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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/3069 world Charity and Volunteering en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:22:37 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/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_wisconsin_cheesehead ap/20091107/us_obama_wisconsin_cheesehead AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:22:37 GMT AP - A Wisconsin man who got his cheesehead hat signed by President Barack Obama has decided to donate it to a museum rather than sell it on eBay. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_us/us_yellowstone_bioblitz ap/20091104/us_yellowstone_bioblitz AP us Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:18:10 GMT AP - Scientists searching for Yellowstone National Park's lesser-known life forms &mdash; beyond its famed bison, bears and wolves &mdash; found more than 1,200 species, including several never known before to exist in the park. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_re_us/us_nonprofit_news_denver ap/20091103/us_nonprofit_news_denver AP us Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:10:43 GMT AP - A Denver public television station is planning a nonprofit investigative news operation with a Web site and on-air program. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_re_us/un_un_peacebuilding_lennon ap/20091103/un_un_peacebuilding_lennon AP us Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:47:53 GMT AP - John Lennon's widow and two sons are donating the proceeds from the 40th anniversary release of the hit "Give Peace a Chance" to a U.N. peacebuilding fund used to help countries emerging from conflict, the fund announced Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/us_nm/us_flu_nurses nm/20091103/us_flu_nurses Reuters us Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:27:09 GMT Reuters - After months of talks, the largest U.S. nurses union and California's biggest nonprofit healthcare chain have agreed to safeguards that the nurses believe may serve as a national model for curbing H1N1 swine flu in hospitals. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_re/us_rel_church_online ap/20091102/us_rel_church_online AP us Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:36:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_re/us_rel_church_online"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091101/capt.5679b091611442e5b628c854c6b43e92.church_online_fljc202.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=CdFlTeg7WfNKgV0Uimlhow--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo taken Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009, Brian Vasil, the Internet pastor for the Flamingo Road Church in Cooper City, Fla., chats with attendees from around the world as he prepares to deliver a sermon Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)" border="0" /></a>AP - Church volunteers greet visitors entering the lobby. The worship band begins its set and a pastor offers to pray privately with anyone during the service.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_re/us_rel_church_online"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091101/capt.5679b091611442e5b628c854c6b43e92.church_online_fljc202.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=CdFlTeg7WfNKgV0Uimlhow--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo taken Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009, Brian Vasil, the Internet pastor for the Flamingo Road Church in Cooper City, Fla., chats with attendees from around the world as he prepares to deliver a sermon Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091029/ap_on_re_us/us_abortion_provider_protection ap/20091029/us_abortion_provider_protection AP us Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:54:32 GMT AP - The widow of a doctor who was shot to death in his New York home in 1998 by an abortion protester said Thursday the new state law setting tougher penalties for people who attack abortion providers or their employees and volunteers will reduce such incidents. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091029/ts_alt_afp/healthfluuswhoaid afp/20091029/healthfluuswhoaid AFP us Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:01:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091029/ts_alt_afp/healthfluuswhoaid"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091029/capt.photo_1256777494696-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=rcb7R8PMpbwd98jyhh0zyA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="The United States will not donate swine flu vaccine to poor countries until at-risk Americans have been inoculated against H1N1, US Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said at the news conference on October 28, in Washington, DC.(AFP/Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States will not donate swine flu vaccine to poor countries until at-risk Americans have been inoculated against H1N1, an official said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091029/ts_alt_afp/healthfluuswhoaid"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091029/capt.photo_1256777494696-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=rcb7R8PMpbwd98jyhh0zyA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="The United States will not donate swine flu vaccine to poor countries until at-risk Americans have been inoculated against H1N1, US Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said at the news conference on October 28, in Washington, DC.(AFP/Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091026/us_nm/us_madoff_picower nm/20091026/us_madoff_picower Reuters us Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:11:14 GMT Reuters - Billionaire philanthropist Jeffry Picower accidentally drowned in his Florida swimming pool after suffering a heart attack, police investigating the death of the prominent Bernard Madoff investor said on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091026/us_nm/us_madoff_picower nm/20091026/us_madoff_picower Reuters us Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:11:14 GMT Reuters - Billionaire philanthropist Jeffry Picower accidentally drowned in his Florida swimming pool after suffering a heart attack, police investigating the death of the prominent Bernard Madoff investor said on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091025/ts_alt_afp/usfraudfinancemadoffassociate afp/20091025/usfraudfinancemadoffassociate AFP us Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:25:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091025/ts_alt_afp/usfraudfinancemadoffassociate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091025/capt.photo_1256508671799-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=T1RZF9R_U2T2hKJbDJwQqA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="New York swindler Bernard Madoff, pictured in March 2009. Florida investor and philanthropist Jeffry Picower, a Madoff associate accused of making billions of dollars in the Madoff investment scandal, was found dead Sunday in his Palm Beach swimming pool, police said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Florida investor and philanthropist Jeffry Picower, accused of making billions of dollars in his friend Bernard Madoff's fraud scheme, died Sunday after he was found at the bottom of his swimming pool, police said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091025/ts_alt_afp/usfraudfinancemadoffassociate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091025/capt.photo_1256508671799-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=T1RZF9R_U2T2hKJbDJwQqA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="New York swindler Bernard Madoff, pictured in March 2009. Florida investor and philanthropist Jeffry Picower, a Madoff associate accused of making billions of dollars in the Madoff investment scandal, was found dead Sunday in his Palm Beach swimming pool, police said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091025/ap_on_re_us/us_madoff_associate_death ap/20091025/us_madoff_associate_death AP us Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:56:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091025/ap_on_re_us/us_madoff_associate_death"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091025/capt.028a7fdbe8a84289b81fcd07c802b2e7.madoff_associate_death_ny120.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=BlMzqefzmVDZyMx5cysc4g--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="FILE - In this March 10, 2009 file photo, Bernard Madoff exits Manhattan federal court in New York. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jeffry Picower, a philanthropist accused of profiting more than $7 billion from the investment schemes of his longtime friend Bernard Madoff, was found at the bottom of the pool at his oceanside mansion and died Sunday, police said. He was 67.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091025/ap_on_re_us/us_madoff_associate_death"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091025/capt.028a7fdbe8a84289b81fcd07c802b2e7.madoff_associate_death_ny120.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=BlMzqefzmVDZyMx5cysc4g--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this March 10, 2009 file photo, Bernard Madoff exits Manhattan federal court in New York. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091023/us_nm/us_kanyewest nm/20091023/us_kanyewest Reuters us Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:06:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091023/us_nm/us_kanyewest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091023/i/r1117626352.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=yW2zDfsbhrfZcUnUDNFCtA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Hip hop artist Kanye West watches Game 1 of the NBA Finals basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic in Los Angeles, June 4, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Blake" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A judge on Friday cleared rapper Kanye West of criminal charges following a scuffle with paparazzi at Los Angeles International Airport last year, pending his completion of community service, a spokesman for the Los Angeles City Attorney said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091023/us_nm/us_kanyewest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091023/i/r1117626352.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=yW2zDfsbhrfZcUnUDNFCtA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Hip hop artist Kanye West watches Game 1 of the NBA Finals basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic in Los Angeles, June 4, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Blake" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091023/ts_alt_afp/entertainmentmalawiusmusicpeoplemadonna afp/20091023/entertainmentmalawiusmusicpeoplemadonna AFP us Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:44:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091023/ts_alt_afp/entertainmentmalawiusmusicpeoplemadonna"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091023/capt.photo_1256323466333-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=ot_HlRzi5JUpLT2ON5PRxg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="A picture taken in March 2009 shows US pop diva Madonna (R) with her son, Malawian adoptee, David Banda (L) at the Mphandula Child Care Centre -- built by Madonna's charity, Raising Malawi -- in Lilongwe. Madonna will lead a groundbreaking ceremony next week for a girls academy she is building in Malawi, where she has adopted two children, officials from her charity said Friday.(AFP/File/Amos Gumulira)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Pop queen Madonna will lead a groundbreaking ceremony next week for a girls academy she is building in Malawi, where she has adopted two children, officials from her charity said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091023/ts_alt_afp/entertainmentmalawiusmusicpeoplemadonna"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091023/capt.photo_1256323466333-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=ot_HlRzi5JUpLT2ON5PRxg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="A picture taken in March 2009 shows US pop diva Madonna (R) with her son, Malawian adoptee, David Banda (L) at the Mphandula Child Care Centre -- built by Madonna's charity, Raising Malawi -- in Lilongwe. Madonna will lead a groundbreaking ceremony next week for a girls academy she is building in Malawi, where she has adopted two children, officials from her charity said Friday.(AFP/File/Amos Gumulira)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091021/ap_on_re_us/us_annenberg_diamond ap/20091021/us_annenberg_diamond AP us Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:50:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091021/ap_on_re_us/us_annenberg_diamond"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091021/capt.c0ab87eca7c54663b1135b8a1425ee99.annenberg_diamond_nyr101.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=4XpcHFOb4TlAoRnJl4Oweg--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="This undated photo provided by Christie's shows the square, 32.01-carat emerald-cut diamond that billionaire philanthropist Leonore Annenberg bought for her 90th birthday. About the size of a walnut, it's expected to bring between $3 million to $5 million at Christie's on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Christie's) NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - A square, 32.01-carat emerald-cut diamond that billionaire philanthropist Leonore Annenberg bought for her 90th birthday sold for $7.7 million at auction on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091021/ap_on_re_us/us_annenberg_diamond"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091021/capt.c0ab87eca7c54663b1135b8a1425ee99.annenberg_diamond_nyr101.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=4XpcHFOb4TlAoRnJl4Oweg--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="This undated photo provided by Christie's shows the square, 32.01-carat emerald-cut diamond that billionaire philanthropist Leonore Annenberg bought for her 90th birthday. About the size of a walnut, it's expected to bring between $3 million to $5 million at Christie's on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Christie's) NO SALES" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091021/ap_on_re_us/us_albuquerque_police ap/20091021/us_albuquerque_police AP us Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:44:26 GMT AP - The Albuquerque Police Department plans to reinstate about 25 reserve officers after reports that a volunteer officer went undercover to nab suspected prostitutes prompted new department rules forbidding volunteers from making arrests and signing complaints. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091018/ap_on_re_us/us_feed_the_children ap/20091018/us_feed_the_children AP us Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:37:09 GMT AP - Two accountants are suing Feed The Children for wrongful dismissal after they notified the charity's board that the organization owed $1.1 million in taxes and that an official had tried to cover it up. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091017/ap_on_re_us/us_astor_elder_abuse ap/20091017/us_astor_elder_abuse AP us Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:29:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091017/ap_on_re_us/us_astor_elder_abuse"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091017/capt.c72ec299f836483c9dbf87a49251753d.astor_elder_abuse_nyr601.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=JZSgrvoA60.q976KxArJ9g--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="FILE - In this May 1, 1997 file photo, the late socialite and philanthropist Brooke Astor is seen in New York. Senior citizens' advocates say New York City philanthropist Brooke Astor is a poster child for an insidious kind of financial crime. But they and legal experts say the convictions of her son and a lawyer for exploiting her mental decline to raid her $200 million estate show that such prosecutions can succeed. (AP Photo/Serge J-F. Levy, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - To senior citizens' advocates, Brooke Astor is a Park Avenue poster child for an insidious kind of financial crime.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091017/ap_on_re_us/us_astor_elder_abuse"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091017/capt.c72ec299f836483c9dbf87a49251753d.astor_elder_abuse_nyr601.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=JZSgrvoA60.q976KxArJ9g--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this May 1, 1997 file photo, the late socialite and philanthropist Brooke Astor is seen in New York. Senior citizens' advocates say New York City philanthropist Brooke Astor is a poster child for an insidious kind of financial crime. But they and legal experts say the convictions of her son and a lawyer for exploiting her mental decline to raid her $200 million estate show that such prosecutions can succeed. (AP Photo/Serge J-F. Levy, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091016/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_texas_a_m ap/20091016/us_obama_texas_a_m AP us Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:13:43 GMT AP - Former President George H.W. Bush says President Barack Obama's upcoming visit to Texas A&M is about community service, not politics. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091015/ts_alt_afp/africaindiausfoodfarmcharitygates afp/20091015/africaindiausfoodfarmcharitygates AFP science Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:19:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091015/ts_alt_afp/africaindiausfoodfarmcharitygates"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091015/capt.photo_1255623201436-1-0.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=RZCsRiJmky.5pGeyOgLeEA--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, seen here in July 2009. Microsoft co-founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates on Thursday announced 120 million dollars in grants to help small-scale farmers in Africa and India improve their lives through sustainable agriculture.(AFP/File/Raveendran)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft co-founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates on Thursday announced 120 million dollars in grants to help small-scale farmers in Africa and India improve their lives through sustainable agriculture.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/charity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091015/ts_alt_afp/africaindiausfoodfarmcharitygates"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091015/capt.photo_1255623201436-1-0.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=RZCsRiJmky.5pGeyOgLeEA--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="photo" title="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, seen here in July 2009. Microsoft co-founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates on Thursday announced 120 million dollars in grants to help small-scale farmers in Africa and India improve their lives through sustainable agriculture.(AFP/File/Raveendran)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)