Archive for the ‘Charity’ Category
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A campaign with sole
How much do you walk every day? Are you perhaps one of those women who carry their heels in a bag and walk to work in more comfortable shoes? (I, for one, am guilty of that during the warmer months and wear my flip flops everywhere I possibly can.)
Well, if so you might want in [...] -
Checking in with Morton’s co-founder Klaus Fritsch
Klaus Fritsch, co-founder of Morton’s The Steakhouse, was in Baltimore and Annapolis this week promoting the restaurant’s new cookbook, and I had a chance to speak with him Thursday.
Although this is the second Morton’s cookbook in three years, Fritsch, who is the author, said it will likely be the last. Or at least as long [...] -
CEG Senior Players Championship fund raising taking a different tack this year
This week, the Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship announced its “Tickets Fore Charity” campaign in which local charities can sell tickets and keep 75 percent of the proceeds while the remaining 25 percent goes to the tournament’s local charitable donation.
It’s an age-old practice (selling Girl Scout cookies as a kid comes to mind), but the [...] -
Local leaders to perform fancy footwork at charity gala
If you’ve ever hoped to see a CEO attempt the cha cha, you’ll have your chance a few Saturdays from now.
And don’t worry, it’s all for a good cause - beyond entertainment.
The Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel will host the Alzheimer’s Association’s Dancing with the Stars-themed gala on April 5.
Here are a few of the Baltimore-area [...] -
Local breast cancer charity gets second nod from Oprah
A story about a Baltimore nonprofit is included in a newly published collection of Oprah Winfrey’s favorite articles from her magazine.
The nonprofit, named The Red Devils, borrowed its name from “The Red Devil to Hell with Cancer - and Back,” a book by breast cancer survivor Katherine Russell Rich, who got her title from the [...] -
Do you have an obligation to help others?
Did you read Marc Fisher’s column in Sunday’s Washington Post, “Helping Those You Can, Because You Can“?
I did, and I have to say, I found it moving. For those of you who didn’t, Fisher writes about two successful businessmen who each sponsored a class of poor schoolchildren in D.C., providing them with emotional and financial [...]