October 20, 2020 Safe in Austin sanctuary helps special-needs children interact with animals, struggles with expansion effort The sanctuary has made headlines this year for some of the animals it rescued, including a one-legged dog and a cow in a custom wheelchair.
September 20, 2020 Salvation Army starts 'Rescue Christmas' fundraising campaign early amid coronavirus pandemic The Salvation Army has provided more than 100 million meals, 1.5 million nights of safe shelter, and emotional and spiritual support to over 800,000 people since March.
September 10, 2020 Families fear service-dog nonprofit scammed them out of thousands of dollars Multiple people fear they've been scammed out of thousands of dollars after raising money through a nonprofit called Service Dogs by Warren Retrievers.
August 15, 2020 Cannon Hinnant’s death draws more than $560G in donations for NC family: report Members of the public who were shocked by the shooting death of a 5-year-old North Carolina boy last weekend have contributed more than $560,000 to the child’s family in less than a week, according to a report.
July 10, 2020 Darius Rucker's annual benefit concert for St. Jude Children's Hospital will go virtual due to COVID-19 Darius Rucker will honor his commitment to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital even amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
July 9, 2020 Little Sisters of the Poor on SCOTUS victory on birth control exemption: 'We always knew God would protect us' Following a Wednesday Supreme Court ruling in favor of the Trump administration and Catholic Charity Little Sisters of the Poor, Little Sisters of the Poor Director of Communications Sister Constance Veit said Thursday that her organization always knew they were protected by God.
July 3, 2020 Charitable campaign raises millions for families of fallen service members A charitable campaign to help the families of military men and women who have fallen or been disabled while on active duty in the United States armed forces is reporting a record fundraising haul.
July 1, 2020 Twitter's Dorsey donates 'unprecedented' $20M to Sean Penn’s CORE charity for coronavirus relief Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has donated an “unprecedented” $20 million through his #startsmall fund to Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE), actor Sean Penn’s disaster relief organization, to help fight the coronavirus in the US.
June 19, 2020 Teen raises $160G to help black-owned businesses damaged during Atlanta protests In the aftermath of the violent protests that followed the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, 17-year-old Atlanta native CJ Pearson wanted to help local black-owned businesses that had been damaged by rioters and looters.
June 19, 2020 James Brown’s dying wish to help kids gets boost from court ruling Nearly 14 years after his death, legendary singer James Brown may soon have his last wish fulfilled.
