Volunteer jobs are catching on among the growing ranks of laid-off workers, giving them valuable career experience and offering strapped nonprofits access to a bigger talent pool.
Charitable organizations say they are benefiting from a class of skilled volunteers ready to lend their expertise to a cause. And volunteering is giving out-of-work professionals the opportunity to [...]

Some companies are taking a more strategic tack on social responsibility. Should they?
It’s 8:30 a.m. on a Friday in July, and Carol B. Tomé is starting to sweat. The chief financial officer of Home Depot Inc. (HD ) isn’t getting ready to face a firing squad of investors or unveil troubled accounting at the home-improvement [...]

Why Giving Back Could Make You Happier … and Healthier
How good would it feel if someone just gave you $1,000?
Last fall, Oprah Winfrey thrilled audience members with these words: “You will each go home with $1,000.”
Then she said there was a catch: “You have to spend the money on someone other than your family.”
Winfrey said [...]

Almost every day, American news broadcasts cover illegal immigration stories, which, for the most part, only manage to spread suspicion, fear and anxiety. For those of us who don’t live near the border, it might appear that a war has been declared between US and Mexican citizens, but this isn’t necessarily the case. There are [...]

Shiva from India, after surgery.

Rarely do you find a charity that directs 100% of its donations to those in need… The Smile Train is one that does.
Unlike many charities that do many different things, The Smile Train is focused on solving a single problem: cleft lip and palate.
Clefts are a major problem in developing countries where there are millions [...]