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28 posts and columns on charity
As He Preps for Skull Surgery This Week, Brett Bullington Talks About His Brain Injury and Social Media Medicine (Video)
Here’s the good part of sharing.
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Zuckerberg Gives $500 Million in Stock to Silicon Valley Charity
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said today he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, were donating 18 million shares of the company, currently worth almost $500 million, to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, a nonprofit that helps channel philanthropic gifts. Zuckerberg said the funds would go toward health and education projects.Something to Be Thankful For: Brett Bullington’s Recovery Path Is Made by Walking (Video)
The beloved Silicon Valley exec and investor is on the mend.
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Facebook, Google and Twitter Partner With Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher Charity
Though actors Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher separated well over a year ago, the pair continue to collaborate on the charity work they began as a couple. Kutcher and Moore recently extended the mission of their joint foundation to combat the exploitation of children online, renaming it THORN: Digital Defenders of Children and enlisting tech companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter to support it.Demand Media Finally Breaks Away for Good From Lance Armstrong
The race is not always to the swift.
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Words for Charity: Zynga Launches Celebrity Mobile Games Challenge
Win a chance to play Words With Friends against John Legend, Snoop Lion or Eva Longoria — but not Alec Baldwin – in Zynga’s first-ever Words With Friends Celebrity Challenge. Zynga is partnering with American Express — and a few other celebrities — to give $500,000 to charity. The games begin tomorrow and end Oct. 3.Wonder If Jony Ive’s One-of-a-Kind Leica Will Be Laser-Cut From a Single Piece of Alu-min-ium?
Apple designer Jony Ive has agreed to create a limited-edition-of-one camera for Leica.
Meet Mulu, a Pinterest-Like Site for E-Commerce — With a Cause
Mulu.me blends e-commerce with boldfaced names to push products — but also ties buying to charitable giving.
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Zynga Appoints New Executive Director for Its Philanthropic Arm
Ken Weber has been appointed as executive director of Zynga.org, the social gaming company’s philanthropic division, to which players have contributed over the years. The company said earlier that a portion of its $1 billion stock offering in December will go toward charitable causes through Zynga.org. Weber spent the past six years as COO at The ONE Campaign, an advocacy organization focused on fighting poverty and preventable disease in Africa.Voices
The Cost of Online Giving
Donating to a charity online may be costlier than you think.Partner Advertisement
