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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/3069 world Charity and Volunteering en-us Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:31:25 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/3069 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090627/ap_on_re_us/us_people_the_bacon_brothers ap/20090627/us_people_the_bacon_brothers AP us Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:31:25 GMT AP - Actor Kevin Bacon hiked 14,110-foot Pikes Peak Saturday to play a concert at the top as part of an event to raise money for a cancer charity. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090627/ap_on_re_us/us_buffett_lunch ap/20090627/us_buffett_lunch AP us Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:18:21 GMT AP - The winner of this year's charity auction to dine with billionaire Warren Buffett gets a slight discount over last year, but will still plunk down more than $1.68 million dollars for lunch. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090627/us_nm/us_buffett_lunch_auction nm/20090627/us_buffett_lunch_auction Reuters us Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:30:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090627/us_nm/us_buffett_lunch_auction"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090627/i/r2513774073.jpg?x=130&y=117&q=85&sig=Z0XivnPRuMZN5zQF_4Gj9Q--" align="left" height="117" width="130" alt="Hedge fund manager Zhao Danyang (L) and his son Zhao Ziyang (age 5 1/2) stand with billionaire investor Warren Buffett after placing the winning bid in a charity auction for lunch with Buffett in New York, June 24, 2009. REUTERS/Chip East" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A bidder agreed to pay $1.68 million for a steak lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett in a charity auction completed Friday night, according to eBay Inc's website, where the bidding took place.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090627/us_nm/us_buffett_lunch_auction"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090627/i/r2513774073.jpg?x=130&y=117&q=85&sig=Z0XivnPRuMZN5zQF_4Gj9Q--" align="left" height="117" width="130" alt="photo" title="Hedge fund manager Zhao Danyang (L) and his son Zhao Ziyang (age 5 1/2) stand with billionaire investor Warren Buffett after placing the winning bid in a charity auction for lunch with Buffett in New York, June 24, 2009. REUTERS/Chip East" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_on_re_us/us_paramedic_death_leahy ap/20090626/us_paramedic_death_leahy AP us Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:59:52 GMT AP - Vermont's two U.S. senators are sponsoring legislation that would extend death benefits to relatives of paramedics who work for nonprofit ambulance services and are killed in the line of duty. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_re_us/us_street_gang_arrest ap/20090624/us_street_gang_arrest AP us Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:29:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_re_us/us_street_gang_arrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090624/capt.caa2902cd8054362a6c384916239864c.street_gang_arrest_la101.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=P0PYehuudG.9ZpHzMYAzEA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2008 file photo, Alex Sanchez, right, the head of a high-profile anti-gang organization, shows a photograph to Los Angeles City Council Member Ed Reyes, in Los Angeles. Sanchez, 37, who heads Homies Unidos, was arrested Wednesday, June 24, 2009, on federal racketeering charges, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said, as part of an action against the notorious Mara Salvatrucha street gang. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A man who said he left a ruthless street gang in Central America and later won praise for his anti-gang work in Los Angeles was arrested Wednesday by authorities who allege he conspired to kill a rival even as he spoke out against gang life.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_re_us/us_street_gang_arrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090624/capt.caa2902cd8054362a6c384916239864c.street_gang_arrest_la101.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=P0PYehuudG.9ZpHzMYAzEA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2008 file photo, Alex Sanchez, right, the head of a high-profile anti-gang organization, shows a photograph to Los Angeles City Council Member Ed Reyes, in Los Angeles. Sanchez, 37, who heads Homies Unidos, was arrested Wednesday, June 24, 2009, on federal racketeering charges, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said, as part of an action against the notorious Mara Salvatrucha street gang. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090623/ts_alt_afp/entertainmentusmusicrihannabrown afp/20090623/entertainmentusmusicrihannabrown AFP us Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:45:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090623/ts_alt_afp/entertainmentusmusicrihannabrown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090623/capt.photo_1245746577901-2-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=PXXLNOhVr_GLF6MGdbEihw--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="R&B singer Chris Brown inside the Los Angeles Superior Court on June 22. Brown pleaded guilty to assaulting former girlfriend Rihanna and will be sentenced to 180 days of community service for the attack.(AFP/Lori Shepler)" border="0" /></a>AFP - R&B singer Chris Brown has pleaded guilty to assaulting former girlfriend Rihanna and will be sentenced to 180 days of community service for the attack, lawyers said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090623/ts_alt_afp/entertainmentusmusicrihannabrown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090623/capt.photo_1245746577901-2-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=PXXLNOhVr_GLF6MGdbEihw--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="R&B singer Chris Brown inside the Los Angeles Superior Court on June 22. Brown pleaded guilty to assaulting former girlfriend Rihanna and will be sentenced to 180 days of community service for the attack.(AFP/Lori Shepler)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_on_re_us/us_michelle_obama_volunteerism ap/20090623/us_michelle_obama_volunteerism AP us Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:47:48 GMT AP - First lady Michelle Obama kicked off a summer of community service Monday by helping fix up a school playground, part of a national effort that saw administration officials traveling all over the country to promote the value of volunteering. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090622/ts_alt_afp/entertainmentusmusicrihannabrown afp/20090622/entertainmentusmusicrihannabrown AFP us Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:23:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090622/ts_alt_afp/entertainmentusmusicrihannabrown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090623/capt.photo_1245746577901-2-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=PXXLNOhVr_GLF6MGdbEihw--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="R&B singer Chris Brown inside the Los Angeles Superior Court on June 22. Brown pleaded guilty to assaulting former girlfriend Rihanna and will be sentenced to 180 days of community service for the attack.(AFP/Lori Shepler)" border="0" /></a>AFP - R&B singer Chris Brown has pleaded guilty to assaulting former girlfriend Rihanna and will be sentenced to 180 days of community service for the attack, lawyers said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090622/ts_alt_afp/entertainmentusmusicrihannabrown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090623/capt.photo_1245746577901-2-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=PXXLNOhVr_GLF6MGdbEihw--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="R&B singer Chris Brown inside the Los Angeles Superior Court on June 22. Brown pleaded guilty to assaulting former girlfriend Rihanna and will be sentenced to 180 days of community service for the attack.(AFP/Lori Shepler)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_re_us/us_baby_taken_church ap/20090622/us_baby_taken_church AP us Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:32:55 GMT AP - A church volunteer accused of taking home an 11-month-old girl while working in the nursery has been arraigned on charges of kidnapping and unlawful life imprisonment in Michigan. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090620/ap_on_re_us/us_amputee_home ap/20090620/us_amputee_home AP us Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:49:24 GMT AP - A veteran who lost three limbs in Iraq will not get the keys to a new home, after a nonprofit group said the family concealed that they already own two homes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090620/ts_alt_afp/usitinternetsexgoogleyoutube afp/20090620/usitinternetsexgoogleyoutube AFP us Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:18:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090620/ts_alt_afp/usitinternetsexgoogleyoutube"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090620/capt.photo_1245467853206-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=UI7ScwVsslxKKRqAhoLsWw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A nonprofit group devoted to "traditional American values" followed in China's footsteps, calling on Google to be more vigilant about limiting access to online porn(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A nonprofit group devoted to "traditional American values" followed in China's footsteps, calling on Google to be more vigilant about limiting access to online porn.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090620/ts_alt_afp/usitinternetsexgoogleyoutube"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090620/capt.photo_1245467853206-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=UI7ScwVsslxKKRqAhoLsWw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A nonprofit group devoted to "traditional American values" followed in China's footsteps, calling on Google to be more vigilant about limiting access to online porn(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_re_us/us_sacramento_mayor ap/20090618/us_sacramento_mayor AP us Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:48:15 GMT AP - The FBI is investigating allegations that an executive at a nonprofit founded by Mayor Kevin Johnson obstructed a federal inquiry into the group's spending. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090617/ap_on_re_us/us_muslim_charities_report ap/20090617/us_muslim_charities_report AP us Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:36:24 GMT AP - Federal laws targeting the financing of terrorism give the government unchecked power over U.S. Muslim charities and have made Muslims fearful about giving to charity as required by their faith, an advocacy group contends in a report released Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090612/ts_alt_afp/usitinternetwinenapa afp/20090612/usitinternetwinenapa AFP us Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:11:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090612/ts_alt_afp/usitinternetwinenapa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090612/capt.photo_1244775302893-1-0.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=YzLQ789z5Fr66gxz5AJjzQ--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="A worker picks grapes in Napa, California. Wine lovers dueling online and in renowned Napa Valley shrugged off the dismal global economy, bidding millions of dollars for vintages at a charity auction(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Wine lovers dueling online and in renowned Napa Valley shrugged off the dismal global economy, bidding millions of dollars for vintages at a charity auction.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090612/ts_alt_afp/usitinternetwinenapa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090612/capt.photo_1244775302893-1-0.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=YzLQ789z5Fr66gxz5AJjzQ--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="photo" title="A worker picks grapes in Napa, California. Wine lovers dueling online and in renowned Napa Valley shrugged off the dismal global economy, bidding millions of dollars for vintages at a charity auction(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090610/ap_on_re/us_rel_megachurch_survey_corrective ap/20090610/us_rel_megachurch_survey_corrective AP us Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:44:43 GMT AP - In a June 9 story about a survey of megachurch attendance, The Associated Press reported erroneously that a study showed that worshippers at such churches volunteer less than other churchgoers. The study found that nearly 45 percent of megachurch attenders never volunteer at their church, but it did not include comparable data on volunteer rates at churches of all sizes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090609/ap_on_re_us/us_medical_marijuana ap/20090609/us_medical_marijuana AP us Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:59:32 GMT AP - Rhode Island would be the third state in the nation and the first on the East Coast to allow nonprofit stores to sell marijuana to medical patients under legislation approved Tuesday by state lawmakers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090609/ap_on_re_us/us_napa_wine_auction ap/20090609/us_napa_wine_auction AP us Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:44:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090609/ap_on_re_us/us_napa_wine_auction"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090608/capt.13f31f535c0e4340bfc9aae93fcef582.napa_wine_auction_fx106.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=eATBTbyiGl6MjDigj3IpsA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo taken Friday June 5, 2009, auction goers make their way past lots on display in the barrel room at the Robert Mondavi Winery during the Napa Valley wine auction in Oakville, Calif. In most years, the Napa wine auction is a barometer of bling, featuring posh parties and high rollers willing to spend thousands on a single bottle. This year there was no celebrity host, fewer attendees and some of the big bidders stayed home. But California vintners were able to raise more than $5 million for area charities, down from last year's $10 million, but still money in the bank.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Napa Valley wine auction, an annual assembly of the affluent, scaled down the glitz and raised a little more than half of last year's total for charity. But the $5.7 million take was just fine with organizers.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090609/ap_on_re_us/us_napa_wine_auction"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090608/capt.13f31f535c0e4340bfc9aae93fcef582.napa_wine_auction_fx106.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=eATBTbyiGl6MjDigj3IpsA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo taken Friday June 5, 2009, auction goers make their way past lots on display in the barrel room at the Robert Mondavi Winery during the Napa Valley wine auction in Oakville, Calif. In most years, the Napa wine auction is a barometer of bling, featuring posh parties and high rollers willing to spend thousands on a single bottle. This year there was no celebrity host, fewer attendees and some of the big bidders stayed home. But California vintners were able to raise more than $5 million for area charities, down from last year's $10 million, but still money in the bank.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090608/ap_on_re_us/us_odd_longest_baseball_game ap/20090608/us_odd_longest_baseball_game AP us Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:56:24 GMT AP - It took 101 innings, there were 687 runs scored, and 817 children participated. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090608/ap_on_re_us/us_greening_of_detroit ap/20090608/us_greening_of_detroit AP us Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:29:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090608/ap_on_re_us/us_greening_of_detroit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090608/capt.0f27534ced34460fbdb44d23872dc5c8.greening_of_detroit_mico101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ip7SwvwI.ZhCEk3C1ZULJg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An Autumn Blaze Maple tree is seen on a tree farm in Detroit, Friday, March 27, 2009. On a wild, overgrown patch of land near a neighborhood of single-family homes, plans are taking shape to grow about 20,000 trees that eventually will be planted throughout the city. The nonprofit Greening of Detroit is redeveloping the city's long-neglected nursery as part of its efforts to return a vibrant, green canopy to the Motor City. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)" border="0" /></a>AP - A batch of trees soon to be planted on a wild, overgrown patch of land near a Detroit neighborhood is expected to be a step toward bringing back a vibrant, green canopy to the Motor City.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090608/ap_on_re_us/us_greening_of_detroit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090608/capt.0f27534ced34460fbdb44d23872dc5c8.greening_of_detroit_mico101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ip7SwvwI.ZhCEk3C1ZULJg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Autumn Blaze Maple tree is seen on a tree farm in Detroit, Friday, March 27, 2009. On a wild, overgrown patch of land near a neighborhood of single-family homes, plans are taking shape to grow about 20,000 trees that eventually will be planted throughout the city. The nonprofit Greening of Detroit is redeveloping the city's long-neglected nursery as part of its efforts to return a vibrant, green canopy to the Motor City. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090608/us_time/08599190324400 time/20090608/08599190324400 Time.com us Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:05:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090608/us_time/08599190324400"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090604/capt.6428ed6bfcf9469fb7e1ad405d353acd.celine_dions_neighborhood_nvjh203.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=f2wYVSO.W9F.zxRL6pXbKA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this April 24, 2009 photo, a dumpster sits in the empty lot of an unfinished housing development site at Lake Las Vegas in Henderson, Nev. It was a symbol of Las Vegas largesse during the good times. Now it's an emblem of recession blues. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>Time.com - Every year departing students leave tons of perfectly usable stuff on campus -- and more and more schools are salvaging these items up and giving them to charities</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090608/us_time/08599190324400"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090604/capt.6428ed6bfcf9469fb7e1ad405d353acd.celine_dions_neighborhood_nvjh203.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=f2wYVSO.W9F.zxRL6pXbKA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this April 24, 2009 photo, a dumpster sits in the empty lot of an unfinished housing development site at Lake Las Vegas in Henderson, Nev. It was a symbol of Las Vegas largesse during the good times. Now it's an emblem of recession blues. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com)