charity

NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
16 January 2009

STUDENT ORGANIZATION GOES NONPROFIT
TO BENEFIT HEALTH IN AFRICA

East Lansing - To suggest that college students armed with bananas could create anything wholesome and family-friendly may raise a few eyebrows.

But to suggest that college students and bananas are the backbone of a dynamic, progressive organization that has raised more than $150,000 to date and inspired countless people to improve basic health care in Africa? That may raise more eyebrows.  Read More »

So, this is my own words, not someone else writing them, but they are copied and pasted.
What the heck, we are not in the middle of the Blogging For Progress Scholarship season, I figured why not.

I wanted to share this with you all.

This scholarship ends on Jan 5th, any and all that want to enter, PLEASE DO!  Read More »

Every year during the holidays, my family makes a point of adopting an elderly person and a child. Even during those years when we struggled, we kept up that tradition because we knew that no matter how bad off we thought we were, there were others in worse circumstances.  Read More »

Why is it so hard for people to give up just a dollar?  Read More »

Okay, this is seriously pissing me off. If a few swears get dropped here, please don't freak out. I feel that such language is beyond fitting for this bull.  Read More »

Sorry for the High School Musical pun, but it is true. Here we are, basically strangers, all aiming for the same goals. One goal is to get the scholarship. Most (not all) are participating in hopes to get that nice $1,500 towards insanely expensive college tuition. However, we also have another goal: progressing.  Read More »

Back in April, my English class was beginning to do some practice essays for the AP test, and this is the first one we did. I thought this might be an interesting essay to post because it questions the role of incentives for participation in donations. Since it was our first timed essay, my teacher was going over essay organization and structure and provided some examples to help us brainstorm ideas and then the class began to discuss other examples they’ve encountered in their lives, especially charity events sponsored by our school. For example, we had an event called “Pasta for Pennies”; it’s pretty self-explanatory: students donate pennies and other coins for good causes (I couldn’t remember what they were) and the student who donates the most amount of change wins a pasta dinner. So, wouldn’t the student pretty much pay for the pasta? Does the incentive diminish the purpose of the charity event or would it help persuade people to donate?

Free-Response Question: The practice of offering incentives for charitable acts is widespread, from school projects to fund drives by organizations such as public television stations, to federal income tax deductions for contributions to charities. In a well-written essay, develop a position on the ethics of offering incentives for charitable acts. Support your position with evidence from your reading, observation, and/or experience.

The actual question can be found in this PDF file: http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/ap/students/english/ap07_eng_...  Read More »

Have you ever had the problem where you don’t know where to send tens of thousands of dollars for charity from the company that you head? If you are, I’d hope that you aren’t on ProU blogging about how the world needs to change, because you have the means to do so yourself.  Read More »