Our "party with a purpose" for the Olympics was a success.  The one party raised $2960 for the American Cancer Society.Download OlympicDukeParty2250622.doc Think if we could put on 30 of these parties.  Maybe we will. For the next party in 2008 we are promised a Web Site. On another subject: from David Collin’s Bloggin’ Phones of February 28, think what ...

MERRILL LYNCH IS ONE OF THE WORLDS LEADING FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ADVISORY COMPANIES.  I was looking at my point total for Merrill rewards the other day and on that web site,Merrill, I found "Make giving to charity even more rewarding".  I clicked on it and was taken to a Merrill Lynch site that had 9 charities listed.   One was The ...

Legislation passed to encourage giving in the wake of Hurricane Katrina will make 2005 the best year for charities in U.S.,history, Leo Arnoult, past chairman of Giving USA and president of his own consultancy, said all signs indicate that there should be a healthy increase over last years total charitable donations even to charities that had nothing to do with ...

Middle income Americans who earn $50,000 to $100,000 a year are two to six times more generous in their share of investment assets that they give to charity than those Americans who make more that $10 million a year.The least generous of all working age Americans in 2003 were among the young and prosperous taxpayers age 35 and under who ...