Dear Glenn,
In lieu of holiday cards, I have made contributions to the charities of your choice.
Earlier this month I made an offer to match charity giving from my friends and colleagues up to $50 per donation and for a total of $500. The response was quick and very positive. Within eight hours I received 10 takers. In addition, one fellow UMass alum, Arthur Bourque, took my offer one step further and offered to match the next 10 donors. Arthur is CEO of Surveillance Specialties, Ltd. in Wilmington, MA. I call that the spirit of giving!
In these difficult economic times, our nation's charities continue to count on the generosity of individuals and organizations. Consider making a donation to one of the charities listed below or one of your own.
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The 10 charities to which I "paid it forward" with $50 matching donations.
Horizon for Homeless Children www.horizonsforhomelesschildren.org
Matched by Gerard O'Connor
The mission of Horizons for Homeless Children is to improve the lives of homeless children and their families.
Matched by Maureen Melton
The MFA is one of the most comprehensive art museums in the world; the collection encompasses nearly 450,000 works of art.
Matched by Alison Berglund
InnerCity Entrepreneurs (ICE) promotes job creation and wealth generation by partnering with community-based organizations to offer a "streetwise M.B.A."™. Young Entrepreneurs Alliance www.yeaworks.org Matched by Thomas Waite
Young Entrepreneurs Alliance helps low-income teens realize their economic potential and take steps toward financial independence by owning and running viable businesses. University of Massachusetts Maureen Flanagan Endowed Scholarship Fund www.umass.edu
Matched by Maureen Flanagan
Matched by Gail Otis
Scituate Animal Shelter's mission is to rescue abandoned, homeless animals and to place these animals in loving homes, because every animal deserves a second chance.
Matched by Mike Cahill
Environmental Defense Fund links science, economics and law to create innovative, equitable and cost-effective solutions to society's most urgent environmental problems. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital www.stjude.org Matched by Lisa MartelliSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital is internationally recognized for its pioneering work in finding cures and saving children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases.Women's Funding Network www.wfnet.org
Matched by Jackie VanderBrug
The Women's Funding Network gives women the money and tools to transform their ideas into lasting change -- in every critical area from combating poverty to achieving advances in healthcare, education and human rights. Wellspring Multi-Service Center of Hull, MA www.wellspringhull.org Matched by Gary Gulden
Wellspring's mission is to provide support & skills to people facing challenges to their financial, physical or emotional well-being in order to help them achieve independence and self-sufficiency.
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The charities to which Arthur Bourque "paid it forward" with a matching $50 donation.
Children's Hospital Trust promotes philanthropic investment in Children's Hospital Boston, advancing its mission of patient care, research, education and community service-matching each with interested benefactors.
Matched by Steve Birnbaum and Cindi Jones
Wild Gift's mission is to give exceptional leaders, ages 21-30, a compelling experience in deep wilderness and the support to launch a self-designed project that promotes the stewardship of wild nature and development of sustainable communities.
Rachel Molly Markoff Foundation
www.artingiving.org
Matched by Julie Totten
Harwich Junior Theatre seeks to expand the creative talents of young people and foster a love of theater.The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society www.leukemia-lymphoma.org
Match for Brian Douglas
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education, and patient services.
Match for Nancy Nichols
Bread of Life is a volunteer organization serving the hungry, homeless, needy and isolated in the north of Boston area.
Match for Janice Kissinger
The George Wiley Center is a non-profit, grassroots agency that organizes members of the low-income community to advocate for systematic changes aimed at alleviating problems associated with poverty.
Matched by Eliane Markoff
The Rachel Molly Markoff Foundation provides education, social services and treatment resources to families to help them cope with the burdens in caring for a child with cancer, particularly brain tumors.
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Mangurian Family Donations
During this time of year we also support the following causes.
Chrisopher and Dana Reeve Foundation www.christopherreeve.orgThe Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research, and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants, information and advocacy.
 Massachusetts Soldiers Legacy Fund www.mslfund.org The Massachusetts Soldiers Legacy Fund has been established to specifically help the children of Massachusetts Servicemen and Women who have died while deployed on operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom.
University of Massachusetts Isenberg School of Management www.isenberg.umass.edu
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