NFL, Make-A-Wish Foundation® Granting All-Pro Wishes for 12 Kids to Attend Super Bowl XLIII

http://www.wish.org/news/news_releases/super_bowl_09

The Make-A-Wish Foundation and the NFL had partnered together to give a dozen young children who have serious medical conditions the opportunity to attend the Super Bowl Feb, 1. They received a "welcome home" party sponsered by TGI Fridays, a meet-and-greet with past and present NFL players, as well as testing their abilities to play football-oriented games. The dozen children were selected from all over the US.

"Short Attention Spans"

February 15, 2009

Short Attention Spans
Charities hope banner ads catch up to donors

By Michele Donohue

http://www.nptimes.com/09Feb/npt-090215-3.html


"We live in a first-look society -- you need to get the point across quicker," said Wendy MacGregor, chief marketing officer at the Chicago-based Feeding America, which until this past September was called America's Second Harvest."

This article is about the trouble of advertising charities encounter. Many well known charities and non-profit organizations are changing their overall image to attract different target markets mostly through online advertising.

Men against Breast Cancer

This a non profit organization to teach men how to cope with breast cancer. The program educates men to be effective caregivers in the fight against breast cancer. They do excercises to see differences between men and women. They invited anyone from any backround and came with the same problem and left as one. Check the article out about what they did in this non profit organaztion.

http://www.menagainstbreastcancer.org/about/news_events.php

Adopt a Soldier

http://www.arng.army.mil/default.aspx

This article is about a volunteer organization similar to the Adopt A Child foundation except for the US troops. Anyone in the organation sends care packages and letters to the troops in Iraq, as well as running errands for family members. Volunteers who take part in caring for the troops develop a lifelong connection with them and once they come home, a part of their family comes home too.

Non-Profit News Clip with CBS

This is a brief video clip on how the economic crisis surrounding our country is affecting non-profit organizations just as much as other business. Well-known charities such as the Salvation Army and Race for the Cure, are laying off employees, and running low on resources, at a time when our nation's families need help the most.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4636639n