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Godfather II. Spiderman II. Toy Story II. Sometimes sequels surpass expectations by being as good or even better than the original. My colleagues at UPS met the sequel challenge with flying colors. UPS’s second flight of humanitarian aid was delivered successfully to the Sahel region, where millions of people face dire hunger and living conditions due to severe drought and civil unrest.

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Fair Trade USA, a non-profit organization and the leading third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States, recently released its 2011 Almanac, an annual publication which provides detailed information on the supply and impact of Fair Trade Certified products. According to the Almanac, in 2011 farmers and farm workers earned almost $22 million in community…

At 10:00 am ET/7:00 am PT today (Monday), Toyota will open voting for the second year of 100 Cars for Good, a national philanthropic program that will award 100 cars to 100 nonprofits over the course of 100 consecutive days.  Winners will be selected each day through public voting on Facebook at www.100carsforgood.com.…

Hundreds of state workers enrolled in a nationwide cancer study this week during a campaign to recruit volunteers by the American Cancer Society. The cancer group is looking for people between the ages of 30 and 65 with no history of cancer for the society's latest project called the Cancer Prevention 3 study. CPS3 will help researchers better understand the lifestyle, environmental and genetic factors that cause or prevent cancer. The goal is to enroll 500,000 people across the United…

Denise Morrison, President and CEO, Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB) today announced that Campbell will donate one million pounds of food to Feeding America to recognize the efforts of the 210,000 members of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) who will help Stamp Out Hunger across America on Saturday, May 12.

The donation announcement was made at the conclusion of a Stamp Out Hunger food drive ceremony at Campbell’s World Headquarters…

Today VolunteerMatch, the web's largest volunteer engagement network, and the Walmart Foundation announced a new partnership to help nonprofit organizations engage volunteers in the critical fight against hunger.

According to a December 2010 U.S. Department of Agriculture report, 50 million Americans live in households that have a hard time getting enough to eat, including 17 million children. Despite growing demand and scarce resources, nonprofit organizations are often on the front…

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) today announced that Robert N. “Bob” Stargel Jr., vice president of Global Nonwovens, has been named to Savoy Magazine’s 2012 list of “Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America.” The Top 100 listing showcases a cross section of national and international…

East Stroudsburg, PA – March 2, 2012 – Today, Sanofi Pasteur demonstrated its commitment to Pocono Health System and the Pocono Mountains community as the company announced its donation to benefit the new Dale and Frances Hughes Cancer Center. The $500,000 contribution, presented by Frank Epifano, vice president, North America and Global Finance Commercial Operations, Sanofi Pasteur; and Phil Hosbach, vice president, Immunization Policy, Sanofi Pasteur; will be used toward the construction…

To celebrate Research4Life’s 10th anniversary in 2011, the organization launched a user experience competition. Users were asked to share how HINARI, AGORA or OARE has improved their work, life and community. In total some 60 entries from countries in all five continents were received. This impressive array of inspiring testimonies revealed a wealth of positive impacts brought about by Research4Life. This book celebrates the stories behind some of these competition entries.

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