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Monthly Archives: May 2011
In Memory Of Halina…and the Shadow Side of Service
It seems fitting on Memorial Day that I write a memorial of my own. My 84-year-old neighbor and friend Halina Kiesig died this past week in her assisted living home. Among a host of other problems, she suffered from congestive … Continue reading
The Privilege of Eating Well
This post is the first of a series on Food and Philanthropy. Scroll down to find out what’s next. Why do we live in a world where it’s cheaper to buy Froot Loops than it is real fruit? This is … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Giving, Food, Slow Food
Tagged Access to Food, Cat Gund, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Council on Foundations, Diabetes, Eating, Family Foundations, Farm-to-Table, Food, Food Inc., Froot Loops, Health, Josh Viertel, Kathleen de Chadenedes, Orfalea Foundations, Philanthropy, s’Cool Food Initiative, Slow Food, Slow Food USA, Sustainability, What's on Your Plate?
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A World Without Moms
Thanks to Sasha Dichter of the Acumen Fund for sharing the winning video from the Mom’s Matter challenge by Search for the Obvious. This particular video is sponsored by the Jubilee Project (videos for a good cause) and meant to … Continue reading
Give Mom More this Mother’s Day: Eight Gift Ideas with Meaning
Every Mother’s Day takes me by surprise. (What? it’s only three days away?) I know I need to do something…send something…fast, but am left empty-handed when it comes to ideas. Yesterday, I got so far as entering my credit card … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Giving, Children, Mother's Day, Women
Tagged Charitable Giving, Children, Dancing Deer Baking Company, Domestic Violence Baking for Good, Family Violence Prevention Fund, Help a Mother Out, International Rescue Committee, Memorial Gifts, Mother's Day, Ploughshares Fund, Safe Birthing, Women, Women to Women International
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