When reports of the devastating Cyclone Nargis first hit the news on May 2, The Hunger Site responded immediately by creating a $25 Gift That Gives More™ for relief work in Burma (Myanmar). Visitors to the popular site could quickly donate $25 or more to help victims of the storm, proving the power of the Internet users to respond rapidly to a crisis.
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The Breast Cancer Site met its goal of 8 million clicks during its “Make June Survivor Month Challenge” and successfully raised an additional $10,000 towards providing free mammograms for women in need.
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Innovative Product Attracts Broad Base of Investors
GSC Group, an alternative asset investment manager with more than US$24 billion of assets under management that focuses on complex, credit-driven strategies, today announced the successful completion of fundraising for its latest collateralized debt obligation fund, GSC European CDO V, PLC.
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The American Heart Association's 20th Annual Metropolitan Detroit Heart Ball, presented for the sixth year by General Motors, broke a national organization record on Saturday raising $2.1 million for cardiovascular disease research.
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The Dayton Philharmonic Volunteer Association has selected The Patterson-Hauer Estate in Kettering as the site of Designers' Show House & Gardens 2007. In its 28th year, the Designers' Show House & Gardens event is the major DPVA fundraiser supporting the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra and its music education and scholarship programs throughout the Miami Valley.
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Great music is the aim, as ever, of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. But the symphony wants to be a resounding success in other ways too. "We, for 50-plus years, have been in the business of making great music," said Ryan Fleur, CEO of the Memphis Orchestral Society, the symphony's parent.
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