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Ellen DeGeneres Secures $50k Donation to School in Need

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Post date April 27, 2018

A photo of Ellen DeGeneres. — Photo credit: s_bukley / Shutterstock

McKinley School, in North Bergen, New Jersey, worked all February on their “Read Across America” campaign, which included a social media blitz and a number of YouTube videos. The school put in a good effort to get talk show celebrity Ellen DeGeneres to contribute to the campaign by reading aloud on video. Unfortunately, DeGeneres declined […]

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Sandy Relief Foundation Facing Scrutiny

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Post date February 21, 2013

Nearly four months after Superstorm Sandy hit the east coast, one major charity is having its operations and motives questioned. The Sandy Relief Foundation raised about $1 million in the wake of the storm, but according to an investigation by the Asbury Park Press, few of those funds have been released. It’s also not a […]

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