#GivingTuesday

By third Grade, 39% of all third graders do not read proficiently and this number jumps to 60% for low income children. Children who are not reading proficiently by 3rd grade are 4 times more...read more

Twestival is back! Twestival combines social media and in-person events to raise money for charity. And it works! The first global Twestival was in 2009. Since then, Twestival has raised $1.75 million for over 285...read more

I recently took to Twitter to ask what nonprofit I should write about. Kate Atwood suggested we feature beremedy. @marcapitman -write on @beremedy. Check out their indiegogo campaign to take the platform nationwide: indiegogo.com/projects/berem…#GivingTuesday —...read more

Children have no control over the world they are born into. I think this is why any organization that aims to make the lives of those born into poverty or other less than desirable situations...read more

As we’ve gone through these weekly #GivingTuesday posts, we’ve highlighted one organization a week. This week I want to focus on a “type” of organization: community foundations. Community foundations are generally established by donors to...read more

Autism is something that I’m very aware of since my sister is the Co-Founder of New England Pediatric Services. While I’ve been very fortunate not to be directly touched by it, I have several friends who have...read more