(from the WSJ)
This is the time of year when all of us think about giving back. But for some, it seems to be in their blood.
When Cory Doctorow co-founded the open-source software company OpenCola in 1999, he was just another techie genius. Then he had a discussion with people at the Electronic Frontier Foundation — [...]

Jersey woman loses 120 pounds, helps others along the way in Save the World Diet movement
So far in 2009, Kara Richardson Whitely of Summit, New Jersey, has run in Central Park at midnight for UNICEF, jumped in icy Lake Champlain, Vt. for Special Olympics, walked amid monkeys and alligators for the MS Society, walked/jogged where [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]