Tracy Davidson

The Better Business Bureau and federal authorities are warning consumers to be on their guard against fake charities trying to scam money in the name of Mississippi flood relief. While neither the BBB’s Wise Giving Alliance nor the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team released specific details on possible scams, but both issued general warnings for consumers. US-CERT [...]

Following the example of Delaware and Allegheny Counties, jurors in Montgomery County now can donate their pay to one of three local charities, officials said Monday. The program, begun Jan. 1, raised $500 over its first three days, when 47 of 297 jurors agreed to turn over their pay to either MCAP, Hedwig House, or [...]

Disney is rewarding people who volunteer at select charities by distributing a million one-day, one- park tickets. The new promotional launch is called “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day”. Last year Disney drove business to their theme parks by allowing people to come for free on their birthday. This year they are continuing to [...]

There’s no question that area food banks are struggling for donations. At Subaru of America’s headquarters in Cherry Hill, NJ, workers are gardening while they work- they call their project “Share the Love Garden.” It’s a project with about 40 employee volunteers on Route 70 gardening to support the Food Bank of South Jersey. 

With the help of NBC10′s coupon tips and some inspiration from President Obama…Sujal Treinta, who is just 4 years old decided to use his birthday money to buy cereal for the local food bank. By clipping coupons, he was able to stretch his money and generate 157 pounds of cereal for local families in need! [...]

Tomorrow,  Michelle Obama will announce a new program called “United We Serve.” It’s a nationwide initiative to encourage people to come together in hopes of helping the economy to recover.  You can check out the website www.serve.gov, the database of volunteer opportunities, which will also serve as a place for volunteers to share their experiences and [...]

Money left by McDonald’s heiress Joan Kroc was given to the Salvation Army to fund community centers all over the nation. While some communities are struggling to come up with the additional funds needed for the community centers, Philadelphia’s efforts have been very successful. Philly’s Community Center is being built in one of the city’s poorest [...]

There’s no question that food bank donations are suffering in our area… Acme is joining forces with the Philadelphia Inquirer’s food collection drive and will have food drop offs at all 71 of their stores in the Delaware Valley. The movement began March 4 and their slogan is “180,000 pounds in 180 days”… to date, [...]

  There’s no question that charities are taking a hard hit in this economy. IMPACT100 Philadelphia is the union of more than 100 women who each donated $1000.00, coming together to support nonprofit charities in the Greater Philadelphia Region. They received many proposals from charities in our area and after carefully reviewing them, narrowed it [...]