Category: Great Giving

Workers in protective gear load up more than a million N95 masks onto the New England Patriots team plane in Shenzhen, China.
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New England Patriots’ Team Plane Bringing More Than A Million N95 Masks From China

Patriots owner Robert Kraft offered up his NFL team’s plane to make the much needed run for N95 masks When it comes to the severe shortage of N95 masks, the New England Patriots are stepping up as champions. The Wall Street Journal reports The NFL team’s plane has flown to Shenzhen, China where it was loaded with 1.2 million N95 masks. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has been complaining for weeks about the shortage of personal protective gear for his state’s

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TheMealBridge.com Website Let’s You Buy Meals For Healthcare Workers On The CoronaVirus Frontlines

One family creates TheMealBridge.com website to help show gratitude and save restaurants The MealBridge.com website is a new creation born out of the coronavirus crisis. One family in Atlanta came up with a brilliant idea that is meant to give folks a way to show gratitude to healthcare workers on the front lines. And it has the added benefit of bringing much needed business to restaurants who are struggling during this time. Grey Cohen tells me her family just thought

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Former President Jimmy Carter and wife, Rosalynn are asking donors to The Carter Center to redirect their donations to organizations on the front line of fighting the coronavirus crisis.
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Former President Jimmy Carter Asks Donors To Redirect Carter Center Donations To Coronavirus Fight

Jimmy Carter is urging donors to redirect their donations Former President Jimmy Carter doesn’t want your money. The Hill.com reports Carter is urging donors to the Carter Center to redirect their donations to organizations who are on the front lines of fighting the coronavirus crisis.  “Forgo your next gift for the work of The Carter Center and direct it to a local group that is reducing the suffering caused by this pandemic.” former president Jimmy carter in a letter to

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Grey's Anatomy and other TV shows donate surgical masks and other medical equipment like gloves to hospitals.
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Grey’s Anatomy and Other TV Shows Donating Masks And Gloves To Hospitals Amid COVID-19 Outbreak

The producers of Grey’s Anatomy feel there is a higher calling for masks and other medical equipment Even the writers of Grey’s Anatomy probably couldn’t have come up with a pandemic plot like the one we’re living in right now. The spread of the Coronavirus means hospitals across the country are dangerously short on medical supplies like masks and gloves. Executive producer Krista Vernoff of the hit ABC show and ‘Station 19’ told Good Morning America, “We have a back-stock

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Florists Flower-Bomb Philadelphia Town Square With Flowers From Canceled Events

Florists decide thousands of flowers from canceled events shouldn’t be thrown away Florists in Philadelphia decided there had to be a better way. When four major floral companies had big events canceled because of the coronavirus shutdown, they banned together to repurpose the flowers. To share the beauty. To brighten folks day. DFW Event Design owner Katie Robinson led the charge. She told PhillyMag.com, ““I went into our warehouse and said, ‘What if we just flower-bombed Rittenhouse Square?” Rittenhouse Square

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Property owner tells restaurants to skip April rent. Use the money to pay employees instead.
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Property Owner Tells Restaurants To Pay Workers Instead of Paying Rent

Collecting rent isn’t the most important thing right now for one Arkansas property owner. Keep your April rent money. That’s the message from one property owner to the restaurants that run their business in buildings owned by Young Investment Company, LLC in Jonesboro, Arkansas. They don’t want the restaurants to actually hold onto the money they would use to pay April rent. Instead, they want those businesses to pay their employees, as usual and take care of their families. ‘We

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Congressional candidate Qasim Rashid responds to nasty message with life-changing kindness.
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Congressional Candidate Qasim Rashid Responds To Nasty Message With Life-Changing Kindness

Nasty message inspires congressional candidate Qasim Rashid to lead a flood of generosity for man who wrote it. Seeing a nasty message online is just a part of life for congressional candidate Qasim Rashid is running for office in Virginia. He happens to be a Muslim man who some folks would rather not see in office. They are not shy about expressing it.  “We do not need you(r) ilk in our nation.  Let alone in any seat of office above

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NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley Selling His Memorabilia To Build Affordable Housing In His Alabama Hometown

Charles Barkley knows what he really values from his remarkable NBA career NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley has had a remarkable career. He has plenty of trophies and memorabilia to show for it. Apparently, the memories are enough. Barkley is selling off some of his most valuable hardware. He’s raising money to build affordable housing in his hometown of Leeds, Alabama. He talked about it on WJOX, a radio station in Birmingham. The topic comes up around 2:10. Barkley

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NBA owner Mark Cuban of the Dallas Mavericks finds out that the NBA season has just been suspended due to a player testing positive for the coronavirus.
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NBA Team Owner Mark Cuban Vows To Help Hourly Workers When He Learns Season Is Suspended

Mark Cuban was shocked to see the news and immediately knew what was most important. Mark Cuban reacts moments after the NBA season was suspended. pic.twitter.com/4g8Z7yLts6 — ESPN (@espn) March 12, 2020 NBA Mavericks team owner Mark Cuban has seen a lot. He’s never seen this–the NBA announcing the season has been immediately suspended in the wake of the news that one of its players has tested positive for the coronavirus. There is concern for that player, Utah’s Rudy Gobert,

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