Better Makers: Bread & Roses Presents Holds Annual Benefit Concert at St. Joseph’s Arts Society

On November 19, close to 400 supporters and guests joined the board, staff and volunteers from arts organization Bread & Roses Presents for AN outstanding night of music at the elegant St. Joseph’s Arts Society in San Francisco’s SoMa district. The benefit evening starred indie-rockers Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus ofBoygenius along with Grammy nominee Allison Russell.   Guests were greeted at the […]

by Donna Berry Glass

Better Makers: Three Top Animal Sanctuaries Create New Scholarship Program to Help Young Animal Welfare Leaders Pursue Careers in Ag

As a step towards developing the next generation of workers who will care for rescued animals and advocate for their humane treatment, three Northern California animal sanctuaries— Jameson Humane in Napa County, Rancho Compasión in Marin County and Blackberry Creek Farm Animal Sanctuary in Placer County—have collaborated to form a new youth scholarship program for […]

by Donna Berry Glass

Chicago Students ‘Change the Name’ to Celebrate Black History — Successful Award Sponsor ITW Honors These 2021 Red Cross Youth Heroes

The 2021 Youth Hero Award recipients, middle school students from Village Leadership Academy, campaigned to change the name of a local park to pay tribute to renowned African-American abolitionists and activists, Frederick Douglass and Anna Murray Douglass. We celebrate their contributions to honor Black history in their community this month! In 2017, middle school students […]

by American Red Cross | Partnership

Pickles Group, Founded by Wilmette Families, Helps Children Whose Parents are Living with Cancer

Three local couples bonded over a common enemy: cancer.  As they endured and supported each other as peers, they realized that their children, who endured a similar but more unique challenge, needed peers too. They founded Pickles Group.  “They all were navigating a similar situation. They all had a parent with a cancer diagnosis. In […]

by Azhley Rodriguez | The Record North Shore

11 U.S. Companies That Excel at Corporate Social Responsibility in 2022

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is no longer just a progressive perspective on how to run a business. When the USA Business Roundtable issued its August 19, 2019, statement redefining the purpose of corporations away from maximizing shareholder value to “promoting an economy that serves all stakeholders,” CSR became a central and powerful American business tenet. The 181 […]

by Susan B. Noyes with updates by Ann Marie Scheidler

The PNOC Foundation’s 2021 Gratitude Gala Raises Funds to Help Pediatric Brain Cancer Patients

On November 13, a community of inspired and motivated supporters, patient families and doctors associated with the PNOC Foundation gathered to raise critically needed funding for the The Pacific Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Consortium (PNOC), which addresses treatment options surrounding pediatric brain cancer. With a theme of “Around The World” the PNOC Foundation’s 2021 Gratitude Gala celebrated […]

by Donna Berry Glass

Local Activist Supports Vulnerable Chicago Neighborhoods Through Pandemic and Beyond

The 2021 Social Justice Impact Hero recipient, social activism runs in Tanya Lozano’s blood. Her uncle was Chicago-based activist Rudy Lozano and her mother, Emma Lozano is also a well-known community activist in Chicago. In 2014, Tanya poured her passion for sports and physical fitness into founding the non-profit organization, Healthy Hood Chicago. The organization, […]

by American Red Cross | Partnership

Marin Charitable Gets Funky at Its Fall Fundraiser

Marin Charitable, the Marin non-profit that helps fund other youth-centric non-profits, celebrated 60 years of being of service during it 60th Anniversary Fall Fundraiser on November 6 at HopMonk Tavern in Novato. Raise the Funk & Raise the Funds, the second of Marin Charitable’s two annual fundraising events, featured local band Dark & Stormy’s eclectic vintage sound. […]

by Donna Berry Glass

The 44th Mill Valley Film Festival Reached 12,000 Students, Teachers — Make It Better Foundation Donates $10K to CFI’s Education Program

The California Film Institute’s Education program was able to expand its outreach well beyond the San Francisco Bay Area during this year’s Mill Valley Film Festival, held online for the second year. As a result, over 12,000 teachers and students from 114 different schools in 25 states were able to take advantage of the free […]

by California Film Institute | Partnership