donate
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The Hygiene Bank is urging people to donate essential products or money for National Hygiene Week, which ends on 11 October.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The country singer also asked fans to donate to the Young Center for Immigrant Rights, which helps children whose parents have faced deportations, during the opening night of her tour in Chicago back in August.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
They can, however, get income-tax deductions when they donate stock to foundations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Two years later, Oxford University philosophers William MacAskill and Toby Ord launched "Giving What We Can," encouraging people to donate at least 10 percent of their income to tackling global poverty.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
We were able to donate over thirty baskets of food to area families.
From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper
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He donates the venison to food pantries because he has alpha-gal and his son “almost died from anaphylactic shock from two Advil gel caps,” he told me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
The store donates a portion of proceeds to local cat rescues, such as Kitten Rescue Los Angeles, Northeast L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
It provides a dollar-for-dollar tax credit of up to $1,700 to anyone who donates to a nonprofit organization that grants scholarships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
A millionaire who donates $30,000 this year is able to cut $11,100 from their taxes, the Fidelity Charitable spokesperson said.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 1, 2025
She neatly lines up little bags of beans, sugar, and laundry soap—items a local grocery store donates because the packages are damaged and cannot be sold.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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In 1994, he moved his family to live in a renovated Peak District farmhouse which had been donated to NOS, jurors heard.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Founded the previous year by former Bridgewater Associates hedge-fund analysts Holden Karnofsky and Elie Hassenfeld, it aimed to help donors maximize the good done per dollar donated, usually measured in lives saved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The other half was donated by the carpenters’ council itself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
But when she left Cambridge in 2001, she donated her famous kitchen — pegboard walls, towering countertops and all — to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, where it remains on display.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
Some of Cobbett’s personal possessions were sold, and Rush donated the money to charity.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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Polaczy, who is now 80, said donating cycling shorts wasn't cheap, but it was worth it for her own peace of mind.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
He had just started the FTX Foundation, which committed to donating money from his company to organizations “offering the greatest positive impact on the world.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Kao and his team settled on donating scholarships to women in STEM.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
When donating your time to make a difference or improve the lives of others, do you feel fully alive and happy?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
“Friendly Connect is also donating ten thousand dollars’ worth of new technology to the school,” Tracey continued.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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