my world • giving organizations
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on April 28th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
No matter where you look there are any number of incredible organizations out there doing great things to help those in need. Regardless of their mission there is one common theme all of these organizations share—the need for funding.
With so many different worthy causes, the problem people have, especially in a difficult economy, is deciding what efforts they can support. In the end most people choose causes that have affected their lives directly.
At Sweatshirt Blanket we asked…
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by Jyl Johnson Pattee on March 11th, 2010 | 12 Comments »
Monday, March 8 marked International Women’s Day. While not a formally recognized holiday in the US, events and conferences took place in many states as well as all over the world. Avon, in an effort to end violence against women, made a grant of $1.5 Million to…
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making a difference!
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on September 7th, 2009 | 6 Comments »
A Florida-based journalist turned abolitionist recently named in Huffington Post as one of the “Top 10 Women Warriors of Twitter” has launched “09-09-09” – a one-day Twitterthon initiative on September 9, 2009, to raise funds to fight child trafficking.
Diana Scimone, a veteran journalist who has chronicled the $9.5 billion-a-year…
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by Jyl Johnson Pattee on May 31st, 2009 | 4 Comments »
#GNO is talking music in celebration of singer/songwriter, Diane Birch’s, record release Bible Belt from S-Curve Records. Join Diane and her producer, Steve Greenberg, along with the #gno gang here this Tuesday night.
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