A Goodwill employee was gifted $1,000 after finding and returning $42,000 that she located in a pile of donations. Andrea Lessing was sorting through donated items at the Norman Goodwill in Oklahoma. That is when she felt something odd in between two sweaters. Upon further inspection, Lessing unearthed stacks of …
Read More »Walmart Donates Over $14 Million In Grants To 16 Organizations To Promote Racial Equity
Walmart donated over $14 million to 16 organizations, honoring their pledge to donate $100 million over the next five years to support racial equity. The company made the pledge after George Floyd was killed last year. According to the New York Post, $1 million went to the Student Freedom Initiative, …
Read More »Chance the Rapper Announces First Ever Award Show to Honor Leaders in Education
During his Social Works summit Friday on Chicago’s southside, Chance the Rapper announced that 20 local public schools will receive a $100,000 grant from the total $2.2 million raised for his New Chance Fund. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The donations were raised for arts education over a span of six months. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In addition to …
Read More »Diddy Donates $1 Million to Howard University as First Donation of The Sean Combs Scholarship Fund
In a community where (in most cases) resources are limited and government funding is scarce, it is important for people who can, to give back. Many superstars use their celebrity to raise awareness and donate millions to their hometown, to provide a better living situation and environment for the children. However, …
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