build a hospital in the Congo to honor his late father. Bismack Biyombo was born in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo), discovered as a basketball player in Yemen, recruited to play in Spain, and came to the United States to play in […]
A Vancouver Island resort is pivoting to instead be a sanctuary for Ukrainian refugees. Brian and Sharon Holowaychuks bought the Grouse Nest, a resort in East Sooke on the southwest corner of Vancouver Island, last year. The picturesque property, with rocky shorelines, its own dock, and a little walled lagoon, is peak B.C. coast. They […]
Tougaloo College is receiving a $10 million donation, the largest it has ever received, from the CEO of Netflix. Reed Hastings, who has been the CEO of Netflix since he helped to found it in 1997, and his wife, film producer Patricia Quillin, contacted Tougaloo College in Mississippi on Monday to discuss the donation. Not […]
Handmade wood canes help restore dignity to veterans, with the generosity of an Indiana couple. Joe Ferrell and his wife Sue have long family trees buried in soldiers’ cemeteries, including Sue’s son, Donald, who joined the army after 9/11 and died only a year after coming back from his final deployment. Donald, like many veterans, […]
Sadio Mané is a professional footballer in Liverpool. Born in Bambali, Sédhiou, Senegal, the 29-year-old represented Senegal in the Olympics and the 2018 FIFA World Cup before he signed with Premier League side Liverpool for a £34 million (47.2 million USD) contract. He’s regarded as one of the current best footballers in the world and […]
Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand at Nike are giving $1 million to Morehouse College as part of their Black Community Commitment Effort. The donation is earmarked to boost the historically Black college’s journalism and sports studies programs. “Morehouse is grateful to Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand for an investment in the education of talented […]